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PDF p.4 (the asterisk's note)", "says": "\"South Africa*\" is listed among countries reachable through the Extended Network (inbound only), with \"22 banks reachable\"; the asterisk's note reads \"Requires additional integration where applicable\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "AFR-P-0001", "path": "evidence[0]", "source": "S-PAPSS-ROLLOUT-2021", "source_title": "Afreximbank and AfCFTA announce the Operational Roll-out of the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS)", "publisher": "Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (Afreximbank and the AfCFTA Secretariat)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://papss.com/media/afreximbank-and-afcfta-announce-the-operational-roll-out-of-the-pan-african-payment-and-settlement-system-papss/", "locator": "press release, third paragraph and closing section", "says": "\"The implementation of the infrastructure is taking place in collaboration with the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat with the endorsement of the African Union (AU)\"; Afreximbank and the AU \"first announced PAPSS at the Twelfth Extraordinary Summit of the African Union held on July 7, 2019, in Niamey, Niger Republic, therefore adopting PAPSS as a key instrument for the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA)\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "AFR-P-0001", "path": "evidence[1]", "source": "S-PAPSS-MOU-2023-06", "source_title": "Five African Multinational Commercial Banking Groups Embrace PAPSS New Settlement Model", "publisher": "Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (Afreximbank)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://papss.com/media/five-african-multinational-commercial-banking-groups-embrace-papss-new-settlement-model/", "locator": "press release, first and second paragraphs, and the paragraph on putting the memoranda into effect", "says": "PAPSS announced \"the signing of Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with five African multinational commercial banking groups: Access Bank Group, Ecobank Group, KCB Group, Standard Bank Group, and UBA Group\", signed on 19 June 2023 in Accra; \"These MOUs will be put into effect gradually in partnership with central banks in the countries where the 5 Group Banks operate.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "AFR-P-0002", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[0]", "source": "S-ATI-RLSF-2022", "source_title": "ATI press release on the Regional Liquidity Support Facility (Lilongwe, 29 March 2022)", "publisher": "African Trade and Investment Development Insurance (ATI)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://atidi.africa/?p=6907", "locator": "press release text", "says": "\"a guarantee instrument designed to address the short-term liquidity risks\" faced by renewable power producers selling to state-owned utilities; standby letters of credit \"can be drawn by the IPPs following any delayed payments by the state-owned offtakers\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "AFR-P-0002", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[1]", "source": "S-ATI-RLSF-2022", "source_title": "ATI press release on the Regional Liquidity Support Facility (Lilongwe, 29 March 2022)", "publisher": "African Trade and Investment Development Insurance (ATI)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://atidi.africa/?p=6907", "locator": "press release text", "says": "Malawi signed the facility's memorandum of understanding on 30 November 2018", "quote_check": "paraphrase", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "AFR-P-0002", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[2]", "source": "S-ATI-RLSF-2022", "source_title": "ATI press release on the Regional Liquidity Support Facility (Lilongwe, 29 March 2022)", "publisher": "African Trade and Investment Development Insurance (ATI)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://atidi.africa/?p=6907", "locator": "press release text", "says": "\"Currently, seven of ATI's member countries have signed the MoU and can benefit from RLSF\": Benin, Burundi, Côte d'Ivoire, Madagascar, Malawi, Uganda and Zambia", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "AFR-P-0002", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[3]", "source": "S-ATI-RLSF-2022", "source_title": "ATI press release on the Regional Liquidity Support Facility (Lilongwe, 29 March 2022)", "publisher": "African Trade and Investment Development Insurance (ATI)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://atidi.africa/?p=6907", "locator": "press release text", "says": "the second phase was \"recently announced by ATI and its partners\"; the new structure \"will no longer involve an LC issuing bank\", and contracts are to be signed between ATI and the power producers", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "AFR-P-0002", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[4]", "source": "S-ATI-RLSF-2022", "source_title": "ATI press release on the Regional Liquidity Support Facility (Lilongwe, 29 March 2022)", "publisher": "African Trade and Investment Development Insurance (ATI)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://atidi.africa/?p=6907", "locator": "press release text", "says": "\"ATI has provided instrumental guarantees in support of three projects in Malawi\": the Nkhotakota, Salima and Golomoti solar power plants, \"enabling these projects, with a combined installed capacity of 101 MW, to achieve financial close\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "AFR-P-0002", "path": "bankability.basis[0]", "source": "S-ATI-RLSF-2022", "source_title": "ATI press release on the Regional Liquidity Support Facility (Lilongwe, 29 March 2022)", "publisher": "African Trade and Investment Development Insurance (ATI)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://atidi.africa/?p=6907", "locator": "press release text", "says": "\"a guarantee instrument designed to address the short-term liquidity risks\" faced by renewable power producers selling to state-owned utilities; standby letters of credit \"can be drawn by the IPPs following any delayed payments by the state-owned offtakers\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "AFR-P-0002", "path": "bankability.basis[1]", "source": "S-ATI-RLSF-2022", "source_title": "ATI press release on the Regional Liquidity Support Facility (Lilongwe, 29 March 2022)", "publisher": "African Trade and Investment Development Insurance (ATI)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://atidi.africa/?p=6907", "locator": "press release text", "says": "\"Currently, seven of ATI's member countries have signed the MoU and can benefit from RLSF\": Benin, Burundi, Côte d'Ivoire, Madagascar, Malawi, Uganda and Zambia", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "AFR-P-0002", "path": "bankability.basis[2]", "source": "S-ATI-RLSF-2022", "source_title": "ATI press release on the Regional Liquidity Support Facility (Lilongwe, 29 March 2022)", "publisher": "African Trade and Investment Development Insurance (ATI)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://atidi.africa/?p=6907", "locator": "press release text", "says": "\"ATI has provided instrumental guarantees in support of three projects in Malawi\": the Nkhotakota, Salima and Golomoti solar power plants, \"enabling these projects, with a combined installed capacity of 101 MW, to achieve financial close\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "AFR-P-0002", "path": "bankability.basis[3]", "source": "S-ATI-RLSF-2022", "source_title": "ATI press release on the Regional Liquidity Support Facility (Lilongwe, 29 March 2022)", "publisher": "African Trade and Investment Development Insurance (ATI)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://atidi.africa/?p=6907", "locator": "press release text", "says": "the second phase was \"recently announced by ATI and its partners\"; the new structure \"will no longer involve an LC issuing bank\", and contracts are to be signed between ATI and the power producers", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "AFR-P-0002", "path": "bankability.risk_and_cost[0]", "source": "S-ATI-RLSF-2022", "source_title": "ATI press release on the Regional Liquidity Support Facility (Lilongwe, 29 March 2022)", "publisher": "African Trade and Investment Development Insurance (ATI)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://atidi.africa/?p=6907", "locator": "press release text", "says": "in the first phase ATI and KfW provided collateral to Absa South Africa, which issued the standby letters of credit", "quote_check": "paraphrase", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "AFR-P-0002", "path": "bankability.risk_and_cost[1]", "source": "S-ATI-RLSF-2022", "source_title": "ATI press release on the Regional Liquidity Support Facility (Lilongwe, 29 March 2022)", "publisher": "African Trade and Investment Development Insurance (ATI)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://atidi.africa/?p=6907", "locator": "press release text", "says": "the second phase is expected to reduce \"the cost of RLSF cover\" because \"any fees currently charged by the LC issuing bank will no longer be applied\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "AFR-T-0001", "path": "tracks.legal.evidence[0]", "source": "S-AU-AFCFTA-SL-2026-05", "source_title": "List of countries which have signed, ratified/acceded to the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area", "publisher": "African Union Commission (depositary)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://au.int/sites/default/files/treaties/36437-sl-AGREEMENT_ESTABLISHING_THE_AFRICAN_CONTINENTAL_FREE_TRADE_AREA_1.pdf", "locator": "PDF p.2 of 2 (note under the table)", "says": "\"ENTERED INTO FORCE ON 30th MAY 2019\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "AFR-T-0001", "path": "tracks.legal.evidence[1]", "source": "S-AU-AFCFTA-SL-2026-05", "source_title": "List of countries which have signed, ratified/acceded to the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area", "publisher": "African Union Commission (depositary)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://au.int/sites/default/files/treaties/36437-sl-AGREEMENT_ESTABLISHING_THE_AFRICAN_CONTINENTAL_FREE_TRADE_AREA_1.pdf", "locator": "PDF p.2 of 2 (totals row); list dated 22/05/2026", "says": "\"Total countries : 55\", \"of signature : 54\", \"of ratification : 49\", \"of deposit : 49\"; the rows for Benin, Libya, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan show no ratification", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "AFR-T-0001", "path": "tracks.legal.evidence[2]", "source": "S-AU-DEC975-2026", "source_title": "Decision on the report of the first meeting of the Assembly Committee of Heads of State and Government on the implementation of the AfCFTA, Assembly/AU/Dec.975(XXXIX)", "publisher": "African Union Assembly", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://tinyurl.com/54e26uvx", "locator": "paragraph 10, PDF p.2 of 5", "says": "the Assembly \"COMMENDS the Republic of Madagascar for ratifying the Agreement Establishing the AfCFTA and for having deposited its Instrument of Ratification; FURTHER COMMENDS the Federal Republic of Somalia for ratifying the Agreement Establishing the AfCFTA and encourages expeditious deposit of its Instrument of Ratification\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "AFR-T-0001", "path": "tracks.legal.evidence[3]", "source": "S-AFCFTA-TARIFF-2026-07", "source_title": "Status of Tariff Offers: July 2026", "publisher": "AfCFTA Secretariat", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://au-afcfta.org/status-of-tariff-offers-july-2026/", "locator": "stage 01, \"State Parties that have ratified the Agreement\", and the note under \"About these figures\"", "says": "stage 01 lists \"50 countries\", among them \"Somalia*\", with the note: \"Somalia has completed its parliamentary ratification process. The AfCFTA Secretariat has not yet received official notification that its instrument of ratification has been deposited with the African Union Commission.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "AFR-T-0001", "path": "tracks.legal.evidence[4]", "source": "S-TRALAC-FAQ-2026-09", "source_title": "AfCFTA: Frequently Asked Questions, updated September 2026", "publisher": "tralac (Trade Law Centre)", "source_tier": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.tralac.org/documents/resources/faqs/7994-afcfta-frequently-asked-questions-updated-september-2026.html", "locator": "PDF p.2, question 2 (second column; the text carries a footnote marker after \"ratification\", pointing to a post on X)", "says": "\"As at mid-September 2026, 50 of the 54 signatories had deposited their instruments of ratification. Somalia deposited its instrument of ratification with the depositary (the Chair of the African Union Commission) on 4 September 2026.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "AFR-T-0001", "path": "evidence[0]", "source": "S-AU-AFCFTA-TEXT", "source_title": "Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (consolidated text)", "publisher": "African Union", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://au.int/sites/default/files/treaties/36437-treaty-consolidated_text_on_cfta_-_en.pdf", "locator": "Article 19(2), PDF p.14 of 78", "says": "\"State Parties that are members of other regional economic communities, regional trading arrangements and custom unions, which have attained among themselves higher levels of regional integration than under this Agreement, shall maintain such higher levels among themselves.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "AFR-T-0002", "path": "tracks.rules.evidence[0]", "source": "S-ZA-SARS-AFCFTA-2024", "source_title": "Letter to trade: Implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement", "publisher": "South African Revenue Service (Rules of Origin and Trade Agreements)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.sars.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/Docs/CandE/Letter-to-Trader-Implementation-of-AfCFTA-Agreement-1-Feb-2024.pdf", "locator": "PDF p.1 of 2", "says": "\"In October 2021, the AfCFTA Council of Ministers (CoM) for Trade adopted the Ministerial Directive on the Provisional Application of Schedules of Tariff Concessions.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "AFR-T-0002", "path": "tracks.rules.evidence[1]", "source": "S-ZA-SARS-AFCFTA-2024", "source_title": "Letter to trade: Implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement", "publisher": "South African Revenue Service (Rules of Origin and Trade Agreements)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.sars.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/Docs/CandE/Letter-to-Trader-Implementation-of-AfCFTA-Agreement-1-Feb-2024.pdf", "locator": "PDF p.1 of 2", "says": "\"The Assembly of Heads of State and Government adopted the Ministerial Directive in February 2022.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "AFR-T-0002", "path": "tracks.rules.evidence[2]", "source": "S-AFCFTA-TARIFF-2026-07", "source_title": "Status of Tariff Offers: July 2026", "publisher": "AfCFTA Secretariat", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://au-afcfta.org/status-of-tariff-offers-july-2026/", "locator": "\"About these figures\" (\"From adoption to trade\")", "says": "\"Once their tariff schedules are verified and adopted, State Parties must gazette them to domesticate them in national law. Each State Party then submits a copy of the official Gazette and the gazetted tariff schedule to the AfCFTA Secretariat, which circulates them to all State Parties.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "AFR-T-0002", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[0]", "source": "S-AFCFTA-SG-2025-07", "source_title": "Progress report on the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to the Executive Council, EX.CL/1625(XLVII)", "publisher": "AfCFTA Secretariat (report of the Secretary-General to the AU Executive Council)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.tralac.org/documents/resources/cfta/7851-progress-report-of-the-african-continental-free-trade-area-july-2025.html", "locator": "paragraphs 3-4, printed p.1 / PDF p.3 of 18", "says": "\"49 Provisional Schedules of Tariff Concessions (PSTCs) have been submitted, and 48 of them have been adopted\"; \"Of the 48 verified and adopted offers, only 17 State Parties have submitted full Schedules of Tariff Concessions (STCs) covering Categories A, B, and C. Most of the remaining 31 are Category A only, mainly from Customs Unions (EAC, ECOWAS, SACU).\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "AFR-T-0002", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[1]", "source": "S-AFCFTA-SG-2025-07", "source_title": "Progress report on the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to the Executive Council, EX.CL/1625(XLVII)", "publisher": "AfCFTA Secretariat (report of the Secretary-General to the AU Executive Council)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.tralac.org/documents/resources/cfta/7851-progress-report-of-the-african-continental-free-trade-area-july-2025.html", "locator": "paragraph 5, printed p.2 / PDF p.4 of 18", "says": "\"the Secretariat has received gazette notices from 24 State Parties that have completed the domestication process for the implementation of the AfCFTA thus confirming their readiness to trade under AfCFTA regime\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "AFR-T-0002", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[2]", "source": "S-AU-DEC975-2026", "source_title": "Decision on the report of the first meeting of the Assembly Committee of Heads of State and Government on the implementation of the AfCFTA, Assembly/AU/Dec.975(XXXIX)", "publisher": "African Union Assembly", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://tinyurl.com/54e26uvx", "locator": "paragraph 11, PDF p.2 of 5", "says": "the Assembly \"FURTHER COMMENDS the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the Republics of Mozambique and Namibia for completing their domestic process of gazetting the Provisional Schedule of Tariff Concessions\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "AFR-T-0002", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[3]", "source": "S-AU-DEC975-2026", "source_title": "Decision on the report of the first meeting of the Assembly Committee of Heads of State and Government on 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Burundi, Cameroon, Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Tanzania, The Gambia, Tunisia, Uganda, South Africa, South Sudan, Zambia and Sierra Leone", "quote_check": "paraphrase", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "AFR-T-0002", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[5]", "source": "S-AFCFTA-TARIFF-2026-07", "source_title": "Status of Tariff Offers: July 2026", "publisher": "AfCFTA Secretariat", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://au-afcfta.org/status-of-tariff-offers-july-2026/", "locator": "stage 03, \"Adopted PSTCs, yet to be gazetted\"", "says": "\"22 countries\": Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Zimbabwe, Guinea and Guinea-Bissau", "quote_check": "paraphrase", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "AFR-T-0002", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[6]", "source": "S-AFCFTA-TARIFF-2026-07", "source_title": "Status of Tariff Offers: July 2026", "publisher": "AfCFTA Secretariat", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://au-afcfta.org/status-of-tariff-offers-july-2026/", "locator": "stage 05, \"Notified the Secretariat of trading under the AfCFTA\"", "says": "\"State Parties that have formally notified the AfCFTA Secretariat that they are trading under AfCFTA preferences\": 12 countries, namely Cameroon, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Tunisia and South Africa", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "AFR-T-0002", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[7]", "source": "S-AFCFTA-GTI-PAGE", "source_title": "Guided Trade Initiative", "publisher": "AfCFTA Secretariat", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://au-afcfta.org/guided-trade-initiative/", "locator": "page text, first paragraph", "says": "\"The AfCFTA Guided Trade Initiative (GTI), launched on October 7, 2022, represents a strategic approach to initiate commercially significant trade under the AfCFTA preferences.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "AFR-T-0002", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[8]", "source": "S-AFCFTA-GTI-2022", "source_title": "What is the AfCFTA Guided Trade Initiative all about?", "publisher": "AfCFTA Secretariat", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://au-afcfta.org/2022/10/what-is-the-afcfta-guided-trade-initiative-all-about/", "locator": "article text, second paragraph", "says": "\"Rwanda is among eight state parties – Cameroon, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Rwanda, Tanzania and Tunisia – participating in the AfCFTA Guided Trade Initiative.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "AFR-T-0002", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[9]", "source": "S-AFCFTA-SG-2025-07", "source_title": "Progress report on the implementation of the African 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"Status of Tariff Offers: July 2026", "publisher": "AfCFTA Secretariat", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://au-afcfta.org/status-of-tariff-offers-july-2026/", "locator": "stage 05", "says": "", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "AFR-T-0003", "path": "tracks.rules.evidence[0]", "source": "S-AFCFTA-SG-2025-07", "source_title": "Progress report on the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to the Executive Council, EX.CL/1625(XLVII)", "publisher": "AfCFTA Secretariat (report of the Secretary-General to the AU Executive Council)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.tralac.org/documents/resources/cfta/7851-progress-report-of-the-african-continental-free-trade-area-july-2025.html", "locator": "paragraph 6, printed p.2 / PDF p.4 of 18", "says": "\"the percentage of agreed tariff lines remains at 92.43% (including chapters 61 and 62) due to pending conclusion of negotiations on textiles and 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While significant progress has been made, a request by 5 Member States on the inclusion of Investor-State Arbitration (ISDS) in the Annex constitutes an area of ongoing negotiations.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "AFR-T-0005", "path": "tracks.rules.evidence[1]", "source": "S-AFCFTA-SG-2025-07", "source_title": "Progress report on the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to the Executive Council, EX.CL/1625(XLVII)", "publisher": "AfCFTA Secretariat (report of the Secretary-General to the AU Executive Council)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.tralac.org/documents/resources/cfta/7851-progress-report-of-the-african-continental-free-trade-area-july-2025.html", "locator": "paragraph 48, printed pp.9-10 / PDF pp.11-12 of 18", "says": "the Assembly \"directed the Council of Ministers to finalise negotiations on the Annex\" by \"its next session in February 2026\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "AFR-T-0005", "path": "tracks.rules.evidence[2]", "source": "S-AFCFTA-COM18-2026", "source_title": "AfCFTA Council of Ministers concludes 18th Meeting in Abuja (press release)", "publisher": "AfCFTA Secretariat (AfCFTA Media Hub)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://afcfta.media/press-release/afcfta-council-of-ministers-concludes-18th-meeting-in-abuja/", "locator": "press release, second paragraph", "says": "\"A limited number of legal instruments remain under negotiation — notably an outstanding Annex to the Investment Protocol and a remaining Annex to the Protocol on Intellectual Property Rights — which State Parties are working to finalise.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "AFR-T-0005", "path": "evidence[0]", "source": "S-AFCFTA-SG-2025-07", "source_title": "Progress report on the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to the Executive Council, EX.CL/1625(XLVII)", 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"AFR-T-0005", "path": "evidence[6]", "source": "S-AFCFTA-INV-PROTOCOL", "source_title": "Protocol to the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area on Investment", "publisher": "African Union", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://rtais.wto.org/rtadocs/1086/AnnexAndRelatedDocs/English/4.%20EN-AfCFTA-Protocol-on-Investment-Feb2023.pdf", "locator": "Article 49(4), printed p.29 / PDF p.30 of 32", "says": "\"State Parties may take into account the requirements of this Protocol when negotiating international investment agreements and when reviewing existing international investment agreements concluded with Third Parties.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "AFR-T-0005", "path": "evidence[7]", "source": "S-AFCFTA-INV-PROTOCOL", "source_title": "Protocol to the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area on Investment", "publisher": "African Union", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": 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"S-FN-RESSANO-2026", "source_title": "Work starts on Ressano Garcia border upgrade", "publisher": "Freight News", "source_tier": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.freightnews.co.za/article/work-starts-on-ressano-garcia-border-upgrade", "locator": "article text", "says": "\"A one-stop border model will allow travellers to complete South African and Mozambican entry and exit procedures at a single facility\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "MOZ-P-0001", "path": "financing.costs[0].cite", "source": "S-FN-RESSANO-2026", "source_title": "Work starts on Ressano Garcia border upgrade", "publisher": "Freight News", "source_tier": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.freightnews.co.za/article/work-starts-on-ressano-garcia-border-upgrade", "locator": "article text", "says": "\"Mozambique has broken ground on a 980-million-metical (about R260m) modernisation of the Ressano Garcia border post\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "MOZ-P-0002", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[0]", "source": "S-AFD-MAPUTO-RAIL", "source_title": "Modernization and capacity increase of the Maputo-Ressano Garcia railway (project page)", "publisher": "Agence Française de Développement", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.afd.fr/en/projects/modernization-and-capacity-increase-maputo-ressano-garcia-railway", "locator": "project page, key data", "says": "\"Project start date July 18, 2025\"; \"Project end date July 18, 2030\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "MOZ-P-0002", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[1]", "source": "S-AFD-MAPUTO-RAIL", "source_title": "Modernization and capacity increase of the Maputo-Ressano Garcia railway (project page)", "publisher": "Agence Française de Développement", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.afd.fr/en/projects/modernization-and-capacity-increase-maputo-ressano-garcia-railway", "locator": "project page, context", "says": "\"The Ressano Garcia rail line (88 km) links Maputo, the country's capital, to the South African border\"; it mainly carries ores such as magnetite, coal and chrome", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "MOZ-P-0002", "path": "financing.money[0].evidence[0]", "source": "S-AFD-MAPUTO-RAIL", "source_title": "Modernization and capacity increase of the Maputo-Ressano Garcia railway (project page)", "publisher": "Agence Française de Développement", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.afd.fr/en/projects/modernization-and-capacity-increase-maputo-ressano-garcia-railway", "locator": "project page, description", "says": "\"CFM has applied for financing from AFD, Agence française de développement, and the European Union\"; the financing plan includes \"Two non-sovereign loans from AFD to CFM for a total of 133.4 MUSD\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "MOZ-P-0002", "path": "financing.money[1].evidence[0]", "source": "S-AFD-MAPUTO-RAIL", "source_title": "Modernization and capacity increase of the Maputo-Ressano Garcia railway (project page)", "publisher": "Agence Française de Développement", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.afd.fr/en/projects/modernization-and-capacity-increase-maputo-ressano-garcia-railway", "locator": "project page, description", "says": "\"CFM has applied for financing from AFD, Agence française de développement, and the European Union\"; the financing plan includes \"a €30 million grant from the European Union\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "MOZ-P-0003", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[0]", "source": "S-MW-NATION-INTERCONNECTOR-2026", "source_title": "Malawi-Mozambique power line passes test", "publisher": "The Nation (Nation Online, Malawi)", "source_tier": "secondary", "source_url": "https://mwnation.com/malawi-mozambique-power-line-passes-test/", "locator": "article text", "says": "\"transmission line from Matambo Substation in Mozambique to Phombeya Substation in Malawi energised on August 8 2026\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "MOZ-P-0003", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[1]", "source": "S-MW-NATION-INTERCONNECTOR-2026", "source_title": "Malawi-Mozambique power line passes test", "publisher": "The Nation (Nation Online, Malawi)", "source_tier": "secondary", "source_url": "https://mwnation.com/malawi-mozambique-power-line-passes-test/", "locator": "article text", "says": "\"Malawi and Mozambique Power Interconnector went live on test basis with a transfer of five megawatts\"; the import was \"symbolic to test and commission commercial metering equipment\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "MOZ-P-0003", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[2]", "source": "S-MW-NATION-INTERCONNECTOR-2026", "source_title": "Malawi-Mozambique power line passes test", "publisher": "The Nation (Nation Online, Malawi)", "source_tier": "secondary", "source_url": "https://mwnation.com/malawi-mozambique-power-line-passes-test/", "locator": "article text, attributed to the Ministry of Energy; report of 1 September 2026", "says": "\"is currently finalising discussions on the tariff and other arrangements required\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "MOZ-P-0003", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[3]", "source": "S-GT-INTERCONNECTOR-2026", "source_title": "Malawi–Mozambique interconnector commissioned after construction delays", "publisher": "Global Transmission Report", "source_tier": "secondary", "source_url": "https://globaltransmission.info/malawi-mozambique-interconnector-commissioned-after-construction-delays/", "locator": "first paragraph", "says": "\"the 218-km Mozambique–Malawi transmission interconnector, which was commissioned on August 10, 2026\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "MOZ-P-0003", "path": "evidence[0]", "source": "S-MW-NYASA-INTERCONNECTOR-2026", "source_title": "Malawi's Power Crisis Deepens As Mozambique Lifeline Misses Third Deadline", "publisher": "Nyasa Times, distributed by allAfrica", "source_tier": "secondary", "source_url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202608200278.html", "locator": "article text", "says": "\"has passed without a single megawatt flowing into Malawi.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "MOZ-R-0001", "path": "tracks.legal.evidence[0]", "source": "S-MZ-LEI-12-2022", "source_title": "Lei n.º 12/2022, de 11 de Julho, Lei de Electricidade (Boletim da República, I Série, n.º 132)", "publisher": "Assembleia da República; copy hosted by ARENE (Autoridade Reguladora de Energia)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://arene.org.mz/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Lei-de-Electricidade-2022.pdf", "locator": "printed p.1140 / PDF p.6", "says": "\"O concessionário de transporte e/ou distribuição de energia eléctrica não pode recusar a outro concessionário ou consumidor, havendo disponibilidade técnica e desde que não afecte negativamente as suas obrigações de qualidade de serviço, o acesso e trânsito de energia eléctrica na sua instalação eléctrica.\"; \"O concessionário de transporte e/ou distribuição de energia eléctrica concede, sem discriminação, o acesso e trânsito a outro concessionário ou consumidor em condições comparáveis\"; \"O trânsito de energia eléctrica através das instalações de um terceiro é feito mediante o pagamento de uma tarifa de trânsito aprovada pela ARENE.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "MOZ-R-0001", "path": "tracks.legal.evidence[1]", "source": "S-MZ-LEI-12-2022", "source_title": "Lei n.º 12/2022, de 11 de Julho, Lei de Electricidade (Boletim da República, I Série, n.º 132)", "publisher": "Assembleia da República; copy hosted by ARENE (Autoridade Reguladora de Energia)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://arene.org.mz/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Lei-de-Electricidade-2022.pdf", "locator": "printed p.1146 / PDF p.12", "says": "\"A presente Lei entra em vigor 90 dias após a data da sua publicação.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "MOZ-R-0001", "path": "tracks.rules.evidence[0]", "source": "S-MZ-DEC-31-2026", "source_title": "Decreto n.º 31/2026, de 7 de Julho, Regulamento para a Atribuição, Execução e Extinção de Concessões para a Produção, Transporte, Distribuição, Comercialização, Armazenamento, Importação e Exportação de Energia Eléctrica (Boletim da República, I Série, n.º 127)", "publisher": "Conselho de Ministros; copy hosted by ARENE", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://arene.org.mz/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Decreto-31-2026-Regulamento-da-Lei-da-Electricidade.pdf", "locator": "printed p.1081 / PDF p.19", "says": "\"A concessionária de transporte e distribuição e o Gestor do Sistema Eléctrico Nacional devem permitir o acesso à respectiva rede de transporte a terceiros, de forma não discriminatória e em condições equiparáveis de qualidade, desde que haja capacidade disponível e não afecte os níveis regulamentares de qualidade, eficiência, segurança e fiabilidade do serviço e da operação do Sistema Eléctrico Nacional, mediante o pagamento de uma tarifa de trânsito.\"; \"feito mediante o pagamento de uma tarifa de trânsito fixada em termos a regulamentar pela Autoridade Reguladora de Energia.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "MOZ-R-0001", "path": "tracks.rules.evidence[1]", "source": "S-MZ-DEC-31-2026", "source_title": "Decreto n.º 31/2026, de 7 de Julho, Regulamento para a Atribuição, Execução e Extinção de Concessões para a Produção, Transporte, Distribuição, Comercialização, Armazenamento, Importação e Exportação de Energia Eléctrica (Boletim da República, I Série, n.º 127)", "publisher": "Conselho de Ministros; copy hosted by ARENE", "source_tier": "primary", 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"\"A exportação de energia elétrica deve ser feita sem prejuízo da Segurança Energética Nacional.\"; \"As tarifas de exportação não podem ser subsidiadas em prejuízo do mercado nacional.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "MOZ-R-0003", "path": "tracks.legal.evidence[1]", "source": "S-MZ-LEI-12-2022", "source_title": "Lei n.º 12/2022, de 11 de Julho, Lei de Electricidade (Boletim da República, I Série, n.º 132)", "publisher": "Assembleia da República; copy hosted by ARENE (Autoridade Reguladora de Energia)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://arene.org.mz/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Lei-de-Electricidade-2022.pdf", "locator": "printed p.1138 / PDF p.4", "says": "\"A importação de energia eléctrica é feita pelos concessionários de produção, transporte e distribuição, quando o respectivo contrato de concessão especificamente assim o autorize e para assegurar o fornecimento de energia aos respectivos consumidores.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "MOZ-R-0003", "path": "tracks.legal.evidence[2]", "source": "S-MZ-LEI-12-2022", "source_title": "Lei n.º 12/2022, de 11 de Julho, Lei de Electricidade (Boletim da República, I Série, n.º 132)", "publisher": "Assembleia da República; copy hosted by ARENE (Autoridade Reguladora de Energia)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://arene.org.mz/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Lei-de-Electricidade-2022.pdf", "locator": "printed p.1146 / PDF p.12", "says": "\"A presente Lei entra em vigor 90 dias após a data da sua publicação.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "MOZ-R-0003", "path": "tracks.rules.evidence[0]", "source": "S-MZ-DEC-31-2026", "source_title": "Decreto n.º 31/2026, de 7 de Julho, Regulamento para a Atribuição, Execução e Extinção de Concessões para a Produção, Transporte, Distribuição, Comercialização, Armazenamento, Importação e Exportação de Energia Eléctrica (Boletim da República, I 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The studies are being updated with support from the Green Gris Initiative including assessing the project for decarbonization potential. Long lead ESIA studies are expected in early 2025.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "SAPP-P-0001", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[7]", "source": "S-AFDB-ZM-CSP-2024", "source_title": "Zambia - Country Strategy Paper 2024-2029", "publisher": "African Development Bank", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.afdb.org/sites/default/files/documents/projects-and-operations/zambia_-_country_strategy_paper_2024-2029_0.pdf", "locator": "PDF p.29 [II], results-based framework, interventions column", "says": "\"ZIZABONA 330kV Transmission Line Project A (2026)\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "SAPP-P-0001", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[8]", "source": "S-ZM-M300-COMPACT", "source_title": "National Energy Compact for Zambia (Mission 300)", "publisher": "Government of Zambia (hosted by the World Bank)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.worldbank.org/content/dam/theworldbankgroupasset/document/2026/m300-energy-compacts/Zambia-M300-AES-Compact.pdf", "locator": "PDF p.37, interconnector projects table, row 13", "says": "status \"AFDB advertised for consultants to update the feasibility and ESIA reports\", with ZESCO as the responsible office", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "SAPP-P-0001", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[9]", "source": "S-ZM-M300-COMPACT", "source_title": "National Energy Compact for Zambia (Mission 300)", "publisher": "Government of Zambia (hosted by the World Bank)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.worldbank.org/content/dam/theworldbankgroupasset/document/2026/m300-energy-compacts/Zambia-M300-AES-Compact.pdf", "locator": "PDF p.37, interconnector projects table, row 13, Date of Start of Operation", "says": "\"2028\" in the column \"Date of Start of Operation\" for the ZIZABONA Interconnector", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "SAPP-P-0001", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[10]", "source": "S-SARDC-ZIZABONA-2012", "source_title": "SADC lures investors for ZiZaBoNa energy project (Southern African News Features, SANF 12 No 28)", "publisher": "SARDC (Kizito Sikuka)", "source_tier": "secondary", "source_url": "https://sardc.net/en/southern-african-news-features/sadc-lures-investors-for-zizabona-energy-project/", "locator": "feature text", "says": "according to SAPP, \"the project should be ready for implementation between 2014 and 2015\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "SAPP-P-0001", "path": "tracks.funding.evidence[0]", "source": "S-SAPP-Q-2025Q4", "source_title": "SAPP Quarterly Report, October to December 2025", "publisher": "Southern African Power Pool", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://sapp.co.zw/sites/default/files/Q3-SAPP%20QUARTERLY%20REPORT%20Oct%20to%20Dec%202025.pdf", "locator": "p.7 (PDF page; printed page may differ)", "says": "SAPP and ZESA held a technical consultative meeting on 17 December 2025 \"to explore readiness to mobilise financial resources and accelerate investment\"", "quote_check": "verified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "SAPP-P-0001", "path": "tracks.funding.evidence[1]", "source": "S-SARDC-ZIZABONA-2012", "source_title": "SADC lures investors for ZiZaBoNa energy project (Southern African News Features, SANF 12 No 28)", "publisher": "SARDC (Kizito Sikuka)", "source_tier": "secondary", "source_url": "https://sardc.net/en/southern-african-news-features/sadc-lures-investors-for-zizabona-energy-project/", "locator": "feature text, paragraphs 2 and 4", "says": "\"The five investors – the African Development Bank (AfDB), Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), European Investment Bank (EIB), French Development Agency and Stanbic Botswana – pledged more than US$160 million towards the project.\" The pledges were made at \"a recent investor’s roundtable held in Swakopmund, Namibia\".", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "SAPP-P-0001", "path": "tracks.funding.evidence[2]", "source": "S-SARDC-ZIZABONA-2012", "source_title": "SADC lures investors for ZiZaBoNa energy project (Southern African News Features, SANF 12 No 28)", "publisher": "SARDC (Kizito Sikuka)", "source_tier": "secondary", "source_url": "https://sardc.net/en/southern-african-news-features/sadc-lures-investors-for-zizabona-energy-project/", "locator": "feature text, last paragraph", "says": "\"Financing and contracting will take place in 2013.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "SAPP-P-0001", "path": "tracks.funding.evidence[3]", "source": "S-PIDA-ZIZABONA", "source_title": "ZiZaBoNa Transmission Project, PIDA project database entry", "publisher": "African Union Development Agency (PIDA)", "source_tier": "secondary", "source_url": "https://map.au-pida.org/projects/show/7270001", "locator": "project page, Comments on finance", "says": "\"FUNDING OF APPROXIMATELY USD 34 MILLION HAS BEEN SECURED FOR COMPONENT A FROM THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (AFDB). SAPP IS MOBILISING RESOURCES FOR PROJECT FUNDING FOR COMPONENT B AND C AND IS HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE AFDB IN THIS REGARD.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "SAPP-P-0001", "path": "tracks.funding.evidence[4]", "source": "S-PIDA-PROSPECTUS-ZIZABONA", "source_title": "Zimbabwe Zambia Botswana Namibia (ZIZABONA) Interconnector Project, PIDA Investment Prospectus", "publisher": "African Union Development Agency (PIDA Investment Prospectus)", "source_tier": "secondary", "source_url": "https://au-pida.org/prospectus/project.php?id=100", "locator": "Development, Implementation and Financial Details", "says": "\"Project structuring to be completed by 2024, with financial close targeted for 2025.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "SAPP-P-0001", "path": "tracks.funding.evidence[5]", "source": "S-ZW-M300-COMPACT", "source_title": "National Energy Compact for the Republic of Zimbabwe (Mission 300)", "publisher": "Government of Zimbabwe (hosted by the World Bank)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/0c714e463c17130c6415ac2ffeafff6d-0010012025/original/Zimbabwe-National-Energy-Compact-Mission-300.pdf", "locator": "PDF p.33, Pillar II, Regional Integration", "says": "\"Mobilize resources for the implementation of the prioritized Central Transmission Corridor such as MOZISA and ZIZABONA by Q4 2027.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "SAPP-P-0001", "path": "tracks.funding.evidence[6]", "source": "S-AFDB-P-Z1-F00-043", "source_title": "ZIZABONA Power Interconnection Project (P-Z1-F00-043), project page", "publisher": "African Development Bank", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.afdb.org/en/projects-and-operations/p-z1-f00-043", "locator": "project details table", "says": "Status Completed; approval date 18-Dec-2012; total cost 1294874.7, currency UAC; implementing agency Southern Africa Power Pool (SAPP)", "quote_check": "paraphrase", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "SAPP-P-0001", "path": "tracks.funding.evidence[7]", "source": "S-AFDB-ZM-CSP-2024", "source_title": "Zambia - Country Strategy Paper 2024-2029", "publisher": "African Development Bank", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.afdb.org/sites/default/files/documents/projects-and-operations/zambia_-_country_strategy_paper_2024-2029_0.pdf", "locator": "PDF p.42 [XV], Annex IV, energy operations planned under the previous strategy, row \"P-Z1-FA0-064 Zizabona Power Interconnection Project\" (2019; 17.9, 2.5, 2.5)", "says": "\"The Board could not consider this project for approval because infrastructure investments are not eligible under for TSF in Zimbabwe\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "SAPP-P-0001", "path": "tracks.funding.evidence[8]", "source": "S-AFDB-RISP-MTR-2024", "source_title": "Southern Africa - Joint Regional Integration Strategy Paper 2020-2026, Mid-Term Review and 2023 Regional Portfolio Performance Review Report", "publisher": "African Development Bank", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.afdb.org/sites/default/files/documents/projects-and-operations/southern_africa-joint_regional_integration_strategy_paper_2020-2026_mid-term_review_and_2023_regional_portfolio_performance_review_report.pdf", "locator": "PDF p.49 [XIX], indicative operational programme table, row 5 \"ZIZABONA Power Interconnection\"", "says": "\"ZIZABONA Power Interconnection 2023 100 ADF\"; \"Reason for variance with programming year: Zimbabwe is under Bank lending sanction and yet constitutes up to 90% ($55 million) of the Phase I of the project.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "SAPP-P-0001", "path": "financing.costs[0].cite", "source": "S-SARDC-ZIZABONA-2012", "source_title": "SADC lures investors for ZiZaBoNa energy project (Southern African News Features, SANF 12 No 28)", "publisher": "SARDC (Kizito Sikuka)", "source_tier": "secondary", "source_url": "https://sardc.net/en/southern-african-news-features/sadc-lures-investors-for-zizabona-energy-project/", "locator": "feature text, paragraph 2", "says": "\"Total funding requirement is US$223 million, comprising US$67 million equity and US$156 million debt financing.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "SAPP-P-0001", "path": "financing.costs[1].cite", "source": "S-PIDA-ZIZABONA", "source_title": "ZiZaBoNa Transmission Project, PIDA project database entry", "publisher": "African Union Development Agency (PIDA)", "source_tier": "secondary", "source_url": "https://map.au-pida.org/projects/show/7270001", "locator": "project page, Comments on economics", "says": "\"ALL-IN PROJECT FUNDING REQUIREMENT FOR THE FULL ZIZABONA PROJECT, INCL. CONTINGENCIES, OTHER PROJECT COSTS, FINANCING RELATED COSTS, INSURANCE AND WORKING CAPITAL IS ESTIMATED AT US$223M.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "SAPP-P-0001", "path": "financing.costs[2].cite", "source": "S-PIDA-PROSPECTUS-ZIZABONA", "source_title": "Zimbabwe Zambia Botswana Namibia (ZIZABONA) Interconnector Project, PIDA Investment Prospectus", "publisher": "African Union Development Agency (PIDA Investment Prospectus)", "source_tier": "secondary", "source_url": "https://au-pida.org/prospectus/project.php?id=100", "locator": "project header", "says": "\"USD 240.00M\" Total Project Cost", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "SAPP-P-0001", "path": "financing.costs[3].cite", "source": "S-ZM-M300-COMPACT", "source_title": "National Energy Compact for Zambia (Mission 300)", "publisher": "Government of Zambia (hosted by the World Bank)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.worldbank.org/content/dam/theworldbankgroupasset/document/2026/m300-energy-compacts/Zambia-M300-AES-Compact.pdf", "locator": "PDF p.37, interconnector projects table, row 13, Investment Costs (USD million)", "says": "\"ZIZABONA Interconnector\" with 76 in the column \"Investment Costs (USD million)\" and capacity 700 MVA", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "SAPP-P-0001", "path": "financing.costs[4].cite", "source": "S-AFDB-ZIZABONA-ESIA-2018", "source_title": "Zambia-Zimbabwe-Botswana-Namibia Interconnector (ZiZaBoNa) - Phase A - ESIA Summary (project P-Z1-FA0-135)", "publisher": "African Development Bank", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Environmental-and-Social-Assessments/Zambia-Zimbabwe-Botswana-Namibia_Interconnector__ZiZaBoNa__%E2%80%93_Phase_A_%E2%80%93_ESIA_Summary.pdf", "locator": "PDF p.5, project description", "says": "\"The estimated project cost is USD29 (UA19.5) million in Zimbabwe and USD3 (UA2.12) million in Zambia, to be further reviewed and updated.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "SAPP-P-0001", "path": "financing.costs[5].cite", "source": "S-AFDB-ZIZABONA-ESIA-2018", "source_title": "Zambia-Zimbabwe-Botswana-Namibia Interconnector (ZiZaBoNa) - Phase A - ESIA Summary (project P-Z1-FA0-135)", "publisher": "African Development Bank", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Environmental-and-Social-Assessments/Zambia-Zimbabwe-Botswana-Namibia_Interconnector__ZiZaBoNa__%E2%80%93_Phase_A_%E2%80%93_ESIA_Summary.pdf", "locator": "PDF p.5, project description", "says": "\"The estimated project cost is USD29 (UA19.5) million in Zimbabwe and USD3 (UA2.12) million in Zambia, to be further reviewed and updated.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "SAPP-P-0001", "path": "financing.money[0].evidence[0]", "source": "S-PIDA-ZIZABONA", "source_title": "ZiZaBoNa Transmission Project, PIDA project database entry", "publisher": "African Union Development Agency (PIDA)", "source_tier": "secondary", "source_url": "https://map.au-pida.org/projects/show/7270001", "locator": "project page, Comments on finance", "says": "\"FUNDING OF APPROXIMATELY USD 34 MILLION HAS BEEN SECURED FOR COMPONENT A FROM THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (AFDB).\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "SAPP-P-0001", "path": "financing.money[1].evidence[0]", "source": "S-SARDC-ZIZABONA-2012", "source_title": "SADC lures investors for ZiZaBoNa energy project (Southern African News Features, SANF 12 No 28)", "publisher": "SARDC (Kizito Sikuka)", "source_tier": "secondary", "source_url": "https://sardc.net/en/southern-african-news-features/sadc-lures-investors-for-zizabona-energy-project/", "locator": "feature text, paragraph 2", "says": "\"DBSA has indicated that it is willing to contribute US$50 million over a 17-year horizon.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "SAPP-P-0001", "path": "financing.money[2].evidence[0]", "source": "S-SARDC-ZIZABONA-2012", "source_title": "SADC lures investors for ZiZaBoNa energy project (Southern African News Features, SANF 12 No 28)", "publisher": "SARDC (Kizito Sikuka)", "source_tier": "secondary", "source_url": "https://sardc.net/en/southern-african-news-features/sadc-lures-investors-for-zizabona-energy-project/", "locator": "feature text, paragraph 3", "says": "\"The French Development Agency pledged to commit between US$30 million and US$50 million, while the AfDB said it is prepared to pick up 40 percent of the debt financing required.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "SAPP-P-0001", "path": "bankability.basis[0]", "source": "S-AFDB-P-Z1-F00-043", "source_title": "ZIZABONA Power Interconnection Project (P-Z1-F00-043), project page", "publisher": "African Development Bank", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.afdb.org/en/projects-and-operations/p-z1-f00-043", "locator": "project details table", "says": "Status Completed; approval date 18-Dec-2012; total cost 1294874.7, currency UAC; implementing agency Southern Africa Power Pool (SAPP)", "quote_check": "paraphrase", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "SAPP-P-0001", "path": "bankability.basis[1]", "source": "S-AFDB-ZIZABONA-AWARD-2024", "source_title": "Publication of contract award - ZiZaBoNa Project Preparation Support (PPS) under the Africa Energy Transition Catalyst Program", "publisher": "African Development Bank", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.afdb.org/sites/default/files/documents/project-related-procurement/publication_of_award_-_zizabona_project_preparation_support_pps_002.pdf", "locator": "award notice, single page (notice published 19 January 2024; the award date itself is not stated)", "says": "\"Name of Consultant Selected: Studio Pietrangeli\"; \"Contract Amount: 384463,51\"; \"Contract Commencement Date: 15/01/2024\"; \"Contract Duration: 12 Months\"; the assignment \"comprises the review of a feasibility study that was completed in 2017; as well as Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) studies that were completed in 2012 and 2016.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "WAPP-R-0001", "path": "tracks.rules.evidence[0]", "source": "S-ERERA-PAUSTE-2019", "source_title": "Décision N°014/ERERA/19 portant approbation des Procédures d'Accès et d'Utilisation des Services de Transport du Système d'Echanges d'Energie Electrique Ouest Africain (PAUSTE)", "publisher": "ECOWAS Regional Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERERA / ARREC); copy hosted by WAPP", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.ecowapp.org/sites/default/files/decision-no-014-erera-19_approbation-des-pauste.pdf", "locator": "decision, PDF p.2 (OCR)", "says": "\"Les Procédures d'Accès et d'Utilisation des Services de Transport du Système d'Echanges d'Energie Electrique Ouest Africain (PAUSTE), ci-jointes, sont approuvées par le Conseil de Régulation.\"; \"Fait à Accra, République du Ghana, le 13 décembre 2019\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "WAPP-R-0001", "path": "tracks.rules.evidence[1]", "source": "S-ERERA-PAUSTE-2019", "source_title": "Décision N°014/ERERA/19 portant approbation des Procédures d'Accès et d'Utilisation des Services de Transport du Système d'Echanges d'Energie Electrique Ouest Africain (PAUSTE)", "publisher": "ECOWAS Regional Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERERA / ARREC); copy hosted by WAPP", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.ecowapp.org/sites/default/files/decision-no-014-erera-19_approbation-des-pauste.pdf", "locator": "printed p.98 / PDF p.100 (OCR)", "says": "\"Le tableau ci-dessous doit être rempli et mis à jour par l'OSM et approuvé par l'ARREC chaque année et publié (en octobre de chaque année) sur le SIMEOA\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "WAPP-R-0001", "path": "tracks.rules.evidence[2]", "source": "S-ERERA-RTTM-2026", "source_title": "Regional Transmission Tariff Methodology (RTTM), adopted by Resolution No. 020/ERERA/26", "publisher": "ECOWAS Regional Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERERA); copy hosted by WAPP", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.ecowapp.org/sites/default/files/resolution_020_mttr_en.pdf", "locator": "printed p.9 / PDF p.12", "says": "\"No cross-border tariff shall be applied; however, the compensation mechanism is established to remunerate the use of a transmission network by users from other networks within the WAPPITS.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "WAPP-R-0001", "path": "tracks.rules.evidence[3]", "source": "S-ERERA-RTTM-2026", "source_title": "Regional Transmission Tariff Methodology (RTTM), adopted by Resolution No. 020/ERERA/26", "publisher": "ECOWAS 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payments to be collected from the National Tariffs or for compensations paid to be offset against National Tariffs.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "WAPP-R-0001", "path": "tracks.rules.evidence[5]", "source": "S-ERERA-RETTAP-2026", "source_title": "Resolution No. 021/ERERA/26 approving the Regional Electricity Transmission Tariff Application Procedure (RETTAP)", "publisher": "ECOWAS Regional Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERERA); copy hosted by WAPP", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.ecowapp.org/sites/default/files/resolution_021_rettap_en_compressed.pdf", "locator": "PDF p.2 (OCR)", "says": "\"The Regional Electricity Transmission Tariff Application Procedure (RETTAP), hereby attached, is approved.\"; \"This Resolution shall enter into force from the date of its signature.\"; \"Done in Accra, Ghana , on March 19 , 2026\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "WAPP-R-0001", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[0]", "source": "S-ERERA-RTTM-2026", "source_title": "Regional Transmission Tariff Methodology (RTTM), adopted by Resolution No. 020/ERERA/26", "publisher": "ECOWAS Regional Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERERA); copy hosted by WAPP", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.ecowapp.org/sites/default/files/resolution_020_mttr_en.pdf", "locator": "printed p.15 / PDF p.18", "says": "\"ERERA shall review and approve the annual values determined in Article 14.1, as submitted by the SMO. The ERERA resolution approving the compensation for the year Y shall set the effective RCPs.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "WAPP-R-0002", "path": "tracks.rules.evidence[0]", "source": "S-WAPP-DEC-ICC-2012", "source_title": "Decision WAPP/45/DEC.02/11/12 relating to the Transition of WAPP Information and Coordination Center (ICC) to Regional System Market Operator", "publisher": "West African Power Pool, General Assembly (seventh session)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.ecowapp.org/sites/default/files/transition_of_wapp_information_and_coordination_center_icc_to_regional_system_market_operator.pdf", "locator": "PDF p.2", "says": "\"The Transition of the WAPP Information and Coordination Center (ICC) to Regional System Market Operator towards the establishment of the Regional Electricity market is adopted.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "WAPP-R-0002", "path": "tracks.rules.evidence[1]", "source": "S-WAPP-DEC-76-2017", "source_title": "Décision EEEOA/76/DEC.03/11/17 portant amendement de la Convention d'établissement de l'EEEOA relatif aux nouvelles attributions du Centre d'Information et de Coordination (CIC) de l'EEEOA en vue de lui permettre d'assurer les fonctions d'opérateur régional du système-marché pendant la 1re phase de mise en œuvre du marché régional de l'énergie électrique", "publisher": "West African Power Pool, General Assembly (twelfth session)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.ecowapp.org/sites/default/files/dec_76_amendement_convention_nvlles_attributions_cic.pdf", "locator": "PDF p.4 (OCR)", "says": "\"Le Centre d'Information et de Coordination de l'EEEOA (CIC) est un organe du Secrétariat Général chargé de promouvoir la coordination opérationnelle entre les propriétaires et exploitants du réseau de transport a travers un échange d'informations quotidien entre les centres de coordination opérationnelle des Membres de l'ÉEEOA. Le CIC est également chargé, dans le cadre du Marché Régional de l'Electricité, d'assurer les fonctions d'Opérateur du Système - Marché (OSM) conformément aux Régles du Marché Régional.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "WAPP-R-0002", "path": "tracks.rules.evidence[2]", "source": "S-ERERA-RETTAP-2026", "source_title": "Resolution No. 021/ERERA/26 approving the Regional Electricity Transmission Tariff Application Procedure (RETTAP)", "publisher": "ECOWAS Regional Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERERA); copy hosted by WAPP", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.ecowapp.org/sites/default/files/resolution_021_rettap_en_compressed.pdf", "locator": "PDF p.2 (OCR)", "says": "\"The Regional Electricity Transmission Tariff Application Procedure (RETTAP) is implemented by the Regional System and Market Operator, under the supervision of ERERA, in accordance with the provisions of the Regional Electricity Market Codes.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "WAPP-R-0002", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[0]", "source": "S-WAPP-AR-2021", "source_title": "Rapport annuel 2021 de l'EEEOA (WAPP 2021 annual report, French edition)", "publisher": "West African Power Pool, General Secretariat", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.ecowapp.org/sites/default/files/rapport_annuel_wapp_2021.pdf", "locator": "PDF p.29", "says": "\"Au sein du Secrétariat Général de l'EEEOA, le Département CIC est en charge des activités liées au Marché Régional de l'Electricité.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "WAPP-R-0002", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[1]", "source": "S-WAPP-AR-2021", "source_title": "Rapport annuel 2021 de l'EEEOA (WAPP 2021 annual report, French edition)", "publisher": "West African Power Pool, General Secretariat", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.ecowapp.org/sites/default/files/rapport_annuel_wapp_2021.pdf", "locator": "PDF p.31", "says": "\"en attendant la mise en service du système de gestion du marché (MMS), le Centre d'Information et de Coordination (CIC) effectue des essais de programmation des contrats bilatéraux sur le Marché. Quinze (15) contrats bilatéraux transfrontaliers sont programmés et confirmés quotidiennement par la Division Clientèle et Marché.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "WAPP-R-0002", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[2]", "source": "S-BJ-GOUV-CIC-2023", "source_title": "Inauguration du Centre d'information et de Coordination du WAPP au Bénin : Le marché régional unifié de l'électricité désormais une réalité en Afrique de l'ouest", "publisher": "Government of the Republic of Benin (gouv.bj)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.gouv.bj/article/2449/inauguration-centre-information-coordination-wapp-benin-marche-regional-unifie-electricite-desormais-realite-afrique-ouest/", "locator": "article text, first paragraph", "says": "\"Le Bénin est depuis ce vendredi 17 novembre 2023, la capitale des échanges d'énergie électrique entre 15 pays membres de la CEDEAO.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "WAPP-R-0003", "path": "tracks.legal.evidence[0]", "source": "S-ECOWAS-DIR-2-12-18", "source_title": "Directive C/DIR/2/12/18 on the Securitization of the Cross-Border Power Trade under the Regional Electricity Market", "publisher": "ECOWAS Council of Ministers (81st ordinary session, Abuja, 13 to 15 December 2018); copy hosted by WAPP", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.ecowapp.org/sites/default/files/directive-on-the-securitization-of-the-cross-border-power-trade-under-the-regional-electricity-market-2-1.pdf", "locator": "PDF p.10 (OCR)", "says": "\"This Directive shall enter into force on the date of its signature by the Chairperson of the Council of Ministers and shall be published in the Official Journal of the Community within thirty (30) days of its signature.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "WAPP-R-0003", "path": "tracks.legal.evidence[1]", "source": "S-ECOWAS-DIR-2-12-18", "source_title": "Directive C/DIR/2/12/18 on the Securitization of the Cross-Border Power Trade under the Regional Electricity Market", "publisher": "ECOWAS Council of Ministers (81st ordinary session, Abuja, 13 to 15 December 2018); copy hosted by WAPP", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.ecowapp.org/sites/default/files/directive-on-the-securitization-of-the-cross-border-power-trade-under-the-regional-electricity-market-2-1.pdf", "locator": "PDF p.3 (OCR)", "says": "\"NOTING that cross-border electricity trade among WAPP member utilities has led, in some cases, to accumulations of substantial payment arrears to electricity suppliers, resulting in Governments' intervention for clearance of their debt arrears;\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "WAPP-R-0003", "path": "tracks.legal.evidence[2]", "source": "S-ECOWAS-DIR-2-12-18", "source_title": "Directive C/DIR/2/12/18 on the Securitization of the Cross-Border Power Trade under the Regional Electricity Market", "publisher": "ECOWAS Council of Ministers (81st ordinary session, Abuja, 13 to 15 December 2018); copy hosted by WAPP", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.ecowapp.org/sites/default/files/directive-on-the-securitization-of-the-cross-border-power-trade-under-the-regional-electricity-market-2-1.pdf", "locator": "PDF p.7 (OCR; item numerals garbled in the scan)", "says": "\"adopting escrow accounts that ring-fence utility revenues, accompanied with ‘cascade or waterfall’ payment mechanisms that clarify the priority of payment of electricity creditors in situations of cash shortfall\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "WAPP-R-0003", "path": "tracks.legal.evidence[3]", "source": "S-ECOWAS-DIR-2-12-18", "source_title": "Directive C/DIR/2/12/18 on the Securitization of the Cross-Border Power Trade under the Regional Electricity Market", "publisher": "ECOWAS Council of Ministers (81st ordinary session, Abuja, 13 to 15 December 2018); copy hosted by WAPP", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.ecowapp.org/sites/default/files/directive-on-the-securitization-of-the-cross-border-power-trade-under-the-regional-electricity-market-2-1.pdf", "locator": "PDF p.7 (OCR; 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copy hosted by WAPP", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.ecowapp.org/sites/default/files/directive-on-the-securitization-of-the-cross-border-power-trade-under-the-regional-electricity-market-2-1.pdf", "locator": "PDF p.9 (OCR)", "says": "\"Member States shall adopt Legislative, Regulatory and Administrative Provisions required to enforce compliance with this Directive at the latest by 1st January 2020.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "WAPP-R-0003", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[0]", "source": "S-ECOWAS-DIR-2-12-18", "source_title": "Directive C/DIR/2/12/18 on the Securitization of the Cross-Border Power Trade under the Regional Electricity Market", "publisher": "ECOWAS Council of Ministers (81st ordinary session, Abuja, 13 to 15 December 2018); copy hosted by WAPP", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.ecowapp.org/sites/default/files/directive-on-the-securitization-of-the-cross-border-power-trade-under-the-regional-electricity-market-2-1.pdf", "locator": "PDF p.9 (OCR)", "says": "\"monitoring the compliance of Member States with the provisions of this Directive and regularly publishing information regarding the state of adoption of these measures.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "WAPP-R-0003", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[1]", "source": "S-WAPP-AR-2021", "source_title": "Rapport annuel 2021 de l'EEEOA (WAPP 2021 annual report, French edition)", "publisher": "West African Power Pool, General Secretariat", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.ecowapp.org/sites/default/files/rapport_annuel_wapp_2021.pdf", "locator": "PDF p.13", "says": "\"Il devait s'en suivre des réflexions sur la mise en place d'un Fonds Renouvelable de Soutien aux Liquidités (FRSL) qui est un système de garantie collective destiné à encourager le bon comportement des acteurs du Marché Régional de l'Electricité et à promouvoir le respect des termes et conditions des contrats d'achat et de fourniture d'électricité. Un Groupe de Travail a été mis en place pour conduire ces réflexions.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "WAPP-R-0003", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[2]", "source": "S-WB-RESULTS-WA-2026", "source_title": "Accès à l'électricité en Afrique de l'Ouest : le pari réussi de l'intégration régionale (results story)", "publisher": "World Bank", "source_tier": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/results/2026/05/11/connecting-west-africa-through-regional-power-integration-and-expanded-electricity-access", "locator": "section on the programme's next steps", "says": "\"Pour renforcer la confiance dans les échanges d'énergie, le programme mettra également en place un fonds renouvelable de renforcement de la liquidité, garantissant la ponctualité des paiements, en complément de réformes nationales visant à consolider la viabilité financière des compagnies d'électricité.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "WAPP-R-0003", "path": "bankability.basis[0]", "source": "S-ECOWAS-DIR-2-12-18", "source_title": "Directive C/DIR/2/12/18 on the Securitization of the Cross-Border Power Trade under the Regional Electricity Market", "publisher": "ECOWAS Council of Ministers (81st ordinary session, Abuja, 13 to 15 December 2018); copy hosted by WAPP", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.ecowapp.org/sites/default/files/directive-on-the-securitization-of-the-cross-border-power-trade-under-the-regional-electricity-market-2-1.pdf", "locator": "PDF p.7 (OCR; item numerals garbled in the scan)", "says": "\"adopting escrow accounts that ring-fence utility revenues, accompanied with ‘cascade or waterfall’ payment mechanisms that clarify the priority of payment of electricity creditors in situations of cash shortfall\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "WAPP-R-0003", "path": "bankability.basis[1]", "source": "S-ECOWAS-DIR-2-12-18", "source_title": "Directive C/DIR/2/12/18 on the Securitization of the Cross-Border Power Trade under the Regional Electricity Market", "publisher": "ECOWAS Council of Ministers (81st ordinary session, Abuja, 13 to 15 December 2018); copy hosted by WAPP", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.ecowapp.org/sites/default/files/directive-on-the-securitization-of-the-cross-border-power-trade-under-the-regional-electricity-market-2-1.pdf", "locator": "PDF p.7 (OCR; item numerals garbled in the scan)", "says": "\"introducing mechanism of payments guarantees with the involvement of the Technical and Financial Partners (TFP) for the benefit of the electricity supplier;\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "WAPP-R-0003", "path": "bankability.basis[2]", "source": "S-ECOWAS-DIR-2-12-18", "source_title": "Directive C/DIR/2/12/18 on the Securitization of the Cross-Border Power Trade under the Regional Electricity Market", "publisher": "ECOWAS Council of Ministers (81st ordinary session, Abuja, 13 to 15 December 2018); copy hosted by WAPP", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.ecowapp.org/sites/default/files/directive-on-the-securitization-of-the-cross-border-power-trade-under-the-regional-electricity-market-2-1.pdf", "locator": "PDF p.9 (OCR)", "says": "\"providing and enforcing a contractual template for the bilateral exchange of electricity between Member States that defines the conditions of power supply (firm, semi-firm or interruptible), incorporates suitable measures for sanctioning non-payment (through graduated disconnection) as well as non-delivery (through financial penalties that compensate the importer for back-up generation), and includes standard commercial bank guarantees backed-up by multilateral guarantees;\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "WAPP-R-0003", "path": "bankability.basis[3]", "source": "S-WAPP-AR-2021", "source_title": "Rapport annuel 2021 de l'EEEOA (WAPP 2021 annual report, French edition)", "publisher": "West African Power Pool, General Secretariat", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.ecowapp.org/sites/default/files/rapport_annuel_wapp_2021.pdf", "locator": "PDF p.13", "says": "\"Il devait s'en suivre des réflexions sur la mise en place d'un Fonds Renouvelable de Soutien aux Liquidités (FRSL) qui est un système de garantie collective destiné à encourager le bon comportement des acteurs du Marché Régional de l'Electricité et à promouvoir le respect des termes et conditions des contrats d'achat et de fourniture d'électricité. Un Groupe de Travail a été mis en place pour conduire ces réflexions.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "WAPP-R-0003", "path": "bankability.risk_and_cost[0]", "source": "S-ECOWAS-DIR-2-12-18", "source_title": "Directive C/DIR/2/12/18 on the Securitization of the Cross-Border Power Trade under the Regional Electricity Market", "publisher": "ECOWAS Council of Ministers (81st ordinary session, Abuja, 13 to 15 December 2018); copy hosted by WAPP", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.ecowapp.org/sites/default/files/directive-on-the-securitization-of-the-cross-border-power-trade-under-the-regional-electricity-market-2-1.pdf", "locator": "PDF p.3 (OCR)", "says": "the directive's preamble notes that cross-border trade had in some cases led to substantial payment arrears and to governments intervening to clear them", "quote_check": "paraphrase", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "WAPP-R-0004", "path": "tracks.rules.evidence[0]", "source": "S-ECOWAS-DIR-2-12-18", "source_title": "Directive C/DIR/2/12/18 on the Securitization of the Cross-Border Power Trade under the Regional Electricity Market", "publisher": "ECOWAS Council of Ministers (81st ordinary session, Abuja, 13 to 15 December 2018); copy hosted by WAPP", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.ecowapp.org/sites/default/files/directive-on-the-securitization-of-the-cross-border-power-trade-under-the-regional-electricity-market-2-1.pdf", "locator": "PDF p.2 (OCR)", "says": "\"CONSIDERING that the ERERA Regulatory Council has, through Resolution N°012/ERERA/18 of 22 June 2018, formally launched Phase 1 of ECOWAS Regional Electricity Market as of 29 June 2018;\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "WAPP-R-0004", "path": "tracks.rules.evidence[1]", "source": "S-ERERA-RETTAP-2026", "source_title": "Resolution No. 021/ERERA/26 approving the Regional Electricity Transmission Tariff Application Procedure (RETTAP)", "publisher": "ECOWAS Regional Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERERA); copy hosted by WAPP", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.ecowapp.org/sites/default/files/resolution_021_rettap_en_compressed.pdf", "locator": "PDF p.1 (OCR)", "says": "\"MINDFUL of Resolution No. 018/ERERA/25 of 13 September 2025 approving the Regional Electricity Market Codes of West Africa (REMC-WA);\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "WAPP-R-0004", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[0]", "source": "S-WAPP-AR-2021", "source_title": "Rapport annuel 2021 de l'EEEOA (WAPP 2021 annual report, French edition)", "publisher": "West African Power Pool, General Secretariat", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.ecowapp.org/sites/default/files/rapport_annuel_wapp_2021.pdf", "locator": "PDF p.31", "says": "\"Le groupe de travail technique EEEOA/ARREC a tenu du 06 au 08 avril 2021 à Accra une réunion de concertations pour définir les actions nécessaires au meilleur fonctionnement du Marché Régional. Au cours de cette rencontre, les premiers responsables ont convenu que le lancement de la Phase 2 du Marché Régional devrait intervenir dans un ou deux ans\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "WAPP-R-0004", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[1]", "source": "S-WB-RESULTS-WA-2026", "source_title": "Accès à l'électricité en Afrique de l'Ouest : le pari réussi de l'intégration régionale (results story)", "publisher": "World Bank", "source_tier": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/results/2026/05/11/connecting-west-africa-through-regional-power-integration-and-expanded-electricity-access", "locator": "section on the World Bank's approach", "says": "\"Fin 2025, les organismes de réglementation ont validé les tarifs du DAM\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "WAPP-R-0004", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[2]", "source": "S-WB-RESULTS-WA-2026", "source_title": "Accès à l'électricité en Afrique de l'Ouest : le pari réussi de l'intégration régionale (results story)", "publisher": "World Bank", "source_tier": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/results/2026/05/11/connecting-west-africa-through-regional-power-integration-and-expanded-electricity-access", "locator": "section on the World Bank's approach, same sentence", "says": "\"Fin 2025, [...] le WAPP a réalisé le premier essai de synchronisation avec des flux d'électricité ininterrompus à travers douze pays d'Afrique de l'Ouest.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "WAPP-R-0004", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[3]", "source": "S-WB-RESULTS-WA-2026", "source_title": "Accès à l'électricité en Afrique de l'Ouest : le pari réussi de l'intégration régionale (results story)", "publisher": "World Bank", "source_tier": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/results/2026/05/11/connecting-west-africa-through-regional-power-integration-and-expanded-electricity-access", "locator": "results list, item on the regional market's launch (story published 11 May 2026)", "says": "\"Un nouveau marché « day-ahead » (DAM) est en cours de lancement, qui permettra aux compagnies d'acheter l'énergie dont elles ont besoin pour le lendemain à moindre coût\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZAF-K-0001", "path": "evidence[0]", "source": "S-EWN-BMA-BEITBRIDGE-2026", "source_title": "BMA blames Zimbabwean bottlenecks for freight truck delays at Beitbridge", "publisher": "Eyewitness News, Puleng Maake", "source_tier": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.ewn.co.za/2026/07/26/bma-blames-zimbabwean-bottlenecks-for-freight-truck-delays-at-beitbridge", "locator": "article text", "says": "the BMA attributes the July 2026 queues to \"congestion on the Zimbabwean side of the border\"; Zimbabwean authorities cited limited parking, abnormal loads occupying bays and slower processing by clearing agents", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZAF-K-0001", "path": "evidence[1]", "source": "S-NZ-ZIMRA-BEITBRIDGE-2026", "source_title": "Zimbabwe: ZIMRA Moves to Clear Beitbridge Truck Backlog As Border Congestion Persists (New Zimbabwe, via allAfrica)", "publisher": "New Zimbabwe / allAfrica", "source_tier": "secondary", "source_url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202607280030.html", "locator": "article text", "says": "in the reporter's words ZIMRA \"says it is working urgently to clear heavy congestion at the Beitbridge Border Post\", and the cause was \"a combination of operational challenges affecting cargo processing on the Zimbabwean side\"; ZIMRA is quoted directly: \"ZIMRA is working with all border agencies to expedite cargo processing and restore normal traffic flow\" and \"We expect the backlog to be largely cleared within the next 24 hours, provided operating conditions remain stable\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZAF-K-0001", "path": "observations[0]", "source": "S-SADC-BEITBRIDGE-2025", "source_title": "SADC conducts assessment study at Beitbridge border post connecting Zimbabwe and South Africa", "publisher": "SADC Secretariat", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://sadc.int/latest-news/sadc-conducts-assessment-study-beitbridge-border-post-connecting-zimbabwe-and-south", "locator": "news item text", "says": "", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZAF-K-0001", "path": "observations[1]", "source": "S-FN-BEITBRIDGE-2026-07", "source_title": "Beitbridge delays worsen", "publisher": "Freight News", "source_tier": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.freightnews.co.za/article/beitbridge-delays-worsen", "locator": "article text", "says": "", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZAF-P-0001", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[0]", "source": "S-ZA-SANEWS-BMA-2026", "source_title": "BMA announces successful bidders for major border overhaul", "publisher": "SAnews (South African Government News Agency)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.sanews.gov.za/south-africa/bma-announces-successful-bidders-major-border-overhaul", "locator": "article text", "says": "the Border Management Authority named bidders for Beitbridge and Oshoek (Baobab Concession), Lebombo (Raulux Consortium), Maseru Bridge (Kgorong Consortium), Kopfontein (Kopfontein Consortium) and Ficksburg Bridge (Imbani Consortium)", "quote_check": "paraphrase", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZAF-P-0001", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[1]", "source": "S-ZA-SANEWS-BMA-2026", "source_title": "BMA announces successful bidders for major border overhaul", "publisher": "SAnews (South African Government News Agency)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": 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to prepare for operations from early 2027\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZAF-R-0004", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[3]", "source": "S-ZA-EN-TOCS-2026", "source_title": "Eleven private train operators gear up for mainline entry after concluding access agreements", "publisher": "Engineering News / Mining Weekly (Creamer Media), Terence Creamer", "source_tier": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.miningweekly.com/article/eleven-private-train-operators-gear-up-for-mainline-entry-after-concluding-access-agreements-2026-05-13", "locator": "article text, remarks of TRIM's chief executive", "says": "operators would \"enter at their own risk a network that had been neglected\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZAF-R-0005", "path": "tracks.legal.evidence[0]", "source": "S-ZA-ERTA-2024", "source_title": "Economic Regulation of Transport Act 6 of 2024, with commencement history", "publisher": "Law Library 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"S-ZA-ERTA-2024", "source_title": "Economic Regulation of Transport Act 6 of 2024, with commencement history", "publisher": "Law Library (lawlibrary.org.za), from Government Gazette 50799", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://lawlibrary.org.za/akn/za/act/2024/6", "locator": "commencement history", "says": "Part B of Chapter 4 commenced on 1 April 2026", "quote_check": "paraphrase", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZAF-R-0005", "path": "tracks.legal.evidence[3]", "source": "S-ZA-ERTA-2024", "source_title": "Economic Regulation of Transport Act 6 of 2024, with commencement history", "publisher": "Law Library (lawlibrary.org.za), from Government Gazette 50799", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://lawlibrary.org.za/akn/za/act/2024/6", "locator": "commencement history; s.8(2)", "says": "the commencement history lists \"Chapter 2 (section 5–10)\" among provisions \"not yet commenced\"; s.8(2) would let either party to a failed access negotiation \"refer the matter to the Regulator for resolution\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZAF-R-0005", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[0]", "source": "S-ZA-OV-Q3-2526", "source_title": "Operation Vulindlela Phase II, Q3 2025/26 progress report", "publisher": "National Treasury / The Presidency", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.treasury.gov.za/comm_media/speeches/2026/Operation%20Vulindlela%20Q3%20Report%202026.pdf", "locator": "printed p.9 / PDF p.13, Reform 2 next steps", "says": "\"Operationalise the Transport Economic Regulator (TER) with appointment of Board\" (April 2026)", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZAF-R-0005", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[1]", "source": "S-ZA-OV-Q1-2627", "source_title": "Operation Vulindlela progress report, Q1 2026/27", "publisher": "National Treasury / The Presidency", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.treasury.gov.za/comm_media/press/2026/Operation%20Vulindlela%20Progress%20Report%20Q1%20-%202026.pdf", "locator": "p.10", "says": "\"An interim CEO has been appointed together with an independent Board\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZAF-R-0005", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[2]", "source": "S-ZA-OV-Q1-2627", "source_title": "Operation Vulindlela progress report, Q1 2026/27", "publisher": "National Treasury / The Presidency", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.treasury.gov.za/comm_media/press/2026/Operation%20Vulindlela%20Progress%20Report%20Q1%20-%202026.pdf", "locator": "p.10", "says": "\"The TER will be fully operational from April 2027\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZAF-R-0006", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[0]", "source": "S-ZA-OV-Q3-2526", "source_title": "Operation Vulindlela Phase II, Q3 2025/26 progress report", "publisher": "National Treasury / The Presidency", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.treasury.gov.za/comm_media/speeches/2026/Operation%20Vulindlela%20Q3%20Report%202026.pdf", "locator": "printed p.8 / PDF p.12, Reform 2 key milestones", "says": "\"Transnet and International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) have signed a 25-year agreement\"; \"Effective from 1 January 2026, the partnership will enable investment of more than R11 billion\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZAF-R-0006", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[1]", "source": "S-ZA-OV-Q1-2627", "source_title": "Operation Vulindlela progress report, Q1 2026/27", "publisher": "National Treasury / The Presidency", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.treasury.gov.za/comm_media/press/2026/Operation%20Vulindlela%20Progress%20Report%20Q1%20-%202026.pdf", "locator": "p.10", "says": "\"Transnet published a request for proposals (RFP) for three major private sector participation projects\": the Ngqura Manganese Export Corridor, a rolling stock leasing company (LeaseCo), and the Cape Town Multipurpose Terminal (a 25-year concession)", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZAF-R-0006", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[2]", "source": "S-ZA-OV-Q1-2627", "source_title": "Operation Vulindlela progress report, Q1 2026/27", "publisher": "National Treasury / The Presidency", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.treasury.gov.za/comm_media/press/2026/Operation%20Vulindlela%20Progress%20Report%20Q1%20-%202026.pdf", "locator": "p.11, next steps", "says": "\"Capacitate the PSP unit at DBSA through appointment of a permanent head\" (September to December 2026)", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZAF-R-0006", "path": "financing.costs[0].cite", "source": "S-ZA-OV-Q3-2526", "source_title": "Operation Vulindlela Phase II, Q3 2025/26 progress report", "publisher": "National Treasury / The Presidency", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.treasury.gov.za/comm_media/speeches/2026/Operation%20Vulindlela%20Q3%20Report%202026.pdf", "locator": "printed p.8 / PDF p.12, Reform 2 key milestones", "says": "\"Effective from 1 January 2026, the partnership will enable investment of more than R11 billion\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZAF-R-0007", "path": "tracks.rules.evidence[0]", "source": "S-ZA-CFM-DRAFT-2026", "source_title": "Draft Capital Flow Management Regulations, 2026 (regulations under section 9(1) of the Currency and Exchanges Act, 1933)", "publisher": "National Treasury", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.treasury.gov.za/public%20comments/CapFlow/Draft%20Capital%20Flow%20Management%20Regulations%202026%20April.pdf", "locator": "regulation 32(1) (PDF page not determined; the reader returned no page breaks)", "says": "\"The Regulations published by Government Notice R. 1111 of 1 December 1961, are hereby repealed.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZAF-R-0007", "path": "tracks.rules.evidence[1]", "source": "S-ZA-SANEWS-CFM-2026", "source_title": "Draft Capital Flow Management Regulations out for public comment (SAnews)", "publisher": "SAnews (Government Communication and Information System)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.sanews.gov.za/south-africa/draft-capital-flow-management-regulations-out-public-comment", "locator": "article text", "says": "the draft regulations appeared in Government Gazette No. 7375 on 17 April 2026 and would replace the Exchange Control Regulations of 1961; Treasury described a move to a \"positive bias\" approach, with fewer transactions needing prior approval and more emphasis on reporting and on monitoring high-impact and high-risk transactions", "quote_check": "paraphrase", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZAF-R-0007", "path": "tracks.rules.evidence[2]", "source": "S-ZA-NT-CFM-EXT-2026", "source_title": "Media statement, extension of deadline for public comment on the draft Capital Flow Management Regulations", "publisher": "National Treasury", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.treasury.gov.za/comm_media/press/2026/2026051501%20Media%20Statement%20-%20Extension%20of%20Deadline%20for%20Public%20Comment%20on%20the%20Draft%20Capital%20Flow%20Management%20Regulations.pdf", "locator": "PDF p.1 of 2", "says": "the deadline for public comment was extended from 18 May 2026 to 30 June 2026, \"following requests to allow stakeholders additional time to review\"; after it, National Treasury and the Reserve Bank will review the comments and revise the draft", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZAF-R-0007", "path": "evidence[0]", "source": "S-SARB-CEMA-2026", "source_title": "Currency and Exchanges Manual for Authorised Dealers (version 1.1.36)", "publisher": "South African Reserve Bank (Financial Surveillance Department)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.resbank.co.za/content/dam/sarb/what-we-do/financial-surveillance/financial-surveillance-documents/2026/Currency%20and%20Exchanges%20Manual%20for%20Authorised%20Dealers.pdf", "locator": "section B.2(A)(i), page 47 of 323 (footer 7/2020)", "says": "\"Except as provided for in subsections (B) to (J) below, residents are not allowed to transfer capital\" to countries outside the Common Monetary Area; other applications are considered on their merits", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZAF-R-0007", "path": "evidence[1]", "source": "S-SARB-CEMA-2026", "source_title": "Currency and Exchanges Manual for Authorised Dealers (version 1.1.36)", "publisher": "South African Reserve Bank (Financial Surveillance Department)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.resbank.co.za/content/dam/sarb/what-we-do/financial-surveillance/financial-surveillance-documents/2026/Currency%20and%20Exchanges%20Manual%20for%20Authorised%20Dealers.pdf", "locator": "section A.3(E)(iv), page 32 of 323", "says": "\"Investments and transfers of funds in Rand from/to South Africa to/from other CMA countries\" do not require the approval of the Financial Surveillance Department", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZAF-R-0007", "path": "evidence[2]", "source": "S-SARB-CEMA-2026", "source_title": "Currency and Exchanges Manual for Authorised Dealers (version 1.1.36)", "publisher": "South African Reserve Bank (Financial Surveillance Department)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.resbank.co.za/content/dam/sarb/what-we-do/financial-surveillance/financial-surveillance-documents/2026/Currency%20and%20Exchanges%20Manual%20for%20Authorised%20Dealers.pdf", "locator": "section B.2(B)(i)(a), page 49 of 323 (footer 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make bona fide new outward foreign direct investments\" where the total cost \"does not exceed R5 billion per company per calendar year\"; the passage read sets no separate limit for investment elsewhere in Africa", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZAF-R-0007", "path": "evidence[4]", "source": "S-ZA-CFM-DRAFT-2026", "source_title": "Draft Capital Flow Management Regulations, 2026 (regulations under section 9(1) of the Currency and Exchanges Act, 1933)", "publisher": "National Treasury", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.treasury.gov.za/public%20comments/CapFlow/Draft%20Capital%20Flow%20Management%20Regulations%202026%20April.pdf", "locator": "regulation 1 (definition of \"foreign currency\"); regulation 9(1)", "says": "the definition of \"foreign currency\" excludes \"the currencies of the Kingdom of Lesotho, the Republic of Namibia and the Kingdom of Eswatini\"; regulation 9(1) refers to destinations \"in the same monetary area\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZAF-R-0007", "path": "evidence[5]", "source": "S-ZA-CFM-DRAFT-2026", "source_title": "Draft Capital Flow Management Regulations, 2026 (regulations under section 9(1) of the Currency and Exchanges Act, 1933)", "publisher": "National Treasury", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.treasury.gov.za/public%20comments/CapFlow/Draft%20Capital%20Flow%20Management%20Regulations%202026%20April.pdf", "locator": "regulation 4(1)", "says": "the draft keeps a permission rule: \"a person may not, except with the permission of the National Treasury or an authorised person\" carry out the transactions it lists", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZAF-R-0007", "path": "evidence[6]", "source": "S-ZA-CFM-DRAFT-2026", "source_title": "Draft Capital Flow Management Regulations, 2026 (regulations under section 9(1) of the Currency and Exchanges Act, 1933)", "publisher": "National 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SACU's Tariff Offer that was verified to be compliant with the modalities for tariff liberalisation with South Africa committing to operationalise the AfCFTA with effect from the 31 January 2024.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZAF-T-0001", "path": "tracks.legal.evidence[1]", "source": "S-ZA-DTIC-NW2213-2025", "source_title": "Reply to question NW2213, Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition (National Assembly)", "publisher": "Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition (reproduced by the Parliamentary Monitoring Group)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://pmg.org.za/committee-question/30233/", "locator": "reply to part (2), second paragraph", "says": "\"South Africa gazetted the SACU Provisional Schedule of Tariff Concessions (Category A covering 90% of the tariff book) on 26 January 2024\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZAF-T-0001", "path": "tracks.legal.evidence[2]", "source": "S-ZA-SARS-TARIFF-2024", "source_title": "Tariff amendments 2024 (list of notices amending Schedule No. 1 to the Customs and Excise Act)", "publisher": "South African Revenue Service", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.sars.gov.za/legal-counsel/secondary-legislation/tariff-amendments/tariff-amendments-2024/", "locator": "table row for R.4281 (Gazette 26 January 2024, GG 50045)", "says": "\"Amendment to Part 1 of Schedule No. 1, by the substitution of various tariff subheadings to implement changes to the rates of customs duties in terms of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement\"; effective date column: \"With effect from 31 January 2024\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZAF-T-0001", "path": "tracks.rules.evidence[0]", "source": "S-ZA-DTIC-NW2213-2025", "source_title": "Reply to question NW2213, Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition (National Assembly)", "publisher": "Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition (reproduced by the Parliamentary Monitoring Group)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://pmg.org.za/committee-question/30233/", "locator": "reply to part (2), eighth paragraph", "says": "\"Final implementation of the Schedules of Tariff Concessions will be undertaken when the remaining 10% category of the tariff books (7% sensitive products – subject to a longer period of liberalisation; and 3% excluded products) have been finalised. This is expected to be concluded by October 2025\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZAF-T-0001", "path": "tracks.rules.evidence[1]", "source": "S-ZA-DTIC-NW2213-2025", "source_title": "Reply to question NW2213, Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition (National Assembly)", "publisher": "Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition (reproduced by the Parliamentary Monitoring Group)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://pmg.org.za/committee-question/30233/", "locator": "reply to part (2), eighth paragraph", "says": "the remaining 10% is expected to be concluded \"for adoption by the African Union (AU) Summit in February 2026\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZAF-T-0001", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[0]", "source": "S-ZA-SARS-AFCFTA-2024", "source_title": "Letter to trade: Implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement", "publisher": "South African Revenue Service (Rules of Origin and Trade Agreements)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.sars.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/Docs/CandE/Letter-to-Trader-Implementation-of-AfCFTA-Agreement-1-Feb-2024.pdf", "locator": "PDF pp.1-2 of 2", "says": "\"the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition launched the implementation of the start of preferential trade by South Africa\" and \"SARS certified two consignments destined to Ghana and Kenya respectively\"; \"the actual trade commenced on the 31 January 2024 for the approved published tariff offers to and from the countries mentioned above\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZAF-T-0001", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[1]", "source": "S-ZA-SARS-AFCFTA-2024", "source_title": "Letter to trade: Implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement", "publisher": "South African Revenue Service (Rules of Origin and Trade Agreements)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.sars.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/Docs/CandE/Letter-to-Trader-Implementation-of-AfCFTA-Agreement-1-Feb-2024.pdf", "locator": "PDF p.1 of 2", "says": "\"The following countries have finalised the necessary domestic legislation for the implementation of their respective tariff reduction commitments and are legible to trade with South Africa under the AfCFTA: Algeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, and Tunisia. It should be noted that trading with the SADC countries takes place under the SADC Trade Protocol.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZAF-T-0001", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[2]", "source": "S-ZA-DTIC-NW2213-2025", "source_title": "Reply to question NW2213, Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition (National Assembly)", "publisher": "Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition (reproduced by the Parliamentary Monitoring Group)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://pmg.org.za/committee-question/30233/", "locator": "reply to part (2), fourth to sixth paragraphs", "says": "\"of the 48 adopted offers, the following 23 countries have started implementing preferential trade\"; \"The new market access for South Africa and SACU is to 13 non-SADC countries\"; \"South Africa and SACU member states' trade with Mauritius, Seychelles, Malawi, Zambia and Tanzania will continue under the SADC Trade Protocol and preferences.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZAF-T-0001", "path": "evidence[0]", "source": "S-ZA-DTIC-NW2213-2025", "source_title": "Reply to question NW2213, Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition (National Assembly)", "publisher": "Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition (reproduced by the Parliamentary Monitoring Group)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://pmg.org.za/committee-question/30233/", "locator": "reply to part (2), seventh paragraph", "says": "\"As other countries implement their approved tariff offers, the countries will be added to the list of names in South Africa's domestic legislation with whom preferential trade under the AfCFTA can take place.\"", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZMB-R-0001", "path": "tracks.legal.evidence[0]", "source": "S-ZM-ACT-2019", "source_title": "Electricity Act No. 11 of 2019", "publisher": "Government of Zambia (copy via policyvault.africa)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.erb.org.zm/document/electricity-act-2019", "locator": "date of assent; s.1; s.2; s.52(2)(m)", "says": "\"Date of Assent: 27th December, 2019\"; s.1: the Act comes into operation \"on the date appointed by the Minister by statutory instrument\"; s.2: \"open access\" means \"the availability of spare transmission or distribution capacity to any qualifying participant ... on nondiscriminatory terms and conditions\"; s.52(2)(m) provides for regulations on an \"open access framework\"", "quote_check": "verified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZMB-R-0001", "path": "tracks.legal.evidence[1]", "source": "S-ZM-ERB-ESR-2025", "source_title": "2025 Energy Sector Report", "publisher": "Energy Regulation Board", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.erb.org.zm/wp-content/uploads/esr/esr2026.pdf", "locator": "p.xvi, key regulations", "says": "\"Statutory Instrument (SI) No. 40 of 2024: The Electricity (Open Access) Regulations.\"", "quote_check": "verified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZMB-R-0001", "path": "tracks.legal.evidence[2]", "source": "S-ZM-SI-15-2020", "source_title": "Electricity Act (Commencement) Order, 2020 (Statutory Instrument No. 15 of 2020)", "publisher": "Government of Zambia, Statutory Instruments issue of 21 February 2020 (copy via laws.africa)", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://commons.laws.africa/akn/zm/act/si/2020/15/media/publication/zm-act-si-2020-15-publication-document.pdf", "locator": "para. 2; date and signature", "says": "\"The Electricity Act, 2019, shall come into operation on the date of publication of this Order.\" Dated \"6th February, 2020\"; signed by the Minister of Energy", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZMB-R-0001", "path": "tracks.rules.evidence[0]", "source": "S-ZM-ERB-DG-2025", "source_title": "End of year press statement by the ERB Director-General", "publisher": "Energy Regulation Board", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.erb.org.zm/wp-content/uploads/PressStatements/END-OF-YEAR-PRESS-STATEMENT-BY-THE-ERB-DG-24-DECEMBER-2025.pdf", "locator": "p.2", "says": "on 14 February 2025 the Minister of Energy \"OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED THE ELECTRICITY OPEN ACCESS\" framework", "quote_check": "verified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZMB-R-0001", "path": "tracks.rules.evidence[1]", "source": "S-ZM-ERB-ESR-2025", "source_title": "2025 Energy Sector Report", "publisher": "Energy Regulation Board", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.erb.org.zm/wp-content/uploads/esr/esr2026.pdf", "locator": "s.3.1.4, printed p.36 / PDF p.57", "says": "\"During the period under review and in line with the Electricity (Open Access) Regulations, Statutory Instrument (S.I.) No. 40 of 2024, the ERB approved Electricity Open Access Market Guidelines and the Electricity Open Access Transmission and Distribution Pricing Methodology.\" No approval day is given.", "quote_check": "verified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZMB-R-0001", "path": "tracks.rules.evidence[2]", "source": "S-ZM-ERB-ESR-2025", "source_title": "2025 Energy Sector Report", "publisher": "Energy Regulation Board", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.erb.org.zm/wp-content/uploads/esr/esr2026.pdf", "locator": "s.3.1.4, printed p.36 / PDF p.57", "says": "approved in the same sentence as the Market Guidelines (quoted above); no approval day is given", "quote_check": "verified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZMB-R-0001", "path": "tracks.rules.evidence[3]", "source": "S-ZM-ERB-ESR-2025", "source_title": "2025 Energy Sector Report", "publisher": "Energy Regulation Board", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.erb.org.zm/wp-content/uploads/esr/esr2026.pdf", "locator": "s.3.1.4, printed p.36 / PDF p.57", "says": "\"the ERB has also issued the Notice of Variation to the System Operator licence to accommodate new functions of the System Operator in S.I. 40 of 2024. A new trading licence for ZESCO as the designated Public Service Trader under the new Market Structure was approved.\"", "quote_check": "verified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZMB-R-0001", "path": "tracks.rules.evidence[4]", "source": "S-ZM-ERB-DG-2025", "source_title": "End of year press statement by the ERB Director-General", "publisher": "Energy Regulation Board", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.erb.org.zm/wp-content/uploads/PressStatements/END-OF-YEAR-PRESS-STATEMENT-BY-THE-ERB-DG-24-DECEMBER-2025.pdf", "locator": "p.2", "says": "\"THE ERB DEVELOPED THE OPEN ACCESS TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION PRICING METHODOLOGY.\"", "quote_check": "verified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZMB-R-0001", "path": "tracks.rules.evidence[5]", "source": "S-ZM-ERB-CONSULT-2025", "source_title": "Invitation for stakeholder feedback on draft open access documents", "publisher": "Energy Regulation Board", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.erb.org.zm/invitation-for-stakeholder-feedback-on-draft-open-access-documents", "locator": "consultation notice", "says": "drafts out for stakeholder comment from 11 August 2025, deadline \"Sunday, 24th August 2025\"", "quote_check": "verified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZMB-R-0001", "path": "tracks.rules.evidence[6]", "source": "S-ZM-ERB-ESR-2025", "source_title": "2025 Energy Sector Report", "publisher": "Energy Regulation Board", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.erb.org.zm/wp-content/uploads/esr/esr2026.pdf", "locator": "s.3.1.4, printed p.36 / PDF p.57", "says": "the seven documents \"were drafted and underwent extensive stakeholder consultations\" in 2025", "quote_check": "verified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZMB-R-0001", "path": "tracks.rules.evidence[7]", "source": "S-ZM-ERB-ESR-2025", "source_title": "2025 Energy Sector Report", "publisher": "Energy Regulation Board", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.erb.org.zm/wp-content/uploads/esr/esr2026.pdf", "locator": "s.3.1.4, printed p.36 / PDF p.57", "says": "\"These consultations will continue into 2026\" (a forward statement; no 2026 consultation was found in the sources read)", "quote_check": "verified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZMB-R-0001", "path": "tracks.rules.evidence[8]", "source": "S-ZM-GBA-OA-2026", "source_title": "Zambia's open access market builds new route beyond ZESCO", "publisher": "Green Building Africa (Bryan Groenendaal)", "source_tier": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.greenbuildingafrica.co.za/zambias-open-access-market-builds-new-route-beyond-zesco/", "locator": "article text", "says": "\"supporting rules covering trading, metering, balancing and system operation remained under consultation into 2026\" (the state of the rules when the article was published; it names no adoption)", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZMB-R-0001", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[0]", "source": "S-ZM-ZESCO-PORTAL", "source_title": "Application for open access (online form)", "publisher": "ZESCO", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://openaccess.zesco.co.zm/application", "locator": "online form", "says": "live online application for long-, medium- or short-term access", "quote_check": "paraphrase", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZMB-R-0001", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[1]", "source": "S-ZM-ERB-AR-2025", "source_title": "ERB 2025 Annual Report", "publisher": "Energy Regulation Board", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.erb.org.zm/wp-content/uploads/files/reports/ERB-2025-ANNUAL-REPORT.pdf", "locator": "Table 2-2, p.7", "says": "\"Trading of Electricity\" licences issued: 4 in 2025, 5 in 2024", "quote_check": "verified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZMB-R-0001", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[2]", "source": "S-ZM-ERB-ESR-2025", "source_title": "2025 Energy Sector Report", "publisher": "Energy Regulation Board", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.erb.org.zm/wp-content/uploads/esr/esr2026.pdf", "locator": "s.3.1.4, printed p.36 / PDF p.57", "says": "\"the transmission and distribution network service providers comprising ZESCO, CEC and NWEC launched the open access application digital platforms\"", "quote_check": "verified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZMB-R-0001", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[3]", "source": "S-ZM-ERB-ESR-2025", "source_title": "2025 Energy Sector Report", "publisher": "Energy Regulation Board", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.erb.org.zm/wp-content/uploads/esr/esr2026.pdf", "locator": "Table 3-2, printed p.35 / PDF p.56; Appendix 1, printed p.76 / PDF p.97", "says": "Table 3-2 counts 7 Wheeling Agreements and 5 System Operations Agreements among the 135 agreements the ERB approved in 2025. Appendix 1 lists all twelve with ZESCO as one party; the wheeling agreements total 435.00 MW of contracted capacity (Gouli 135.00; six others 50.00 each) and the system operation agreements 250.00 MW", "quote_check": "verified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZMB-R-0001", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[4]", "source": "S-ZM-ERB-ESR-2025", "source_title": "2025 Energy Sector Report", "publisher": "Energy Regulation Board", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.erb.org.zm/wp-content/uploads/esr/esr2026.pdf", "locator": "Table 3-10 \"GreenCo Monthly Electricity Sales (GWh) in 2025\", printed p.49 / PDF p.70", "says": "GreenCo's 2025 sales total \"572.12 GWh\": \"14.33 GWh\" in \"SAPP Competitive Market Sales\" and \"557.79 GWh\" in \"Domestic Client Sales\"", "quote_check": "verified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZMB-R-0001", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[5]", "source": "S-ZM-ERB-ESR-2025", "source_title": "2025 Energy Sector Report", "publisher": "Energy Regulation Board", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.erb.org.zm/wp-content/uploads/esr/esr2026.pdf", "locator": "Table 3-9 \"GreenCo Monthly Electricity Purchases (GWh)\", printed p.49 / PDF p.70", "says": "GreenCo's 2025 purchases total 737.86 GWh as stated: SAPP market 259.38, Chisamba Solar PV 115.63, bilateral imports 24.37, and \"Emergency Imports via ZESCO\" 338.37 (the four columns sum to 737.75). The table does not say which access arrangement each channel used. Its stated challenges include that \"the company relied on limited emergency imports\" (s.3.2.5.8.4)", "quote_check": "verified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZMB-R-0001", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[6]", "source": "S-ZM-ERB-ESR-2025", "source_title": "2025 Energy Sector Report", "publisher": "Energy Regulation Board", "source_tier": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.erb.org.zm/wp-content/uploads/esr/esr2026.pdf", "locator": "s.3.2.3.1 and Figure 3-6, printed p.43 / PDF p.64", "says": "Figure 3-6 shows 2025 imports of 278,760 MWh (GreenCo), 485,628 (Kanona), 686,671 (CEC) and 2,119,698 (ZESCO). The text says \"IPTs undertook imports totalling 278.76GWh from Copperbelt Energy Corporation Plc (686.67GWh), Kanona Power Company Limited (485.63GWh) and GreenCo Power Services Limited (278.76 GWh)\"", "quote_check": "verified", "translation_check": "" }, { "record": "ZMB-R-0001", "path": "tracks.delivery.evidence[7]", "source": "S-ZM-GBA-OA-2026", "source_title": "Zambia's open access market builds new route beyond ZESCO", "publisher": "Green Building Africa (Bryan Groenendaal)", "source_tier": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.greenbuildingafrica.co.za/zambias-open-access-market-builds-new-route-beyond-zesco/", "locator": "article text, the paragraph on exports", "says": "Under \"Exports represent another significant source of demand\": \"National Transmission Company South Africa accounts for 100 MW of the 104.9 MW registered with private suppliers\"; Malawi's ESCOM accounts for the remaining 4.9 MW. The 104.9 MW is export demand only, separate from the domestic agreements the article covers elsewhere. Measure: capacity registered, in MW; denominator: all export demand registered with private suppliers (104.9 MW). Period: not defined by the source (no date is given for the registrations). The article does not say what kind of agreement they are.", "quote_check": "unverified", "translation_check": "" } ]