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Sao Tome and Principe

São Tomé & Príncipe continues to invest in transport, port and energy infrastructure to strengthen tourism, fisheries and regional trade potential. As a small island developing state, it faces high costs and limited fiscal capacity, relying on concessional financing and development partners to modernise electricity generation and maritime facilities. Enhancing institutional governance, improving public investment management and expanding renewable energy remain key to strengthening resilience and diversifying the economy.

Population: 233.1K
Income: Lower Middle
GDP/capita: $3 491
Total Investment
€321.9MLast year
Number of Awards
273Last year
Active Jobs
21Active now
Tenders & Grants
9.7KPipeline opportunities

Project Activity by Donor

# Donor name Early Intelligence Procurement Awards Total Value
03
€2.7B
€0
€22.6M
€2.7B
04
€1.7B
€0
€0
€1.7B
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Country Strategy Papers

# Document Donor
02
African Development Bank (HQ)
04
European Commission Directorate-General for International Partnerships (EuropeAid HQ)
05
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (HQ)
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Top Funded Sectors

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Top Funded Sectors

# Sectors Nr. of Projects Total Investment
01
Energy
14
€76.5M
02
Private Sector & Trade
8
€73.3M
03
Urban Development & Housing
1
€69.8M
04
Macro-Economy & Public Finance
1
€69.8M
05
Civil Engineering
23
€44.5M
06
Roads & Bridges
7
€39M
07
Other
58
€82M

Funding opportunities

Latest Tenders

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53456: CAPE V
Africa Unspecified/other
3h ago
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Practical entrepreneurs capacity-building programme bootcamps in Angola and Sao Tome
Angola, Sao Tome and Principe Consulting services
4h ago
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Girls Empowerment and Quality Education for All - P169222
Sao Tome and Principe Consulting services, goods, non-consulting services, works
4h ago
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Impact evaluation and model development/verification of community collaborative education improvement model in Sub-Saharan Africa region (wide area) (project research)
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Dem. Rep. Congo, 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 Consulting services
6h ago
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Pre-announcement of Consulting Services: Provision of Expertise for the Management, Strategic Planning and Resource Mobilisation for Ecowas Programmes Funded by the European Union and Other Development Partners
Africa Consulting services
7h ago
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P180982- STP Coastal Areas Resilience and Sustainable Tourism Project - Procurement Plan (Project Fiduciary and Administrative Agency)
Sao Tome and Principe Consulting services, goods, non-consulting services, works
8h ago

Latest Grants

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Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Dem. Rep. Congo, 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, Government / Public Bodies, Private Sector
9h ago
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Applications open for 2027 Language Legacies Grant Program
Northern America, Oceania, Afghanistan, Aland Islands, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Caribbean Netherlands, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Dem. Rep. Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Commonwealth of, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Eswatini (Swaziland), Ethiopia, Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, French Guiana, French Southern Territory, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, North Macedonia, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine / West Bank & Gaza, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Reunion, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos, UAE, Uganda, UK, Ukraine, Uruguay, US Virgin Islands, Uzbekistan, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe Individuals
1 day ago
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La RTIA-Facility lance 2 nouveaux appels à propositions pour renforcer la formation et le développement professionnel des enseignants en Afrique subsaharienne
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Dem. Rep. Congo, 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 NGOs / Nonprofit Organisations
1 day ago
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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
2 days ago
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Call for Proposals 'Formation of a Network of Regional Centres of Excellence on Climate Change Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Dem. Rep. Congo, 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 Unrestricted / Unspecified
5 days ago
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BEL23004-10148 – Appel à propositions : Trajectoires de mise à l’échelle des compétences vertes dans la formation et le développement professionnel des enseignants en Afrique subsaharienne
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Dem. Rep. Congo, 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 Government / Public Bodies, NGOs / Nonprofit Organisations
5 days ago

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Belnise D. avatar

Belnise D.

Collaborator at the National Water Institute of STP | Training in Hydraulic Engineering | Looking for a job/internship opportunity in the field

2 years of exp.•Bachelors
Environment & Climate
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Edileny T. avatar

Edileny T.

Expert / Consultant / International researcher / General coordinator

20 years of exp.•Doctorate
Border Management
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Belnise D. avatar

Belnise D.

Collaborator at the National Water Institute of STP | Training in Hydraulic Engineering | Looking for a job/internship opportunity in the field

2 years of exp.•Bachelors
Environment & Climate
+2 more
Edileny T. avatar

Edileny T.

Expert / Consultant / International researcher / General coordinator

20 years of exp.•Doctorate
Border Management
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Funding trends in sub-Saharan Africa the Central Africa region spotlight 1

Funding Trends in Sub-Saharan Africa: the Central Africa Region Spotlight

Between January and May 2025, more than 2,200 new tenders and grants for the Central African region were published on www.developmentaid.org, which hosts two of the world’s largest development databases. As tenders and grants are universal instruments of aid disbursement, the ability to track, analyze, and understand these represents an excellent source of intelligence for organizations working in the aid sector. In this article, we analyze the funding trends per sector over this period to help you to refine your fundraising or business strategy.
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