Africa Can Tap $1.1 Trillion From Investors for Growth, AFC Says
African institutional investors are sitting on $1.1 trillion in capital that could finance the region's long-term infrastructure needs and power industrial growth, the Africa Finance Corporation said Thursday.
Pensions and insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds and public development banks are still channeling funds into 'low-risk and short-term instruments instead of being channelled into the real economy,' according to the multilateral lender's 2025 State of Africa's Infrastructure Report.
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