December 23, 2022
Africa: Founding Partners of Africa Investment Forum Secure $1 Billion in Memoranda of Understanding During U.S.-Africa Leaders' Summit
Africa Investment Forum (AIF) last week garnered strong support in the U.S. to help advance key infrastructure projects for the continent. Three founding members of the Africa… Read more »
December 19, 2022
Africa: Côte d'Ivoire - African Development Bank, Africa Finance Corporation, German Investment Corporation and Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund Reach Financial Close On €174.3 Million Singrobo Hydropower Plant
Financing for the Singrobo-Ahouaty 44-megawatt hydropower project in Côte d'Ivoire has reached financial close with the African Development Bank Group as mandated lead… Read more »
December 17, 2022
Africa: African Leaders and U.S. Government Affirm Commitment to Nutrition Investment for Africa On Margins of U.S.-African Leaders Summit
U.S. Government is committing $760 million to expand and scale agricultural programs that support farmers and communities around the world hit by rising food, fuel, and fertilizer… Read more »
December 14, 2022
Africa: CBD COP15 - New African Development Bank, Wwf Study Calls for Urgent Attention and Increased Investment in Africa's Biodiversity
From left: Vanessa Ushie, Arona Soumare, Jo Mulongoy , Prudence Galega, Ousseynou Kasse, Jeanne Ntain and Innocent Maloba Read more »
December 01, 2022
Africa: Senegal - African Development Bank Approves a €68 Million Loan to Strengthen Domestic Resource Mobilization and Attract Private Investment
The African Development Bank is working with Senegal to mobilize domestic resources and attract more private investment. Read more »
November 30, 2022
Gambia: The Gambia - African Development Fund Approves a Grant of 6.4 Million Usd to Increase Access to Finance for Agricultural Value Chain Entrepreneurs
A rice field over a large area in The Gambia Read more »
December 02, 2022
Africa: Diaspora's Remittances, Investment and Expertise Vital for Africa's Future Growth, Say Participants At African Development Bank Forum
Bank president Akinwumi Adesina opens a two-day event in Abidjan on tapping the skills and wealth of the African Diaspora Read more »
November 30, 2022
Africa: COP27 - Climate Investment Funds Announces Nine Countries to Participate in the First Nature, People and Climate Platform
Vice president Beth Dunford (at right) and other participants at a Climate Investment Funds event during COP27 Read more »
November 29, 2022
Africa: African Development Bank Launches Model for Deploying Green Financing Across the Continent
Abdou Aziz Diedhiou, head of studies and strategy, La Banque Agricole Sénégal; Kossivi Domegni, Expert in Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, Togo;… Read more »
November 28, 2022
Africa: African Development Fund Invests More Than $6 Million to Strengthen Public Finance Governance in African Countries
The support of the African Development Fund will strengthen the capacities of African tax administrations for improved domestic revenue mobilization. Read more »
November 11, 2022
Africa: $2 Million in Prizes Awarded At COP27 to African Youth-Led Businesses
Twenty African youth-led enterprises have won grant funding of up to $100,000 each in this year's African Youth Adaptation Solutions Challenge (YouthADAPT) competition. In addition… Read more »
November 05, 2022
Africa: African Investment Forum - Africa Remains Attractive to Investors, Despite Occasionally Complex Local and Geopolitical Situations
The African continent has enormous potential and remains an attractive destination for investors, despite complex national contexts and geopolitical changes, say experts attending… Read more »
November 04, 2022
Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2022 - Before Exporting Its Gas, Africa Should Meet Its Own Needs
Africa should satisfy its own natural gas needs first before considering exports in the wake of the growing interest among European countries, which is linked to the… Read more »
Africa: Africa Investment Forum - African Investors Asked to Mobilize More for Infrastructure in Africa
At the November 2 opening of the 2022 Africa Investment Forum, panelists called on African investors to increase financing for African infrastructure to make the sector attractive… Read more »
November 02, 2022
Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2022 Market Days - Press Conference
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November 03, 2022
Africa: Africa Is Open for Business, Continent's Leaders Tell Investors As Africa Investment Forum Kicks Off
'Let's aim for more than $100 billion in investor interest' - Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara Read more »
November 02, 2022
Zimbabwe: Africa Investment Forum 2022 Market Days - High-Level Panel Discussion On Investment Opportunities in Zimbabwe
What: High-level panel discussion on investment opportunities in Zimbabwe Read more »
November 01, 2022
Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2022 Market Days - - Opening Ceremony / Press Conference
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Africa: Africa Investment Forum - Building Out Africa's ICT Infrastructure Can Pave the Way for a Digital Leap Forward
One major lesson for Africa from the Covid-19 pandemic is that it had an outsize negative impact on workers in jobs that cannot be performed remotely. Such jobs are typically in… Read more »
October 31, 2022
Africa: Africa Investment Forum - African Continental Free Trade Area Provides Fresh Impetus for Deeper Railway Networks
Demand for more extensive rail infrastructure in Africa received a boost following the coming into force of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement in early 2021. The… Read more »
Africa: Africa Investment Forum - Green Jobs Can Help Shift the Climate of Gender Equality for African Women
The Africa Investment Forum has a strong track record of supporting the success of women business owners and entrepreneurs. Less well-known is that the Africa Investment Forum, an… Read more »
October 28, 2022
Africa: Africa Investment Forum Attracts Us Trade and Development Agency Support for Nigerian Telehealth Provider
Abuja-based telemedicine provider Mobihealthcare Limited has received grant funding from the United States Trade and Development Agency. The funding will support the provider of… Read more »
Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2022 - Medical and Vaccines Transactions Expected to Draw Healthy Investor Interest During Market Days Event
Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Africa Investment Forum, a marketplace for transactions that close Africa's investment gaps, has channeled investments to projects… Read more »
Africa: Africa Investment Forum - Lusophone Compact Continues to Drive Private Sector Investment in Africa
The Lusophone Compact is one of many successes that have emerged from the innovative Africa Investment Forum. The compact is a financing platform that provides risk mitigation,… Read more »
October 27, 2022
Africa: Africa Investment Forum - Harnessing Guarantees and Insurance to Close the Continental Financing Gap - the Africa Co-Guarantee Platform Leads the Way
Africa has long suffered from a risk perception gap - one of the main factors contributing to the continent's estimated $200 billion trade and investment financing gap. More… Read more »
