REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES)

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

CCIA Plateau 01 Boite Postale 1387 Abidjan 01

Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire

  1. The African Development Bank (AfDB or the Bank) invites suitably qualified Individual Consultants to express their interest in the following assignment: “Support to Investment Promotion Agencies in Transition Countries: Sierra Leone, Liberia and the Gambia.”, recruiting for Investor services consultant, Investor Aftercare Consultants, Investor Survey Expert and Local Sector Experts. 
  1. The AfDB is funding the project to support investment promotion agencies in the following beneficiary countries: Sierra Leone, The Gambia and Liberia. The technical assistance under the project is being executed by an international consulting firm recruited by the Bank, Wavteq Consulting Limited and the local consultants will work closely with the beneficiaries, the AfDB and Wavteq to implement specific project workstreams in Liberia, Sierra Leone and the Gambia. 
  1. The key objective of the project is to provide support in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) to each of the three-beneficiary country’s investment promotion agencies (IPA), to boost growth, generate employment and support economic diversification. The project also places particular emphasis on building each IPA’s institutional and human capacities in investment attraction, investment facilitation and aftercare. 
  1. The Consultants will be based in one of the three beneficiary countries and should indicate which beneficiary country they would like to be considered for. Under this announcement, seven consultants will be recruited for each beneficiary country (4 local sector experts and one each of investor survey, investor aftercare and investor services experts). The services to be provided under the assignment include but are not limited to the following: 
  • Investor survey: Support the project to design and implement investor perception surveys for existing, pipeline and potential investors (and their technical advisors) for the purposes of assessing investor experience based on qualitative and quantitative information gathered;
  • Investor Aftercare: Design/strengthen the aftercare program of the IPA based on a diagnostic assessment undertaken for each IPA;
  • Local Sector Experts: Conduct and support the development of case-making marketing materials for the specific sector they will cover. This includes generating sector and investment opportunities’ profiles for the promotion of FDI in the identified sectors for each IPA. The relevant sectors are Agriculture and agri-processing, Mining and Minerals, Tourism, ICT, Financial services, Infrastructure and Light manufacturing; and
  • Investor Services experts: Support the project by consolidating the output from the other local consultants to improve IPA investor services and experience, facilitate institutional mapping and strengthen IPA investment promotion/facilitation program.
  1. Local consultants may be required to consult or collaborate with other consultants where their workstreams are related. 
  1. Qualifications and Experience

Each local consultant shall have the following minimum qualifications:

  • Advanced degree in economics, business management, finance, investment and/or related disciplines
  • 5years+ relevant work experience, with 2years direct experience in the specific field or role interested in
  • Proven knowledge of FDI in the specific beneficiary country they will be hosted and regional experience in Africa
  • Experience working with IPAs is highly desirable
  • Strong research skills (essential for local sector experts, desirable for all other consultants)
  • Familiarity with investor survey tools, databases and CRMs for data entry is desirable
  • Strong communication skills (essential) with proven ability in handling multi-stakeholder engagements, working with/reporting to international organisations and private sector (desirable)
  • Competence in the use of standard software applications (Emails, MS Word, Power Point, Excel)
  • Fluency in English
  • Be a national of one of the member countries of the Bank; and
  • Computer and mobile phone with good internet access for remote working, where necessary.
  1. The AfDB invites Individual Consultants to indicate their interest in providing the above-described services. Interested Consultants shall provide information on their qualifications and experience demonstrating their ability to undertake this Assignment (CV, experience in similar assignments, etc.) 
  1. The eligibility criteria, the establishment of a short list and the selection procedure shall be in conformity with the Bank’s Rules and Procedure for the Use of Consultants under projects financed by the Bank Group, published in May 2008 Edition, and revised on July 2012, available on the Bank Website at http://www.afdb.org. Please, note that interest expressed by a Consultant does not imply any obligation on the part of the Bank to include him/her in the shortlist.
  1. The estimated duration of services is 6 months. Different starting dates apply for each consultancy and the earliest starting date is tentatively scheduled for August 2021. 
  1. The consultants will be based in either Monrovia, Banjul or Freetown, and shall work under the overall guidance of the Manager, PITD2 (Trade & Investment Climate Division). 
  1. Expressions of interest must be received in electronic form at the address below no later than Thursday, 15 July 2021 at 17:00 hours, Abidjan local time and specifically mentioning “Support to IPAs in Transition Countries: Local Consultants.”. Please indicate the specific role of interest in the subject tab.

For the attention of:    Andoh MENSAH

Trade & Investment Climate Division (PITD.2)

African Development Bank Group

Immeuble CCIA, Plateau

01 Boite Postale 1387 Abidjan 01

Côte d’Ivoire

Tel: +225 20 26 4487 (office)

Email: [email protected]

Cc: [email protected] , [email protected]