Press Release

07 Sep 23

Green Industrial Cities Make Africa ‘renewable energy superpower’

Nairobi, Kenya, Oslo, Norway 7th September 2023 – “Africa has the potential to become a world leader in renewables and green growth”. ‘Kenya’s President Ruto’s´ message to the 2023 African Climate Summit (ACS), echoed by African Union Heads of State and UN Secretary-General Guterres’, calling for the immediate creation of Institutional Investor-Public Partnerships (IIPPs) to […]
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30 Jun 23

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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30 Jun 23

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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22 Jun 23

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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06 Jun 23

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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31 Mar 23

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

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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31 Mar 23

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

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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22 Mar 23

Institutional Investor-Public Partnerships Hub launched to mobilise trillions for green infrastructure

22 March 2023 – Berlin, New York, London, Johannesburg, Paris, Dubai 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, today announced the launch of the Institutional Investor-Public Partnerships (IIPPs) Hub. The […]
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19 Feb 23

Africa investor (Ai) Launches Climate Investment Law for African NDC projects at COP27

Africa investor (Ai), in collaboration with the African Green Infrastructure Investment Bank (AfGIIB), DLA Piper and the CFA Asset Owners Council (AoC), has launched the Model Law on Institutional Investor-Public Partnerships (ML-IIPP) at COP27, designed to facilitate the deployment of trillions of dollars of private capital, into Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) and ‘green’ infrastructure programmes and […]
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