Ethiopia Introduces A Public Private Partnership Law

Ethiopia has recently enacted a new Proclamation facilitating Public Private Partnerships (PPP), recognising that the private sector is essential to support the country's economic growth and improve the quality of public services, particularly in infrastructure. This note summarises the Proclamation's key provisions.

Purpose and scope

The Proclamation sets out the new PPP legislative framework with a view to promoting and implementing privately financed infrastructure projects by enhancing transparency, fairness, value for money and efficiency through the establishment of specific procedures. PPP projects may be for either new or existing facilities and include design, financing, construction, rehabilitation, expansion, modernisation, operation, maintenance, administration and/or management.