4–6 weeks
Foundations
Participants produce a Project Definition Report (project summary, risks, transaction structure) and a 90-day action plan, concluding with formal review and sign-off.

Investment Readiness InfraLAB
Accelerating pre-construction infrastructure and industrial projects from concept to investment readiness.
01 InfraLAB
InfraLAB is an infrastructure incubation laboratory that helps African project sponsors transform promising infrastructure concepts into bankable opportunities, connecting them to early-stage equity, development capital and construction finance.
02 Three-stage process
4–6 weeks
Participants produce a Project Definition Report (project summary, risks, transaction structure) and a 90-day action plan, concluding with formal review and sign-off.
14 intensive days over 6–8 weeks
InfraLAB’s core transformation engine. Five deliverables: Project Bankability Plan, Project Finance Roadmap, Due Diligence Plan, Preliminary Financial Model, Investor Pitch Deck.
90 days
Sustained, embedded support: procurement planning, project traction development, InfraPITCH preparation, monthly reviews and quarterly Investment Readiness scorecards.
03 Sector pathways
04 Who can participate
The core participant: the project sponsor or developer
Advisers supporting the project
Organisations sponsoring the project
05 How progress is measured
Progress is gated by an Investment Readiness Score, delivered jointly by The African Catalyst (ecosystem, methodology, incubation) and Brickstone Africa (transaction structuring advisory). Stage 3 concludes with a Project Preparation Readiness Scorecard tracking bankability, traction and preparation progress.
06 InfraLAB
07 Course Outline
See Agenda
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