Year: 2023

Hidden GEMS: Costs to Developing Countries of MDB’s not Democratizing investor access to the GEMs risk database

The majority of emerging markets and developing countries (EMDCs), climate, SDG financing and investment needs (more so than advanced economies) finance by private capital at scale, during current and historic times, when the high perception of EMDC risk remains a binding constraint to attracting private capital at scale, compounded by…
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Africa: A hub for green investment

Dr. Hubert Danso, CEO and Chairman of the Africa Investor (AI) Group, joins Vince Molinari to talk about Africa’s position on climate change. They also discuss how Africa is shaping itself as a hub for green investment opportunities and how value can be added to the continent’s extensive raw materials.…
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Summit calls for pension fund, SWF investments through African Green Infrastructure Investment Bank

The New Financial Pact Summit, which took place June 22–23 in France, convened heads of state and government, Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), international organizations and hundreds of civil society private sector and investment leaders. Private-sector recommendations from the summit called for African collaborative pension fund and sovereign wealth fund investments…
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Model Law on Institutional Investor-Public Partnerships underpins DLA Piper’s shortlisting at coveted African Legal Awards 2023

The Model Law on Institutional Investor-Public Partnerships (ML-IIPPs) has underpinned DLA Piper’s shortlisting for ESG Initiative of the Year at the coveted African Legal Awards 2023. Now in their 10th year and hosted by Law.com international and partnered with the Corporate Counsel Association of South Africa (CCASA) and Africa Legal,…
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Macron New Financial Pact Summit recommends mainstreaming of Institutional Investor-Public Partnerships (IIPPs)

The New Financial Pact Summit private sector recommendations called for the mainstreaming of Institutional Investor-Public Partnerships (IIPPs) in its recommendations to mobilize private capital at scale, to close the financing and investment gap in emerging markets and developing countries (EMDCs). IIPPs are innovative infrastructure investment partnerships between a government and…
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