More than 70 senior officials and experts from 17 African countries came together in Rabat, Morocco, for the launch of the first francophone cohort of the regional training programme “Competitive Tenders for Renewable Energy Projects”. Jointly delivered by MASEN, the World Bank’s ESMAP-SRMI Academy, GET.transform, the African Development Bank, and the French Development Agency (AFD), the programme aims to strengthen institutional capacities in the design and deployment of renewable energy auctions.
Over the course of a week, country representatives from Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, CAR, Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Chad, Togo, and Tunisia engaged in immersive training that combined hands-on workshops with real-world case studies. The training week also included on-site learning at key installations such as the Nassim Koudia Al Baida wind farm which has a capacity of +100MW, serving 420,000 people.
The delegates gained a deeper understanding of competitive renewable energy tenders, many emphasising newly acquired knowledge of risk mapping, financing, and guarantees. The exchange between countries was as a major source of learning, with international best practices helping to clarify contractual frameworks and bankability concepts.
Most participants intend to apply lessons directly in their national tender processes. The experience enabled them to strengthen the skills needed to structure competitive, transparent, and bankable renewable energy tenders that can accelerate clean power expansion throughout Africa.
The francophone training builds on the previous Policy Catalyst Effective Renewable Energy Tendering Window which had seen 12 nations from Southern Africa expand their competitive renewable energy procurement skills.
Running from October 2025 to June 2026, the nine-month programme includes in-person and online modules, and a closing workshop at the Noor Ouarzazate solar complex in Morocco. The programme aspires to not only build national capacities, but also help forge an African network of renewable‐energy tendering experts working toward a continental integrated, competitive and sustainable energy market.
Learn more through the MASEN press release and hear from participants in this news clip (in French)
