Donor & DFI · Cold-chain procurement

African Development Bank (AfDB)

Sovereign lending, non-sovereign private-sector operations, blended-finance and grants supporting food security, agro-industrial zones, and health cold chains across all African regional member countries.

West AfricaEast AfricaSouthern AfricaNorth AfricaCentral Africa

Ticket range

USD 2M – 200M+ per project.

Instruments

·Sovereign loans
·Non-sovereign private-sector loans
·Equity
·Guarantees
·ADF grants (low-income countries)

Procurement route

Follows AfDB Procurement Framework (2015, as amended). Uses Open Competitive Bidding for high-value equipment, with Country Procurement Systems allowed for lower-risk items. Notices publish on the AfDB tender portal and dgMarket.

Eligible buyers

·Ministries and state agencies of regional member countries
·Agro-industrial special economic zones
·Private agri-processors and cold-chain operators
·Regional integration bodies (COMESA, ECOWAS, SADC members)

Typical cold-chain lots

·Agro-industrial Special Processing Zones (SAPZ) with integrated cold storage
·Port and airport perishable cargo terminals
·Rural cold-chain hubs and mobile pre-cooling units
·Regional vaccine and pharmaceutical distribution networks

How ColdMatch helps

Structure BOQs matching the AfDB Standard Bidding Documents (SBDs)
Route RFQs to African-registered manufacturers where local-content rules apply
Provide French / Arabic / Portuguese versions of tender responses for francophone, north-African and lusophone markets
Combine equipment sourcing with our project-finance and leasing partners

Preparing a African Development Bank (AfDB)-funded cold-chain package?

Send us the BOQ, capacity and country. We'll return 3–5 competing supplier offers structured to the institution's bid templates — free for buyers.

Request a sourcing package

Official procurement portal: www.afdb.org/en/projects-and-operations/procurement . ColdMatch Group is an independent sourcing service and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or acting on behalf of African Development Bank (AfDB).

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