Africa’s infrastructure investment gap is estimated to hit 51 B$ in 2021. Just as investors are calling for more stringent infrastructure sustainability guidelines, the amount of green financing available has dramatically grown, with the sustainable bond market surging from 800 B$ in 2019 to 1,3 T$ in 2020. Sustainable strategies are key to bridging the infrastructure gap, while having the added advantage of boosting the economic viability of newly created markets and distributed infrastructure investments. How can sustainable strategies be adapted to the continent’s specificities? What upstream market strategies could help bring about a bankable framework? And what sustainable solutions are needed to decentralize infrastructures?
Source : IFC
