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Unleashing the Power of the Institutional Investor-Public Partnerships Framework’s Presidential Climate Investment Authority
The challenge of climate change demands innovative solutions, especially for African governments looking to accelerate green development and economic growth. Enter the Institutional Investor-Public Partnerships (IIPP) framework’s Presidential Climate Investment Authority (PCIA) — a game-changing platform designed and championed by the African Green Infrastructure Investment Bank (AfGIIB), the African Union, Africa investor (Ai), the Sustainable Markets […]
Private Capital Mobilisation – why we need to speak up, not just pay up
Dr Hubert Danso, Chairman and CEO of Africa Investor (Ai) Group, Chair, CFA Asset Owners Council, Co-Chair SMI Africa Council. The concept of Private Capital Mobilisation (PCM) is being touted as a big part of the solution to the ever-growing SDG and climate financing gap for emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) requiring additional trillions […]
First Movers Coalition engages Ai’s Dr. Hubert Danso on CleanTech Investing
Africa investor (Ai) today confirmed Dr. Hubert Danso, its CEO and Chairman, and the Chairman of the African Union’s Continental Business Network (CBN), the African Green Infrastructure Investment Bank (AfGIIB), and Co-Chair of the Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI) Africa Council, shared investor insights on the World Economic Forum’s First Movers Coalition (FMC) studio panel session […]
Africa investor (Ai) Rallies Institutional Investors during IDA Africa Presidential Summit
Dr Hubert Danso, Africa investor CEO and Chairman, encourages long-term investors to harness the opportunities offered by Institutional Investor-Public Partnerships (IIPPs): The Framework for Strategic Investment Allocations to African Green Industrial Infrastructure as a Globally Competitive Investable Asset Class. As the International Development Association (IDA) African Heads of State Summit takes place in Nairobi today, […]
Dr. Danso’s Investor Letter on Allocating to African Green Industrial Infrastructure as a Globally Competitive Investable Asset Class
Dear Esteemed Institutional Investment Partners, We stand at a historic crossroads where financial prosperity converges with environmental responsibility. As universal owners, our capital, portfolio companies, and market influence wield the power to redefine global industrial markets while fostering sustainable returns for future generations. With the advent of the African Union’s Nairobi Declaration (Africa’s Green Investment […]
How the AU Can Confront Africa’s Unaddressed Scope 3 Equivalent in Private Capital Mobilization
As African Heads of State participate in the thirty-seventh ordinary session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union in Ethiopia this week and grapple with climate finance challenges, a hidden crisis akin to the “Scope 3 challenge” in global climate finance looms large. The imperative to mobilize private capital […]
Bankers Push World Bank to Unlock Secret Data For Climate Loans
As the finance industry faces mounting pressure to play its part in fighting the climate crisis in the developing world, bankers point to a significant hurdle—one the World Bank and other public sector financiers have yet to remove. The problem, they say, is data. Executives from banks, including Citigroup Inc., say they could offer better rates and […]
Investable Green Industrial Cities Standards previewed at COP28 Africa Investment Earthshot Summit
While Special Economic Zones (SEZs) are well-recognised place-based investment tools for economic development, there is an urgent need to evolve bankability models and practices in the direction of investable Green Industrial Cities (GICs). GICs are destinations that nurture productive, long-term growth and attract industrial capital at scale. However, they do much more. GIC’s represent a […]
His Excellency Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan highlights United Arab Emirates commitments to Africa at Conference of the Parties (COP28)
His Excellency Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan Al Nahyan, Minister of State, participated in the ‘Africa Investment Earthshot Leaders’ Summit’ at the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28), which is currently being held at Expo City Dubai. During a keynote speech, His Excellency highlighted the most prominent pledges […]