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

Infrastructure InvestmentLeave a comment

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…

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

Infrastructure Investment, WaterLeave a comment

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…

Institutional investors turn focus to Scope 3 emissions at upcoming COP 27 in Egypt

African Continental Free Trade Area, Infrastructure Investment, Press release, Sovereign Wealth FundsLeave a comment

News – Glasgow, Johannesburg, Cairo, Lagos, Nairobi, Paris, New York, London, Addis Ababa, Tokyo 10 November 2021 The African Green Infrastructure Investment Bank (AfGIIB) today announced the successful hosting of its Partnerships Dialogue Series: Enabling Institutional Investor-Public Partnerships (IIPP) and Scope 3 Allocations in support of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). This Summit…

Institutional investors announce Net Zero Model Investment Law at COP 26

African Green Infrastructure Investment Bank (AfGIIB), Infrastructure Investment, Press release, Sovereign Wealth FundsLeave a comment

News – Glasgow, Johannesburg, Cairo, Lagos, Nairobi, Paris, New York, London, Addis Ababa, Tokyo 10 November 2021 The African Green Infrastructure Investment Bank (AfGIIB) today at COP 26, announced its Model Law on Institutional Investor-Public Partnerships (IIPP) initiative (ML-IIPP). This was unveiled at the AfGIIB Partnerships Dialogue Series on the Road to COP 27, that…

MiDA Advisors, Standard Bank and Mercer launch infrastructure publication part II in effort to mobilise private capital for African investment and development

African Continental Free Trade Area, African Green Infrastructure Investment Bank (AfGIIB), Infrastructure Investment, Sovereign Wealth FundsLeave a comment

MiDA Advisors and Standard Bank Group, in collaboration with Mercer, have published the second edition of the report titled “Infrastructure financing in sub-Saharan Africa: Opportunities and impact for institutional investors”, to present the attractive case for investing in Africa. This report builds upon the 2018 groundbreaking publication by MiDA Advisors and Mercer, Investment in African Infrastructure:…

Rich Countries Must Bear the Cost if We Can Ever Hope to Achieve a Net-Zero World

African Continental Free Trade Area, African Green Infrastructure Investment Bank (AfGIIB), Event, Infrastructure Investment, Sovereign Wealth FundsLeave a comment

As the leaders of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund meet this week, they have a chance to reimagine how the world can use finance to reduce the risks from climate change. For the economies working toward the goal of achieving by 2050 a net-zero world — one where we have removed as…

Institutional investors outline strategic priorities for COP 27 in Africa

African Continental Free Trade Area, African Green Infrastructure Investment Bank (AfGIIB), Infrastructure Investment, Sovereign Wealth FundsLeave a comment

Investment leaders, representing more than $40 trillion of assets, set out strategic priority areas and initiatives to consider prior to and during the U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP 27), which is scheduled to take place in Africa in 2022. The leaders met during The African Green Infrastructure Investment Bank (AfGIIB) Partnerships Dialogue on Pioneering Asset…

Exploring the Benefits of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)

African Continental Free Trade Area, Ai CEO Infrastructure Investment Summit 2013, AISWPFF TV, Event, Infrastructure InvestmentLeave a comment

Minaz Bhuiya, Citi Treasury and Trade Solutions SSA Head for FI & Correspondent Banking talks with Hubert Danso, CEO and Chairman for Africa Investor (Ai) Group to Explore the Benefits of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area. Speakers: Hubert Danso – Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Africa Investor (AI) Group Minaz Bhuiya – FI &…

Regulation as a Stimulus (RaaS) initiative launched by UNDP, Africa investor (Ai) and AfCFTA Secretariat, as a post pandemic recovery plan

African Green Infrastructure Investment Bank (AfGIIB), Business, Event, Infrastructure Investment, Sovereign Wealth FundsLeave a comment

New York, 29 September – African governments can turn trade barriers into accelerators that build back stronger economies and accelerate intra-continental trade. At a high-level side event on the margins of the 76th United Nations General Assembly, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, Africa Investor, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) presented the…

Ai Chairs UN Ministerial High-Level Dialogue on Energy

Infrastructure Investment, Sovereign Wealth FundsLeave a comment

The week of the High-Level Dialogue on Energy (HLDE) Ministerial Thematic Forums wrapped up on 25 June 2021 with Grand Closing messages from the HLDE Secretary-General, UN Under-Secretary-General Liu Zhenmin, and the HLDE Co-Chairs, Achim Steiner, Administrator, UN Development Programme (UNDP), and Damilola Ogunbiyi, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL).Steiner…