Africa can fund infrastructure with $4 trillion of own assets: AFC
Africa must shift away from a dependency on foreign infrastructure financing and begin to unlock the potential of its own substantial financial resources, according to the Africa Finance Corporation. The organisation’s State of Africa’s Infrastructure Report 2025 argues that Africa is not lacking in capital – it points to over $4 trillion in domestic resources, including commercial bank assets, pension funds, remittances, and sovereign wealth – but is failing to fully leverage what it already possesses. “Financing this infrastructure transformation must...
