Public Private Partnerships

A public-private partnership (PPP) is an agreement between a public agency or organization (central or local government entity, or the USAID projects) and a private sector entity.  The objective is to share or combine each other’s skills and assets in order to deliver a service or provide a facility for general public use.  Each party also shares in the partnership’s rewards and inherent risks.

Public support enables the private partner to provide other members of the value chain with a public good, such as access to market or tech-nology, knowledge and information about product quality and certification, new or improved infrastructure, or market data.

PPPs promote private investment in agribusiness and sustainability of our projects’ interventions, through a market-led and private sector-driven development strategy. From the private sector perspective, there is greater incentive to undertake new services and facilities when there is a reduced financial risk.

In order to be considered for a PPP, a prospective partner must: 

• Be a private sector champion;
• Make a contribution or provide a solution that is for the public good;
• Be able to mobilize resources and cost-share; and
• Support an intervention that has an impact on intra-regional trade.

Some examples of our current PPPs are:

• Reducing onion harvest loss and improve product competitiveness by working with EmbalMali, a mesh bag manufacturer located in Mali; 
• Increasing the availability of hygienic and quality meat in the Greater Accra Region, Accra, through the Amasaman Union, formed by the Amasaman Butcher’s Association and a privately owned slaughterhouse located in Amasaman;
• Building sustainable, cross-border linkages and increasing the volume of high-quality maize and maize products in West Africa, in partnership with Premium Foods, a major Ghanaian grain milling company in Kumasi; and
• Promoting effective, safe and responsible handling and use of agro-inputs through the use of production best practices, in cooperation with CropLife Africa Middle East

For inquiries about USAID ATP and E-ATP public-private partnerships, please contact our PPP  advisor, Vincent Akue, vakue@agribizafrica.org, phone: +233 27 103 2688.