Ghana National Green Project Preparation Facility
The Ghana National Green Project Preparation Facility (PPF) connects climate-aligned infrastructure projects with the technical, operational and commercial preparation they need to attract private investment.
Aerial shot of the Volta River basin
About the Ghana Green PPF
The Ghana National Green Project Preparation Facility is a national financing platform designed to accelerate climate-aligned infrastructure projects from proven concept to investment-readiness.
Established and hosted by FSD Africa, in partnership with the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF), and supported by the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), the PPF addresses one of the most persistent barriers to green investment in Ghana: the shortage of bankable projects.
The PPF supports both public and private project developers, bridging the 'viability gap' through targeted preparation services that investors will require before committing capital.
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Build a pipeline of investment-ready, climate-aligned infrastructure projects in Ghana.
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Mobilise private capital — domestic and international — into Ghana's green economy.
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Establish a sustainable, self-financing project preparation platform that continues to work for Ghana for the long term.
The Challenge
Ambition Not Yet Matched To Investment
Ghana has one of Africa's most ambitious climate agendas. Through its Nationally Determined Contribution, National Adaptation Plan and Climate Prosperity Plan, Ghana has committed to significant emissions reductions and resilience investments across energy, agriculture, urban infrastructure and more.
But ambition does not automatically attract capital.
In Ghana alone, there is a substantial identified pipeline of climate-aligned infrastructure — projects in clean energy, urban resilience, water, transport etc. — that has stalled, not for lack of need and not for lack of ideas, but because too few projects are sufficiently prepared to attract investment.
Public budgets are constrained. Private investors require bankability. Too many good projects fall into the gap between the two. The Ghana Green PPF exists to close that gap.
$250 bn
Across Sub-Saharan Africa, the climate financing gap exceeds $250 billion every year.
Over 40%
Over 40% of Ghana's workforce depends on climate-sensitive agriculture.
1/3
Ghana generates around a third of its electricity from hydropower — infrastructure that is directly threatened by the droughts and erratic rainfall that climate change is bringing.
Our Partners
Our Support
How We Support Projects
The PPF supports projects through two complementary windows, designed to meet projects 'where they are' and carry them through to financial close. Both windows are open to public and private sector project developers.
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Pre-Feasibility Window: Early-stage project preparation
For projects at early-stage concept. Provides structured support to assess technical and commercial viability, refine the project concept, develop the initial business case, and build investor relationships.
The PPF will support:
- • Pre-feasibility study funding
- • Investor engagement and matching
- • Structured bankability assessment
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Feasibility Window: Late-stage preparation to financial close
For projects with a credible path to financial close and pre-identified investor interest. Provides the full technical, financial and transactional preparation needed to reach investment committee.
The PPF will support:
- • Full feasibility studies
- • Financial modelling and capital structuring
- • Blended finance and risk instrument design
- • Transaction advisory and procurement support
Eligibility criteria
The Ghana Green PPF welcomes applications from public and private project developers with climate-aligned infrastructure projects at pre-feasibility or feasibility stage. We are particularly interested in projects that demonstrate a credible path to financial close and the potential to crowd in private capital.
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Eligible Applicants
Public (state-owned entities, ministries, departments and agencies) and private entities (private developers, project sponsors, IPPs, infrastructure companies, concessionaires, SPVs, JVs etc.). Both greenfield and brownfield projects are eligible.
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Location
The project must be located in Ghana and benefit Ghanaian communities.
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Authority
Applicant must demonstrate legal, institutional or contractual authority to progress the project. Applicant must pass KYC process, including complying with AML, sanctions, tax compliance, anti-corruption, litigation and reputational checks.
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Climate Alignment
Must demonstrate a meaningful and measurable climate mitigation, adaptation, resilience, biodiversity, or nature-positive contribution aligned with Ghanaian priorities.
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Project Capital Structure
PPF will prioritise projects that can mobilise private-sector participation in the form of either debt or equity investment. Indicatively, we seek to support projects with a capital cost of at least USD20mn.
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Development Stage
Project must have completed a technical pre-feasibility study, or commenced development of a full bankable feasibility study. Projects must demonstrate a scheduled plan to reach Financial Close in 36 months or less.
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Use of Proceeds
Funding is limited to project preparation requirements, such as feasibility studies, financial modelling, ESIA studies etc.
Applications now open
If you have a climate-aligned infrastructure project in Ghana and are seeking support to develop it towards financial close and private investment, we want to hear from you.
Complete the form below to apply for support from the Ghana Green PPF.
We are currently only accepting support applications for the Feasibility Window.
Applications will be accepted until the 15th September.
Apply NowGet In Touch
For enquiries about the Ghana Green PPF — including questions about eligibility, the application process, or partnership opportunities — please contact the FSD Africa Secretariat at ghanappf@fsdafrica.org
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