Asset Owners

Development Finance Institutions

Bilateral and multilateral DFIs mobilising private capital into African markets.

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Overview

DFIs play an anchoring role in African capital markets — providing risk capital, guarantees and technical assistance. ASFI convenes DFIs alongside regulators, asset owners and banks to mobilise blended and concessional finance that unlocks private sector participation.

Key issues

  1. 01Mobilisation ratios and crowding-in
  2. 02Guarantees and risk-sharing
  3. 03Local-currency lending
  4. 04Co-investment with domestic institutions

Directory

Institutions

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  • Pan-African multilateral development bank. Its Vice President for Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization featured at the Africa Sustainable Capital Markets – Europe Forum.

    Côte d’Ivoire · West Africa

    • Private sector
    • Infrastructure
    • Industrialisation

  • Pan-African trade finance institution. Its Director ESG & ORM is part of the NgSFI network.

    Egypt · North Africa

    • Trade finance
    • ESG

  • National development finance institution. Its Chief Risk Officer is a NaSFI thought leader.

    Namibia · Southern Africa

    • Development finance

Events

Upcoming events

All events

  • Summits & immersions

    Diversifying Beyond — London

    An immersive executive programme for trustees, CEOs, CIOs, and senior insurance leaders on balancing domestic yield with global diversification.

    • London, United Kingdom

  • Masterclasses & programmes

    Namibia at COP31

    Moving African organisations beyond the “talking shop,” turning high-level COP participation into tangible project implementation.

    • Antalya, Türkiye

  • Summits & immersions

    Systems Capital Africa 2026

    Three working mornings in Antalya during COP31 where African executives, asset owners and institutional investors meet Turkish private-sector investors to move screened transactions towards execution and convert priorities into 2027 country platforms.

    • Antalya, Türkiye

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