Asset Owners
The institutions that own Africa's long-term capital — and the partners that serve them.
Asset Owners overviewAsset Owners
Capital & Markets
Asset classes, instruments and financing structures shaping African institutional portfolios.
Capital & Markets overviewPrivate Markets
Regions
Intelligence
Research, insights, data and media on African institutional capital.
Intelligence overviewAnalysis
Opportunities
Institutional investment opportunities across African sectors and markets.
Opportunities overviewBy sector
Events
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Development & Structured Finance
Financing denominated in African currencies.
Local-currency finance removes currency mismatch for borrowers and matches pension liabilities — making it central to sustainable infrastructure finance.
Intelligence
InsightExample
Currency mismatch has quietly undermined African infrastructure. Local-currency structures backed by real-economy cash flows offer a better path for domestic institutions.
Case StudyExample
How a local-currency asset-backed structure referencing contracted telecom-tower cash flows can connect pension capital to real-economy assets.
InterviewExample
A fictional example interview on how life insurers approach long-dated, local-currency infrastructure debt.
Opportunities
Digital InfrastructureExample
Directory
Insurance CompaniesExample
A life insurer seeking long-dated, local-currency assets to match annuity liabilities.
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