Macron New Financial Pact Summit recommends mainstreaming of Institutional Investor-Public Partnerships (IIPPs)

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The New Financial Pact Summit private sector recommendations called for the mainstreaming of Institutional Investor-Public Partnerships (IIPPs) in its recommendations to mobilize private capital at scale, to close the financing and investment gap in emerging markets and developing countries (EMDCs). IIPPs are innovative infrastructure investment partnerships between a government and an institutional investor or investors,…

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Unlock our hidden Gems: Costs to Developing Countries of MDBs not democratising investor access to GEMS risk Database

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Africa investor’s call to action for Heads of State at Emmanuel Macron’s #NewGlobalFinancingPact #summit2023 in Paris this week:   Democratize investor access to the Global Emerging Markets Risk database (GEMs), which costs Emerging Market and Developing Country (EMDC) borrowers over $15bn each year in extra costs and lost opportunities and to support the GEMs3.0 investor proposal:  The GEMs database,…

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Macron Summit Calls for African pension and sovereign wealth fund co-investments through the African Green Infrastructure Investment Bank (AfGIIB)

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The New Financial Pact Summit private sector recommendations called for African collaborative pension fund and sovereign wealth fund investments at scale, through the African Green Infrastructure Investment Bank (AfGIIB), to counter the Multilateral Development Banks’ (MDBs) private capital mobilization market failure in Africa. According to the G20, Multilateral Development Banks are supposed to mobilize $10 of…

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Support for Green Industrial Cities in Africa announced at Macron New Financial Pact (NFP) Summit

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Paris, France/Sandton, South Africa/Vienna, Austria Selected cities will become lighthouse cities in Africa and for the world through the concept development and implementation of a blueprint for African cities becoming Green Industrial Cities. The Just Transition Investor Alliance (JTIA) from South Africa and United Cities – International Centre for Sustainable Cities and Communities (UC) based…

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Africa needs to mobilise more NDC investment in 7 years than the world mobilised in the last 20 years

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  There is an urgent need for the AfCFTA to co-champion a new investable incentives driven African Green Industrialisation Plan, to attract domestic and global trade related infrastructure and manufacturing investment at scale, that takes full advantage of the AfCFTA, Africa’s globally recognized, revered, competitive strengths, such as our abundant super natural capital (wind, sun,…

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Africa investor-Ai applauds AFCFTA Business Summit Leadership

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Cape Town, Addis Ababa, London, Paris, Washington, Beijing, Dubai, Brasilia, Tokyo The timely AfCFTA Business Forum, co-hosted by the AfCFTA Secretariat and the Government of South Africa in Cape Town, South Africa this week was a resounding success, according to African institutional investment leaders. The AfCFTA Business Forum, is Africa’s biggest business event focused on…

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International High Level Panel on Water Investments for Africa

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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…

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African groups launch Institutional Investor-Public Partnerships Hub to mobilize trillions for green infrastructure

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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…

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Leaders urge the mobilization of $30b per year for water projects in Africa

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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…

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Innovative West Africa Affordable Housing Transaction Realizes Promises of Renewed U.S.-Africa Partnership

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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…

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