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 anchors Sonatel’s XOF 100 billion bond issue to support investment in Senegal’s telecommunications infrastructure
Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) company, the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF/the Fund) is to invest up to XOF*29.5 billion (US$50 million equivalent) in a bond issue that aims to raise XOF100 billion (US$170 million) for investment in the Senegal business of Sonatel S.A, a West African telecommunications company. Sonatel’s bond, which was launched on… Read more »
Join the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund’s Paromita Chatterjee for key issues webinar
On 22nd July, Investment Director at Ninety One’s EAIF team, Paromita Chatterjee, will be a panellist on Africa Global Fund’s webinar looking at fundamental issues in African infrastructure. To register for the event, which is free to Africa Global Fund’s subscribers, and for more details of speakers, topics and time please visit https://www.africaglobalfunds.com/shop/product/infrastructure-development-in-africa-an-attractive-opportunity-or-a-complex-challenge/
EAIF anchors successful bond issue by African telecommunications business, Helios Towers
“The success of the HTA bond issue demonstrates the value of the EAIF/PIDG business model in African economic development,” says EAIF fund managers
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.
