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Bond issue supported by EAIF as anchor investor wins prestigious award from The African Banker Magazine

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The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) is pleased to congratulate Standard Bank on winning The African Banker Magazine’s” Debt Deal of the Year Award”. Standard Bank led the successful US$600…

Creating the foundations for progress and prosperity in fragile states

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The work of the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund By David White, Chairman, Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund On 1st May, the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) announced it had been the…

Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund anchors US$600 million bond issue by leading telco tower operator Helios Towers Africa

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Helios Towers Africa (HTA), a leading telecommunications infrastructure and power operator in Africa, is set for expansion following a successful US$600 million, five-year-term, bond issue, supported by the Emerging Africa…

EAIF Non-executive Director appointed to UK’s National Infrastructure Commission

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The United Kingdom government has appointed Julia Prescot as a permanent member of the UK’s National Infrastructure Commission (NIC). A non-executive director of the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) since…

EAIF increases lending to Nigeria fertilizer plant project “of prime strategic importance”

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The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) has increased its lending to Indorama Eleme Fertilizer and Chemicals Ltd (IEFCL). EAIF has backed the construction of the company’s new US$1.2 billion fertilizer…

Lessons learned in years of financing African infrastructure

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To learn more about infrastructure financing on the continent, How we made it in Africa spoke to Emilio Cattaneo, EAIF’s executive director, and Investec’s Nazmeera Moola, who heads the investment…

Lake Kivu project success covered in Jeune Afrique film

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Leading French language publication, Jeune Afrique, ran a film in late January about KivuWatt’s unique facility in Rwanda. It is a story of technical success, business progress and delivering electricity’s…

Nigeria’s Guardian newspaper carries letter from EAIF Executive Director

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EAIF’s Executive Director, Emilio Cattaneo, wrote to The Guardian newspaper in Nigeria about the work of EAIF in Nigeria and across sub-Saharan Africa. His letter was published on 3rd February.…

Out of the Dark

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At the 47th World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting that wraps up today in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, more than 3,000 participants from nearly 100 countries have been addressing topics under the…

Nigeria’s digital future strengthened by successful US$800 million IHS bond issue supported by EAIF

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The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) has invested US$50 million in an US$800m bond issued by the Nigerian telecommunications tower business, IHS. EAIF and the International Finance Corporation were named…

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