The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is to extend a seven-year loan of 740 million rand ($62 million) to South Africa's Mercantile Bank to boost lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The financing was part of an initiative to invest up to 40 billion rand into South African SMEs over the next five to seven years.
Ukraine is no longer waiting for peace to finance its recovery. But generous terms, layered guarantees, war-risk cover, fund anchors and public balance sheets are taking the...
Africa benefits from large untapped pools of capital in the shape of savings - but infrastructure projects struggle to tap it. A new generation of donor- and DFI-led credit...
In this episode of Uxolo: In-Depth With, recorded live from Prague, Jessica Brown speaks with Ato Gyasi of the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) about mobilising private capital into African infrastructure, closing the continent's power gap, and building an ecosystem — not just a pipeline of projects.
Ukraine is no longer waiting for peace to finance its recovery. But generous terms, layered guarantees, war-risk cover, fund anchors and public balance sheets are taking the place of conventional private capital.
Africa benefits from large untapped pools of capital in the shape of savings - but infrastructure projects struggle to tap it. A new generation of donor- and DFI-led credit distribution mechanisms are designed to improve that funding process.
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