What we've achieved
- Contributing to political and economic stability
- Helping eliminate poverty
- Mobilising private sector capital
- Stimulating economic progress
- Attracting foreign direct investment
- Encouraging small business creation
- Supporting enterprising owners and managers
- Creating lasting jobs
- Building the essentials of sustainable progress
Sectors we work in
Applying for project support
If you are looking for debt finance for an infrastructure project in sub-Saharan Africa please talk to us.
EAIF mainly supports private sector infrastructure projects to create new or expand existing facilities. We welcome enquiries from companies in Africa and worldwide that want to grow their businesses in sub-Saharan Africa and share our commitment to the continent and its peoples. Enquiries are also welcome from financial advisers and specialist consultants.
Latest news
EAIF secures A2 credit rating from Moody’s
Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) company, the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF or The Fund), today announced that Moody’s has assigned EAIF a foreign currency long-term issuer rating of A2 with a stable outlook. EAIF mobilises public and private debt capital to deliver transformative infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa. Since its establishment in 2001, up to… Read more »
EAIF supports its 10th Uganda renewable energy project with US$10.6 million loan
The Private Infrastructure Development Group’s (PIDG) Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) is providing a US$10.6 million loan over 17.0 years to Serengeti Energy, the developer of the Nyamwamba ll 7.8MW run-of-the-river hydroelectricity plant in the Kasese District of Western Uganda. A 20-year Power Purchase Agreement will see all the energy produced by the plant sent to… Read more »
PIDG’s Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund anchors US$420 million bond issue by telco founded and grown in Africa
Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) company, the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) was an anchor investor in a successful bond issue by African telecommunications and digital company Axian Telecom that raised US$420 million. EAIF has invested US$20 million in the bond, scaled back from an original commitment of up to US$40 million, following strong private… Read more »
Our funders
EAIF is funded by the governments of the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Switzerland, and Sweden. It raises its debt capital from public and private sources, including Allianz, the global insurance and financial services company; Standard Chartered Bank; the African Development Bank; the German development finance institution, KFW, and FMO, the Dutch development bank.
Biomass financing by EAIF to deliver 46MW renewable energy plant in Cote D’Ivoire
“EAIF rapidly moving towards green energy loan portfolio of 1000MW” The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund – a Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) company – announced on 10th June that it is lending €30 million to support the construction of a new €232 million, 46MW, biomass power station in Cote D’Ivoire. Located at Ayebo, 100km east… Read more »