Company website: https://www.africafc.org/

Profile

AFC, an investment grade multilateral finance institution, was established in 2007 with an equity capital base of US$1.1 billion, to be the catalyst for private sector-led infrastructure investment across Africa. With a current balance sheet of approximately US$6.1 billion, AFC is the second highest investment grade rated multilateral financial institution in Africa with an A3/P2 (Stable outlook) rating from Moody’s Investors Service. AFC successfully raised US$1,150 billion (US$650 million and US$500 million) in 2019, US$500 million in 2017 and US$750 million in 2015 through Eurobond issuances; out of its Board-approved US$5 Billion Global Medium-Term Note (MTN) Programme. All Eurobond issues were oversubscribed and attracted investors from Asia, Europe and the USA.

AFC’s investment approach combines specialist industry expertise with a focus on financial and technical advisory, project structuring, project development and risk capital to address Africa’s infrastructure development needs and drive sustainable economic growth. AFC invests in high-quality infrastructure assets that provide essential services in the core infrastructure sectors of power, natural resources, heavy industry, transport, and telecommunications. To date, the Corporation has invested over US$7.2billion in projects within 32 countries across Africa.

Event Sponsorships

Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Africa 2024 - Gold Sponsor

Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Africa 2023 - Gold Sponsor

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2022 - Gold Sponsor

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2020 - Virtual Conference - Platinum Sponsor

ESG & Capital Markets Africa 2020 - Virtual Conference - Multilateral Sponsor

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2020 - Gold Sponsor

Contributors

Kome Ajegbo

Speaker at these events:

Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Africa 2024

• Fireside Chat: Diving deeper into government governance, transparency, and institutional development

Ato Gyasi

Kona Nkanza

Speaker at these events:

Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Africa 2024

• A closer look into government debt sustainability: How are sovereign’s funding themselves and what strategies should be implemented to mitigate risk?

Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Africa 2023

• Reprofiling Africa’s debt: How to successfully refinance and restructure bonds and loans in volatile times

Sanjeev Gupta

Dr Rita Babihuga-Nsanze

Samaila Zubairu

Speaker at these events:

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2020 - Virtual Conference

• Keynote address: Mobilising African infrastructure investment for 2021 and beyond

Modupe Famakinwa

Speaker at these events:

Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Africa 2024

• Exploring potential corporate funding strategies: Which methods are currently being used and how can corporates deploy capital while managing risk?

Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Africa 2023

• The price is (not) right: How are corporates and FI borrowers and issuers managing their balance sheets given the increased cost of funding?

ESG & Capital Markets Africa 2020 - Virtual Conference

• Green vs. Vanilla: Pricing vs. ROI – How do they stack up?

Kome Johnson-Azaura

Speaker at these events:

ESG & Capital Markets Africa 2020 - Virtual Conference

• To what extent are “E”, “S” and/or “G” acting as markers to attract more FDI into Africa? What criteria are investors looking at?

Banji Fehintola

Speaker at these events:

Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Africa 2024

• The ‘new’ cost of capital: With increased costs of funding being seen as the norm, what are FI’s doing to manage their balance sheets?

Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Africa 2023

• Raising capital in 2023: How are sovereigns, supras and agencies planning to tap the markets in the new environment?

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2022

• Weighing up the options: A closer look at SDG-linked products, how they compare and what is next for this (growing) market

ESG & Capital Markets Africa 2021 - Virtual

• Green, blue and sustainable: What are the markets conditions that will allow an ESG related bond market to develop in Africa?

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2020 - Virtual Conference

• Supporting pre-COVID activity and easing the downturn: How are DFIs, ECAs and commercial banks working alongside each other to ease the financial impact of the pandemic on the continent?

ESG & Capital Markets Africa 2020 - Virtual Conference

• Examining the role of DFIs, IFIs, and ECAs pushing forward Africa’s green project pipeline

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk 24 2020

• DFIs, IFIS and ECAs in Africa: A change of strategy or business as usual?

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2020

Prince Essilfie

Speaker at these events:

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2020 - Virtual Conference

• Hedging against FX volatility: What instruments are available to African corporates, and how can they be implemented?

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2020

Articles from Bonds & Loans

• 17 Jul 2020: #BondsLoans24 - DFIs, IFIS and ECAs in Africa: A change of strategy or business as usual?