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Benin

Benin has been increasing both public and private investment in strategic infrastructure to support economic transformation and regional integration. Major initiatives include expansion of the Port of Cotonou and its logistics capacity to strengthen trade linkages across West Africa, significant public‑transport redevelopment financed with multilateral support, and agricultural infrastructure projects that link rural production with markets. The government is pursuing reforms to improve the investment climate and establish public‑private partnership (PPP) frameworks, supported by development policy financing from the World Bank and concessional loans to bolster economic governance and private sector participation. Continued improvements in transport, energy access, and economic diversification remain central to deepening productivity and inclusive growth.

Population: 14.1M
Income: Lower Middle
GDP/capita: $1 485
Total Investment
€428.7MLast year
Number of Awards
403Last year
Active Jobs
27Active now
Tenders & Grants
16.8KPipeline opportunities

Project Activity by Donor

# Donor name Early Intelligence Procurement Awards Total Value
03
€4.5B
€0
€748.5K
€4.5B
04
€3.1B
€0
€49M
€3.1B
05
€1.5B
€0
€52M
€1.5B
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Top Funded Sectors

# Sectors Nr. of Projects Total Investment
01
Energy
26
€107.4M
02
Private Sector & Trade
10
€73.9M
03
Macro-Economy & Public Finance
4
€70.6M
04
Urban Development & Housing
1
€69.8M
05
Civil Engineering
14
€67.6M
06
Water, Sanitation & Hygiene
4
€60.6M
07
Other
152
€156.5M

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Latest Tenders

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10038801X-Expert Pool: Demand-driven Identification, Analysis and Uptake of Good Practices for Accelerating the Energy Transition in Africa
Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Dem. Rep. Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini (Swaziland), Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe Consulting services
1h ago
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Benin Vocational Education and Entrepreneurship for Jobs Project: Réalisation des études d'impact environnemental et social des travaux de construction des 03 Ecoles de Métiers sur le site de Sèmè City à Ouidah et de l’Ecole des Arts du Bénin (EAB) à Cotonou
Benin Consulting services
12h ago
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Gazetted Forests Management Project: Réaliser les travaux d'ouverture et d'aménagement des pistes d'accès aux plantations dans la forêt de Dan
Benin Works
13h ago
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Gazetted Forests Management Project: Réaliser les travaux d'ouverture et d'aménagement des pistes d'accès aux plantations dans la forêt de Kétou 2
Benin Works
13h ago
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Provision of Expert Services to Support Transportation, Logistics Projects and Sector Development
Algeria, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Dem. Rep. Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Tajikistan, Togo, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Zambia Consulting services
13h ago
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Benin Vocational Education and Entrepreneurship for Jobs Project: Recrutement d’un Assistant Technique pour les programmes de formation, recherche, entrepreneuriat et les services dans les secteurs Numérique, Tourisme, Hôtellerie, Restauration, Etudiants
Benin Consulting services
13h ago

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Conservation, Food & Health Foundation | Grants Program
Africa, Asia, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Dominica, Commonwealth of, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Türkiye, Turks and Caicos, Uruguay, US Virgin Islands, Venezuela Academic Institutions, NGOs / Nonprofit Organisations
49 min ago
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Capacity Building in Higher Education: Region C-R – Cross-Regional
Asia, EU 27, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Dem. Rep. Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Commonwealth of, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini (Swaziland), Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Suriname, Switzerland, Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Tuvalu, Uganda, UK, Ukraine, Uruguay, USA, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe Academic Institutions
1h ago
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Capacity building in Higher Education: Sub-Saharan Africa
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Dem. Rep. Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini (Swaziland), Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe Academic Institutions
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Expression of Interest (EOI): FIND is seeking an in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) partner to apply to a Horizon Europe call for the translation of a host-response mRNA signature to a portable point-of-care molecular diagnostic platform and advancing the assay to market in LMICs
Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Dem. Rep. Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Eswatini (Swaziland), Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Micronesia, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Palestine / West Bank & Gaza, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe Academic Institutions, Private Sector
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Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Dem. Rep. Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Commonwealth of, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini (Swaziland), Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine / West Bank & Gaza, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Tunisia, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe Academic Institutions, NGOs / Nonprofit Organisations, Other, Private Sector, Research and Technology Organisations (RTOs)
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Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance
Africa, Asia, Argentina, Australia, Belarus, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Guatemala, Kiribati, Mexico, New Zealand, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Russia, Solomon Islands, UK, Ukraine, Uruguay, USA, Vanuatu, Venezuela Individuals, NGOs / Nonprofit Organisations, Private Sector
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Yves A.

Senior humanitarian and development leader with 20+ years’ experience across West and Central Africa. Led strategy, partnerships and large-scale programmes, and advancing refugee inclusion, resilience and durable solutions.

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Rhonel S.

Consultant formateur en management / Gestionnaire du changement

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Yves A.

Senior humanitarian and development leader with 20+ years’ experience across West and Central Africa. Led strategy, partnerships and large-scale programmes, and advancing refugee inclusion, resilience and durable solutions.

21 years of exp.•Masters
Advocacy
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