Building Africa’s Bankable Green Infrastructure Projects Pipeline

26 Jun 26

Allocatability, not Bankability, may be the Primary Constraint on Infrastructure Capital at Scale

Analysis released ahead of the G7 Summit and London Climate Action Week argues that infrastructure capital formation is increasingly constrained by allocatability rather than capital availability. LONDON — Despite three decades of guarantees, blended finance structures, political risk insurance and first-loss capital mechanisms, the global infrastructure financing gap remains substantial. This persists even as more […]
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12 May 26

G7 Africa Heads of State Summit Advances Sovereign Infrastructure as Global Asset Class for the AI-Industrial Era

Sovereign Infrastructure establishes mandate-eligible institutional exposure across energy, critical minerals, logistics, compute, and corridor systems. NAIROBI, Kenya 12 May 2026 — Leaders at the G7 Africa Forward Heads of State Summit advanced Sovereign Infrastructure (SI) as the benchmark-compatible asset class through which sovereign systems enter global institutional portfolios in the AI-Industrial Era. The Summit was […]
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13 Mar 26

Africa Faces Investability Gap Despite Trillions in Global Capital, Says Dr. Hubert Danso at EIB Forum

At the recent European Investment Bank (EIB) Global Forum, Dr. Hubert Danso, CEO and Chairman of Africa Investor (Ai) Group, highlighted a critical challenge facing Africa’s industrial development: the continent suffers not from a lack of capital, but from a shortage of investable development projects. Speaking at the €300 billion Global Gateway discussion, Dr. Danso […]
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25 Nov 25

Ai Presses EU to Cut Capital Costs and Mobilise European Institutional Co-Investors for GreenAlpha Asset Class

Luanda, Angola — 25 November Africa Investor (Ai) played a central leadership role at the AU–EU Heads of State Business Summit in Luanda, advancing Africa’s institutional-investor-led green-industrial agenda on behalf of the continent’s pension, insurance and sovereign investment community, and championing the African Union’s 5% Asset Allocation Agenda, GreenAlpha, and the African Green Infrastructure Investment […]
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15 Sep 25

Investors launch GreenAlpha Industrial Infrastructure Asset Class at ACS2

Addis Ababa, 10 September – Investors launched GreenAlpha, an investor-led initiative to establish Africa’s green industrial infrastructure as a globally competitive investable asset class, at the Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2) in Addis Ababa. Over the next decade, GreenAlpha aims to support governments structure Africa’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) into a $1 trillion pipeline of […]
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22 Apr 25

World Bank‑IMF Spring Meetings: Investors Call for Priority Investor Status to De‑risk & Scale Allocations to African NDCs

African NDC‑Aligned Green Industrial Infrastructure as a Globally Competitive Investable Asset Class Executive Summary During the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings, investors advocated for the creation of Priority Investor Status (PIS), a proven framework designed to de‑risk and scale the mobilization of institutional capital for Africa’s NDC‑aligned green industrial infrastructure and SDG‑aligned investments. PIS would provide […]
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17 Dec 24

How Institutional Investor-Public Partnerships Can Drive GreenTech Innovation Beyond Moore’s Law

Dr. Hubert Danso, Chairman, Africa investor (Ai) Group Every year of delayed green technology deployment costs the world an estimated $1.6 trillion in climate damages and lost opportunities—a stark reminder of the urgency to act. The challenge of achieving net-zero targets amidst systemic climate finance gaps is one of the defining crises of our time. […]
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04 Nov 24

Natural Capital on African Governments’ Balance Sheets initiative introduced at COP16

The Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI) Africa Council has unveiled a new initiative aimed at making natural assets a core component of national balance sheets. The Natural Capital on African Governments’ Balance Sheets initiative is an institutional investor-public partnership led by the SMI Africa Council, which brings together institutional, technology and legal partners such as the […]
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