The Non-Sovereign and Private SectorSupport Department

“A central support department for NSO activities”

Institutional contextFollowing the approval of the new Business Development and

Delivery Model (DBDM), by the Bank’s Board of Directors,Non-Sovereign Operations are now performed by Non-

Sovereign Operations (NSO) complexes anddepartments (Energy, Infrastructure, Agriculture,

Social Services, Financial services, Industry andTrade). Each of these entities is responsible for

undertaking their respective Non-SovereignOperation activities from identification toimplementation and completion.

Within this new organizational structure, a newcentral department is in charge of extending

support to these entities during the origination andimplementation phases and also responsible for the

central management of the Bank’s private sectorportfolio.

Who we areThe Non-Sovereign Operations and Private Sector Support Department

(PINS) is a central support department for NSO-related activities. PINSmainly aims to support the nine NSO departments of the Bank to implementeffective, coherent and harmonized Private Sector Operations.

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We areharmonizing PrivateSector Operations

Figure 1. Scope of support provided by PINS to Sector Departments

EnergySupply

Water &Sanitation

Human Capital,Youth & SkillsDevelopment

Infrastructure

FinancialServices Industry and

Trade

Agriculture

RenewabeEnergy and

EnergyEfficiency

Power SystemsDevelopment

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Our Mission & FunctionsPINS’s mission and objectives are directly related to Non-Sovereign OperationsDepartments:

1. Assist Sector Departments to efficiently design and monitor NSOs, in a coherentmanner, in line with the best market practices and in consistency with the Bank’srelated Strategies, Policies and Guidelines, including the Bank’s Private SectorDevelopment Strategy and Policy.

2. Manage the corporate portfolio and provide shared services to other NSOdepartments.

Standards and framework

Oversight andReporting

AssetManagement

CorporatePortfolioAdvisorySupport

Middle and BackOffice Support

NSO Strategy,policies andguidelines

Global ClientManagement

TransactionSupport

TechnicalAssistanceSupport

Risk Mitigationand Creditenhancementsupport

Functionsof the Non-Sovereign

Operations and PrivateSector Support Team

based on the newDBDM

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Our Business UnitsThe Non-Sovereign Operations and Private SectorSupport Department is composed of nine BusinessUnits.

Each of these business units that are linked to thebusiness functions provides support andservices to the nine NSO Departmentthroughout their Non-Sovereign Operationsprocess from identification toimplementation and completion stages.

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Technical Assistance Global Client Management

⁍ Provide support in preparation ⁍ Maintain, manage and enhance ⁍ Enhance Bank's decisionand monitoring Technical Private Sector Bank’s database making process by performingAssistance transaction within ⁍ Develop and maintain common integrated financial andthe Bank platform (tools and economic analysis for NSO

⁍ Develop and Manage Technical infrastructure) for CustomerAssistance Platform Relationship Management ⁍ Provide financial advisory and

⁍ Design and originate TA ⁍ Build strategic partnerships with transaction structuring supportoperations to support PSD in other MDBs, DFIs and private ⁍ Provide financial modelingfragile states sector stakeholders services

⁍ Conceptualize Technical ⁍ Provide support to the private ⁍ Deliver trainings on projectAssistance operations to sector business development investment appraisalpromote business development events organized by the Bank

⁍ Develop framework for ⁍ Disseminate market andbusiness advisory servies for industry best practices relevant Transaction SupportNon-Soveiren operations to private sector developmentwithin the Bank

⁍ Portfolio Supervision,Oversight, Quality Control

⁍ Advisory Committes (AC)⁍ Board Representation⁍ Process Automation⁍ Equity Portfolio Reporting⁍ Secondary/reblancing of

portofolio

Equity Portfolio and Asset Management

⁍ Equity deal flow coordination⁍ Provide transaction support on

Private Equity Funds, DirectEquity and impact financingprograms

⁍ Equity relationship managementand partnership

⁍ Market sensitization andbenchmarking

⁍ Encourage more private sectorinvestment through effectiveuse of AfDB’s existing andplanned risk mitigationproducts.

⁍ Spread knowledge on availablerisk mitigation instruments andtools to support NSO,

⁍ Provide technical advice on riskevaluation and coverageinstruments,

⁍ Enhancing A capacity toprivate sector operations(including infrastructureprojects),

⁍ Support in design andbenchmarking of risk mitigationsolutions that respond to theneeds of NSO Clients(Especially in LICs, transitionStates, SMEs and SmallAgro/Manufacturing projects).

Equity Origination Support

Risk Mitigation & Creditenhancement Support

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superv s on emp a es, o ow-up emp a es, e c.⁍ Active advice on sector departments’ business

strategy, origintion, pricing and Risk Adjusted Return on Capital(RAROC).

⁍ Independent assessment of all triggers to first and ⁍ Project supervision and monitoring oversight andsubsequent disbursements quality review

⁍ Timely update of the asset portfolio ⁍ Assitance for disbursement⁍ Validation of waivers ⁍ Project restructuring and processing of waivers⁍ Periodic portfolio highlights ⁍ Project documentation management⁍ Business portfolio reviews⁍ Early warning mechanism: Alert and flag potential

issues on projects due to emerging developmentsin both the portfolio and the operating environment. Shared Services

⁍ Portfolio Analytics⁍ Lead the development and update norms and

standards related to project monitoring (incl.i i t l t AC f ll t l t t )

NSO Strategy, Policies and Guidelines

Design and update Private Sector Development (PSD) strategy and policy guidelines frameworks, standards and procedure,Develop framework format as standards for use by origination team across NSO ecosystem,Support preparation of sector and country strategy papers for enhancing NSO intervention,Monitor and manage Quality assurance and compliance of Non-Sovereign Operations with Bank’s standards, policies and private sector objectives,Support of institution capacity building on the Bank’s private sector strategies and objectives.

Corporate Portfolio Management

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Achievements & Recent Outcomes

NSO Portfolio- 300 active projects

across the Bank’ssectors of focus and in its

geographic areasof operations

TechnicalAssistance support

- TA 70 Projects in TAfor PSD Portfolio

Transactionssupport- 41 NSOprojects reviewedby end 2018 Q2

Equity Portfolio-E-front accountingmodule deployed

& operational

Transactionsupport-214 requests

successfully completedand 3 portfolio projects

successfullyrestructured

NSO Portfolio-20 annual supervision

missions have beenundertaken

Equity Portfolio-49 supervisionmissions (8XSR)

US $6.5 Million- Total Bank Funding

of TA for PSD

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Supporting tools & Capacity buildingThe NSO and private sector support department has set up tools, platforms and capacity buildingsessions to support NSO Departments in their daily task on private sector operations.

1. The Help Desk

Investment Officers (IOs) can now send their request anytime to this hotline to have ‘on the spot’information (in real time) regarding private sector operations information. Kindly send all requeststo : PrivateSectorHelpDesk@afdb.org

2. The NSO Portal

A “One-stop” shop where Investments Officers can find or request all the necessary questions onprivate sector operations process, private sector trends, news and events. The business manual ofthe private sector is also available on this platform.

3. The TA Platform

The Technical Assistance Platform is a web-based portfolio, results monitoring and knowledgeplatform for technical assistance projects targeting Private Sector Development and inclusivegrowth.

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4. Publications

Each business unit has realized various communicationmaterials, which describe how they can support and assist NSOsduring each step of a transaction.

a. The Guide on the African Development Bank’s PrivateSector Operations: An information booklet on the essentialsof private sector operation

b. The Technical Assistance Guidelinesc. The Structuring and Modeling brochured. The Private Equity Brochuree. The Global Client Management Booklet

5. Structuring and Modelling platform and tools

The structuring and modelling team uses various tools and aknowledge platform:

a. The knowledge sharing platformb. Financial model templates for project investment analysisc. Modelling tool for microeconomic appraisal

6. Capacity BuildingCapacity Building program is one of the key components of the supportprovided for NSO and private sector activities. PINS’s business units havestarted organizing a series of trainings and capacity building sessions, whichare targeting IOs, task managers, portfolio officers and other NSO Departmentstaff involved in NSO project transaction.

PINS has issued a training catalogue, which presents the NSO capacitybuilding program and provides the list of training sessions organized by PINSDepartment to develop and strengthen skills and capacity of NSO Departmentsstaff.

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