Investors launch GreenAlpha Industrial Infrastructure Asset Class at ACS2

Addis Ababa, 10 September – Investors launched GreenAlpha, an investor-led initiative to establish Africa’s green industrial infrastructure as a globally competitive investable asset class, at the Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2) in Addis Ababa.

Over the next decade, GreenAlpha aims to support governments structure Africa’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) into a $1 trillion pipeline of investable portfolio’s, representing about one-third of the continent’s $3 trillion in NDC investment needs.

Set out in the “From Green Growth to GreenAlpha” briefing report, the framework recasts NDCs as portfolios spanning renewable energy, hydrogen, critical minerals, digital infrastructure, green industrial cities and nature-based assets. The initiative is supported by Africa Investor (Ai), the Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI), the Great Green Wall of Africa Foundation (GGWoA), and the African Green Infrastructure Investment Bank (AfGIIB).

Anchored in the African Union’s (AU) 5% Asset Allocation Agenda, the AfCFTA Investment Protocol, and the AU Institutional Investor–Public Partnership (IIPP) model, GreenAlpha seeks to cut Africa’s cost of capital by 300–500 basis points while offering domestic and global investors 14–22% returns, supported by Basel- and OECD-compliant risk-sharing instruments.

The launch also included a formal “Call to Allocation”, inviting additional sovereigns, institutional investors, philanthropies, development partners and investment consultants to join the platform.

Dr Hubert Danso, Chairman of Africa Investor, said:

“GreenAlpha is how Africa will make development investable, by aligning its $1tn NDCs-aligned pipeline with $300tn in domestic and global institutional capital, increasing access for African manufactured green technologies to the $10tn global green industrial economy.”

Supporters argue that, once scaled, GreenAlpha could within a decade make Africa a multi-trillion-dollar green industrial investment engine, scaling the continent’s industrialisation while contributing to global decarbonisation, resilience and growth — a step seen as critical to achieving global climate goals.

Read the ‘Green Growth to GreenAlpha’ briefing report.

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“GreenAlpha is how Africa will make development investable, by aligning its $1tn NDCs-aligned pipeline with $300tn in domestic and global institutional capital, increasing access for African manufactured green technologies to the $10tn global green industrial economy.”