FFI in Action: Turning Cross-Border Challenges into Global Solutions
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Across four countries and sectors, the Framework for Financial Incentives (FFI) is transforming complex cross-border challenges and financing gaps into scalable solutions with global impact. From unlocking stranded hydropower in Angola and mobilizing private capital for clean energy in Indonesia, to incentivizing forest protection in the Brazilian Amazon and strengthening pandemic preparedness in Tunisia, the FFI aligns incentives so that global benefits translate into national priorities. The result: catalytic investments that crowd in private finance, deliver measurable climate and health gains, and offer replicable models for impact at scale.
Angola has 1.8 gigawatts of clean hydropower sitting idle in the north—enough to power millions of homes—while communities in the south and neighboring Namibia rely on expensive, polluting diesel generators. A 10.5 MW diesel plant in Ondjiva alone burns through 5.3 million liters of of fuel annually, spewing emissions and costing far more than hydropower would.
The solution seems obvious: build a transmission line connecting north to south and across the border to Namibia, plugging Angola into the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP). But this costs $460 million to build, and the initial revenue won't cover the cost.
