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https://lnkd.in/ed-bK7bw Samaila Zubairu, President and CEO of AFC, expressed pride in the positive response: “After about three years of absence from the Eurobond market, we are proud of the overwhelmingly positive reception for this bond issuance". Banji Fehintola, CFA, AFC’s Executive Board Member and Head of Financial Services, commented, “This bond signals a gateway for other African issuers to follow suit. Despite market volatility, the demand we secured affirms the resilience of AFC’s credit profile and opens new doors for Africa’s infrastructure financing.” #infrastructure #eurobonds #africaninfrastructure #infrastructurefunds #financinginfrastructure

The latest Blended Knowledge Bulletin by GuarantCo is out now! In this episode, we explore our valued partnerships with the beneficiaries of our long-term local credit solutions. We work with a range of banks and institutional investors, including Axis Bank, Ecobank Ghana PLC, Societe Generale, Stanbic Bank Kenya, AIA, Generali, Manulife and MetLife, to allow more funding to flow into essential infrastructure projects in the African and Asian countries that need it most. The infrastructure funding gap in emerging markets is huge, running to billions of dollars annually. Yet many sustainable development projects are held back by access to suitable capital, which banks and bond investors may be unable to provide due to limitations in local financial markets. GuarantCo offers various credit solutions, such as guarantees and loans, to help our partners turn unfeasible projects into achievable, actionable opportunities. Our latest bulletin showcases some examples, from Madagascar to Togo, where GuarantCo has worked to de-risk projects and create better outcomes for people and planet. https://lnkd.in/e5v3CJ4Z Our thanks to Lucinda O'Gorman, Surabhi Visser, Tola Odukomaiya, Nishant Kumar and Alison Hicks MCIM for their contributions to this insightful edition. The Private Infrastructure Development Group James Birks, Ollie Guillou, Leigh Dowding #blendedfinance #sustainableinfrastructure #impactinvestment

Blended finance in the African infra space is so critical, great work by the likes of GuarantCo #renewableenergy #energy #africa #blendedfinance #power #infrstructure

Infrastructure investment is crucial for Africa to compete globally. However, financing African projects is challenging due to various factors. This article explores the risks, challenges, and recommendations for successful infrastructure investments. PPPs offer a more viable alternative to exclusive debt finance. #Infrastructure #Investment #Africa #PPPs #GlobalEconomy #clydeco #clydecotanzania #tanzaniaprojects #tanzanialawyers #tanzaniaopportunities #lawfirm #legalsupport #debtfinance #financestructures #projectfinance #projectfinanceadvisory #projectfinancelawyer

Infrastructure investments in Sub-Saharan Africa need to serve the people and not just make it easier to get minerals out.

Ghana Government Pursues Debt Restructuring for Energy Sector > Ghana government negotiating debt restructuring with Independent Power Producers to resolve energy sector deficits > Energy Sector Recovery Programme aims for financial sustainability through debt restructuring and cost reductions Read more: https://bit.ly/3JFjdmR #internationalfinance #ghanagovernment #energysector #debtrestructuring #ipps #financialsustainability #energydeficit #independentpowerproducers #debtmanagement #financialreform

📯 New working paper from Tianyi Wu and myself looks at the changing creditor composition of Chinese lending to Africa. Some quick takeaways: 🏦 Chinese lenders are not a monolith. Since 2015 the dominance of policy banks have been waning, with commercial creditors - particularly state-owned commercial banks and SOEs - playing a bigger role in financing infrastructure, lending approx $55bn (one-third) in lending commitments from 2015-21. 💸 These newer entrants have played a significant role in providing financing for infrastructure, with a less institutionalised approval process, meaning financing is faster and more agile where policy banks have been unwilling or too slow. But their lending has also declined, raising questions over how these resources can be leveraged in the future. 💳 Loans from commercial creditors are- unsurprisingly - higher cost for sovereign borrowers, with less concessional terms and shorter maturities, and a higher use of for risk-mitigation tools, entailing higher debt service burdens, as well as debt restructuring complications. There's need for more understanding of how these actors operate in financing, as well as in debt restructuring. Read the full paper below 👇

From 2000 to 2021, Chinese commercial creditors lent more than $75 billion in infrastructure loans across Africa, but little is known about what this means for African borrowers. Our new working paper explores the diversification of Chinese lending over the last decade. It highlights how commercial creditors have introduced new financing sources, and are rivalling the traditional dominance of policy banks in major African borrowers of Chinese infrastructure credits. Read more from report authors Tianyi Wu and Yunnan Chen. #ChinaAfrica #InvestmentInAfrica #InfrastructureGrowth

⚠ Transparency around large scale infrastructure projects is poor when it comes to proactively disclosing information, according to the latest assessment of PublicFinance.LK   Find out which areas are of greatest concern, the economic importance of transparency and how foreign lenders can help improve #SriLanka's performance. For more, visit https://lnkd.in/gkBmx9bf #infastructure #transparency #publicfinance

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