Who We Are
Supported by the Sustainable Markets Initiative Africa Council, GEMs 3.0 is an industry initiative platform, designed to leverage the Global Emerging Markets Risk GEMs data in support of scaling allocations to Africa, emerging markets, and developing economies.
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KEY FEATURES GEMs3.0 PLATFORM OVERVIEW - AT A GLANCE
GEMs3.0
Read through our latest GEMs resources
and publications.
STATE OF THE MARKET 2024 – Trends, Performance and Allocations
Investing in the green economy 2024
Asset owners remain positive about sustainable investment
Crowding in: An advanced approach for measuring and disclosing private capital mobilisation
Default Statistics -Private and Sub-Sovereign Lending 1994-2022
Sovereign and Sovereign Guaranteed Lending 1998-2022
Recovery Statistics Private and Sub-Sovereign Lending 1994-2022
IBRD Portfolio Historical Borrower Default Experience
IFC Portfolio-Default Rate Analysis
Ai GEMs Database Democratization Memo
GEMs3.0
Mahesh Kotecha CFANY 2023 ESG Conference (Remarks)
GEMs 3.0, In The Media
Watch some of the latest updates and coverage around GEMs3.0.
RECENT ARTICLES
Making Development Investable: IIPP Architecture Launched for the World Bank Spring Meetings
WASHINGTON, D.C. — April 2026 Global institutionally managed portfolios now exceed $145 trillion globally, yet private capital mobilisation into infrastructure, industrial... read more
Africa Faces Investability Gap Despite Trillions in Global Capital, Says Dr. Hubert Danso at EIB Forum
At the recent European Investment Bank (EIB) Global Forum, Dr. Hubert Danso, CEO and Chairman of Africa Investor (Ai) Group,... read more
EU Global Gateway and the €300bn challenge of making development investable
Mobilising private capital at scale requires designing opportunities around institutional investors’ mandates and creating asset classes capable of...
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Africa’s Allocation Moment
Institutional capital enters by mandate, not conviction As leaders convene in Addis Ababa for the African Union Summit to advance corridor-scale... read more
DAVOS – Consequential Africa: Making Development Investable in a Fragmenting Global Economy
London / Johannesburg — launched for Davos 2026 Global institutional portfolios now exceed $300 trillion, yet they face a growing scarcity... read more
Ai Presses EU to Cut Capital Costs and Mobilise European Institutional Co-Investors for GreenAlpha Asset Class
Luanda, Angola — 25 November Africa Investor (Ai) played a central leadership role at the AU–EU Heads of State Business Summit... read more
World Leaders explore Cultural IP as Engine IP of Economic Development across African Nations at G20
Initiative could unlock billions annually for creators and nations from the continent’s creative sectors JOHANNESBURG– November 24, 2025 – A new... read more
New G20 Investor Cost-of-Capital Framework Quantifies Trillions in Lost Returns from Fiduciary Inefficiency
Johannesburg, London, Belém, New York, Tokyo The Institute of Sovereign Investors, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), and Africa Investor (Ai)... read more