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Blended finance is being wrongly treated as a cure-all for the water investment gap in Africa, despite lacking the capacity to deliver on the continent’s infrastructure needs. This was the stark reality check provided by Hubert Danso, Chairman and CEO of Africa Investor Group, at the ongoing AU–Africa Water Investment…

Minerals like lithium, cobalt and rare earth are not just commodities. They are strategic assets which are shaping global power and the future of the energy transition.   As US-China trade tensions escalate, countries across Africa (and elsewhere) where these minerals are found are now renegotiating their role in an…

For potential investors eager to tap into Africa’s burgeoning green industrial sector, understanding and navigating the continent’s complex legal landscape is paramount. While the opportunities for sustainable development and lucrative returns are vast, careful due diligence and a thorough grasp of relevant laws, regulations and dispute resolution mechanisms are essential…

African NDC‑Aligned Green Industrial Infrastructure as a Globally Competitive Investable Asset Class Executive Summary During the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings, investors advocated for the creation of Priority Investor Status (PIS), a proven framework designed to de‑risk and scale the mobilization of institutional capital for Africa’s NDC‑aligned green industrial infrastructure and…

Dr. Hubert Danso, Chairman, Africa investor (Ai) Group Every year of delayed green technology deployment costs the world an estimated $1.6 trillion in climate damages and lost opportunities—a stark reminder of the urgency to act. The challenge of achieving net-zero targets amidst systemic climate finance gaps is one of the…

African Green Industrial Cities: A Place-Based Institutional Investor-Public Partnership to Propel Africa’s Green Industrialization The Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI) Africa Council (SMIAC) launched its African Green Industrial Cities Briefing today on COP29 Finance Day. The briefing, aligned with the COP29 Presidency’s Green Energy Declaration Pledge on Green Energy Zones and…

The Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI) Africa Council has unveiled a new initiative aimed at making natural assets a core component of national balance sheets. The Natural Capital on African Governments’ Balance Sheets initiative is an institutional investor-public partnership led by the SMI Africa Council, which brings together institutional, technology and…

Partially lifting the lid on a “treasure trove” of international economic data has not dampened interest in getting a closer look inside, but the crystal ball for the future is hazy. The valued data in question is known by the acronym GEMs. There’s information from 26 development finance institutions covering…

By now it’s a well-established pattern. A bright-eyed new World Bank president, the current one being the former Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga, comes in promising to leverage judicious injections of public money to unlock the vast reserves of private sector cash itching to invest in infrastructure in developing countries. The…