Climate finance, properly directed, not only mitigates the effects of global climate change, but also plays a significant part in economic and social development, as the example of Gazi in Kenya shows.…
Green bonds are fast becoming the rage across the continent.…
Africa’s first co-guarantee platform, created by the African Development Bank, the Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment & Export Credit (ICIEC) and other major organisations, is now operational.…
Africa is still perceived as high risk by many investors from the developed world, so what can Africans do to create a more positive image of the continent?…
Edoh Kossi Amenounve, CEO of the Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières (BRVM), talks to Hichem Ben Yaïche about the role of this West African stock exchange in financing the regional economy.…
The second Africa Investment Forum secured investor interest for $40.1bn
Dealmakers descend on Johannesburg next week for the 2nd annual Africa Investment Forum, aimed at raising capital and turning a multi-billion-dollar pipeline of projects into bricks-and-mortar.…
In an exclusive interview on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank underlines the urgency to accelerate investment in Africa.…
Zimbabwe became the 28th country to join Africa50, a $871 million pan-African private equity fund that acts as a key source of infrastructure investment on the continent.…
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has often been criticised for the time it takes to approve projects, but it responded at the Africa Investment Forum (AIF) in Johannesburg in November by bringing to the table a pipeline of 61 projects with a value of $40bn.…
