{"id":205,"date":"2026-05-05T16:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i5africa.com\/?page_id=205"},"modified":"2026-05-05T16:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:42:10","slug":"project-preparation-bankability","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/i5africa.com\/index.php\/project-preparation-bankability\/","title":{"rendered":"PROJECT PREPARATION &amp; BANKABILITY"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-label=\"Content\" data-id=\"content--1\" data-export-id=\"content-3\" data-category=\"content\" class=\"content-3 content-section content-section-spacing\" id=\"content-1\"  style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><div > <div class=\"row middle-xs\" ><div class=\"col-sm-7 full-col-left-padding full-col-right-padding\" > <div class=\"row\" ><div data-type=\"column\" class=\"space-bottom-small content-title-col\" >  <h2 class=\"\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(32, 140, 50);\" >Preparing African infrastructure projects for credible funding, partnership and execution<\/span><\/h2> <p class=\"\"  style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many infrastructure projects do not fail because the need is weak. They fail because the project is not sufficiently prepared for institutional scrutiny.<br ><br >\n<span style=\"font-weight: 700; color: rgb(32, 140, 50);\" >i5<\/span> Africa helps strengthen projects before they reach funders, investors and implementation partners. We focus on the practical requirements that determine whether a project can move forward: scope clarity, stakeholder alignment, legal and institutional logic, risk allocation, ESG readiness, funding structure, implementation planning and long-term operational performance.\n<br ><\/p><h2 class=\"\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(32, 140, 50);\" ><span style=\"font-weight: 700;\" >i5\u00b4s<\/span> Bankability Lens<\/span><\/h2><\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"row spaced-cols\" data-type=\"row\" > <div class=\"col-xs-6 col-md-12\" data-type=\"column\" > <h5 class=\"\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(32, 140, 50);\" >POLICY ALIGNMENT<\/span><\/h5> <p class=\"\"  style=\"text-align: justify;\">Is the project aligned with government priorities, national development strategies and public-sector implementation capacity?<\/p><\/div> <div class=\"col-xs-6 col-md-12\" data-type=\"column\" ><h5 class=\"\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(32, 140, 50);\" >COMMERCIAL LOGIC<\/span><\/h5> <p class=\"\"  style=\"text-align: justify;\">Is there a credible revenue model, funding pathway, value-capture mechanism or public-payment structure?<\/p><\/div> <div class=\"col-xs-6 col-md-12\" data-type=\"column\" ><h5 class=\"\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(32, 140, 50);\" >RISK ALLOCATION<\/span><\/h5> <p class=\"\"  style=\"text-align: justify;\">Are construction, demand, political, currency, land, environmental, social and operational risks identified and allocated appropriately?<\/p><\/div> <div class=\"col-xs-6 col-md-12\" data-type=\"column\" ><h5 class=\"\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(32, 140, 50);\" >ESG &amp; SAFEGUARD READINESS<\/span><\/h5> <p class=\"\"  style=\"text-align: justify;\">Can the project respond to environmental, social, governance, community and disclosure expectations?<\/p><h5 class=\"\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(32, 140, 50);\" >GOVERNANCE IMPLEMENTATION<\/span><\/h5><p  class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Is there a practical structure for decision-making, procurement, reporting, delivery oversight and accountability?<\/p><h5 class=\"\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(32, 140, 50);\" >INVESTOR COMMUNICATION<\/span><\/h5><p  class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Can the project be clearly explained to DFIs, lenders, equity partners, public authorities and strategic operators?<\/p><\/div> <\/div><\/div> <div class=\"col-sm-5 bg-image shadow-large-black revert-classes-holder\" data-bg=\"image\"  style=\"background-image: url(&quot;https:\/\/i5africa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cropped-Africa-savannah_-nature_2026_i5africa_dfi_zoo_elephant_zebra_giraffe_gnu_animal-kingdom_-safari_reserve_farm_esg_sdg_world_amazon.png&quot;);\"><\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preparing African infrastructure projects for credible funding, partnership and execution Many infrastructure projects do not fail because the need is weak. They fail because the project is not sufficiently prepared for institutional scrutiny. i5 Africa helps strengthen projects before they reach funders, investors and implementation partners. We focus on the practical requirements that determine whether&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/i5africa.com\/index.php\/project-preparation-bankability\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"pro\/page-templates\/full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-205","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i5africa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i5africa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i5africa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i5africa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i5africa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/i5africa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":212,"href":"https:\/\/i5africa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/205\/revisions\/212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i5africa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}