Every US$1 invested in climate-resilient water and sanitation returns at least US$7 Investing in Africa’s water security will realise rights to water, health, education, energy, food security, a healthy environment, gender equality, and many other societal gains for this generation – and those to come. A watershed investment partnership moment African and global institutional investors…
The African Unions’ Continental Business Network (CBN), the CFA New York’s Global Asset Owners Council and The African Green Infrastructure Investment Bank, working in partnership with Africa investor (Ai) and industry partners, have launched the Institutional Investor-Public Partnerships (IIPPs) Hub. The hub is an online portal on IIPPs, which will allow governments, investors and stakeholders…
The International High-Level Panel on Water Investments for Africa has called for Institutional Investor–Public Partnerships (IIPPs) to mobilize an additional $30 billion per year toward bankable and investable water security and sustainable sanitation investment opportunities across Africa. IIPPs are innovative infrastructure investment partnerships between a government and investors, which seek to mobilize and deploy private…
In December 2022, officials from 49 African nations as well as hundreds of civil society and private sector business leaders convened in Washington, D.C. for the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, empowered by the promise of a revitalized U.S.-Africa partnership focused on economic growth and sustainable impact. In a speech addressing the Continent’s heads of state, President…