InfraCo Africa, with funding from the Private Infrastructure Development Group Technical Assistance (PIDG TA), is working with the team at Western Power Company (WPC) in Zambia’s Western Province to prepare communities close to the Ngonye Falls hydropower project site for the challenge presented by COVID-19 ..read more

The latest figures from African Energy Live Data suggest that Q1 2020 saw the lowest generation capacity additions in Africa for at least 20 years, with no new on-grid generation from February after coronavirus halted construction and commissioning ..read more

In a live broadcast to investors and private sector leaders hosted by Invest Africa yesterday, Tony Blair, Executive Chairman of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, called for a renewed focus on governance to drive Africa’s post-Covid recovery. Speaking to Carol Pineau of Africa-USA Now, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom highlighted the quality of governance as the key determiner of a country’s success. When it comes to governance, he said, “there’s no mystery. It is clear what works and what doesn’t.’ The real challenge lies in implementation – it is not enough to have t ..read more

With remote work now being the ‘new normal’, the threat of a cyber-attack has increased and is near imminent. The rapid changes to working patterns to quickly and in many cases unexpectantly incorporate Remote Work has led to enlarged cyber vulnerabilities and security fall outs ..read more

The unprecedented healthcare and economic challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic have seen governments globally resort to drastic measures in a bid to save both lives and livelihoods. Now, as thoughts turn to recovery, attention is shifting to fiscal measures that – if successful – will stimulate investment, growth and employment. Whatever shape the recovery ultimately takes, it is inevitable that many will find themselves in financial distress, requiring debt restructuring or even facing bankruptcy ..read more

London and Cape Town, 3 August 2020: African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), a member of Old Mutual Alternative Investments and Africa’s most experienced infrastructure manager, has appointed two joint-managing directors to be based in Cape Town and Lagos, following the retirement of the company’s previous CEO ..read more

CDCI, which operates supermarkets in Cote D’Ivoire, will use the ALP facility as a central distribution centre to hold stock and distribute a wide range of food and non-food consumer products to support its retail operations across Cote D’Ivoire ..read more

I would like to take this opportunity to step back and take stock of all that has occurred in the last three to four months. With colleagues from across PIDG, I have been reflecting upon the huge effort that has taken place to keep originating new infrastructure projects and to continue developing those already in our varied pipelines. We have also examined the impact of our coordinated response to COVID-19 and our efforts to ensure the health and welfare of our teams, partners and of people living in the communities close to where we work ..read more

The H1 2020 dashboards examined the residential and office market performance in 29 African cities during the COVID – 19 pandemic ..read more