Month: June 2023

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

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

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

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

It was a pleasure to speak at the Global NDC Conference in Berlin, where I highlighted the urgent need for a tectonic ambition and implementation mindset shift regarding private capital mobilization at scale, that can be deployed at speed for Africa’s just energy transition. Dr. Hubert Danso Africa needs to mobilize $3trn of investment for […]
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