Time to reprice African debt
Countries face high costs in managing their foreign liabilities. Initiatives to mitigate the situation, such as the new continental rating agency, have recently emerged. External debt servicing will cost African countries US$89 billion in 2025, according to estimates by the G20. South Africa, which holds the presidency of the Group this year, established a committee of experts in early March...
Unlocking value from technology and AI for institutional investors
Strategy, tools, and talent are key considerations for institutional investors as they adopt and scale technology to generate alpha.
It is difficult to talk about investment success without mentioning technology innovation, AI, and generative AI. The investment landscape has fundamentally shifted over the years—but where are the world’s largest investors on this journey? Many institutional investors, be it pensions, insurers, or sovereign...
EIB Complaints Body Supports Disclosures on GEMs Licensing Deal
The European Investment Bank Complaints Mechanism has recommended that the EIB reconsider withholding key information about the terms of an agreement to license GEMs data to a private company. The 2019 licensing agreement with ILX, a Dutch investment company, was unusual as the only instance in which the EIB granted a private company access to the Global Emerging Markets (GEMs) Risk...
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. Green technologies hold the key to unlocking...
To get more capital, Africa needs more data
Poor data and small capital markets make it hard to gauge risks and returns The concept of risk is completely invented to ensure that investment doesn’t come to Africa,” Gagan Gupta told an audience of investors and entrepreneurs earlier this year, to resounding applause. Mr Gupta, whose firm works on logistics and utilities across Africa, is optimistic about the continent and scathing...