Trending
- How transition finance can catalyse Africa’s green industrial revolution
- Stanbic PMI Report: Mixed performance as Kenya’s agriculture, construction offset manufacturing decline
- Uganda’s land management gets a tech makeover to boost transparency
- Nigeria’s output dips fastest in 19 months on a sharp rise in costs
- Apple faces growing backlash over Congo exploitation
- Why East Africa is staring at higher wheat prices in 2025
- Nairobi Gate SEZ pumps $7 million into Kenya’s agro-processing industry
- What impact will the US election have on Africa?
Browsing: africa news
The private sector in the African continent is set to receive US480 billion in investments over the next five years.
The investments will be made by a consortium of organizations under the G7 Development Finance Institutions (G7 DFI) which includes the European Investment Bank and the private sector arm of the African Development to support sustainable economic recovery and growth in Africa.
The proposed investments come at a time when the Covid-19 pandemic has caused a severe global economic and health crisis, including in the African continent.
The IMF estimates that sub-Saharan Africa needs additional financing of around $425 billion between now and 2025 to help strengthen the pandemic response spending and reduce poverty in the region.
This marks the first time the G7 DFIs have come together to make a collective partnership commitment to the African continent.
The G7 DFI group consists of CDC, Proparco (France), JICA and JBIC …