The further development of Africa’s financial ecosystem has a critical role to play in fostering sustainable growth across the continent. We are committed to supporting this development, leveraging our experience and expertise to focus on key priorities:
Scaling Impact: Expanding sustainable finance initiatives across Africa to maximise their reach and effectiveness and to inspire collaborative action.
Fostering Alignment: Establishing strong public-private partnerships that amplify efforts to mobilise capital towards driving impactful development.
Building Local Capacity: Empowering local expertise and resources to develop bankable projects that attract investment and support self-sustaining economic growth.
Through these priorities, we aim to help nurture a resilient financial ecosystem across markets in Africa. Our ultimate goal is to help further unlock the continent’s tremendous potential in ways that lead to sustainable growth for all.
Our work to date has seen us proudly collaborate with 15 different African countries in pursuit of this goal. Some of our more recent initiatives include:
Advising the Development Bank of Rwanda on the development and issuance of a sustainability-linked bond (SLB): Supporting Rwanda’s pioneering SLB transaction, which helped showcase the transformative power of sustainable finance. Find out more at https://shorturl.at/UcaFk
Advising on the UNDP’s Africa Green Business and Financing Initiative: Identifying ways to stimulate on-the-ground actions in green business and green finance, with the aim of having a significant and sustainable positive impact on economic and social well-being across the continent. The report is available at https://shorturl.at/7kr9t
Enhancing Zambia’s Capital Markets: Strengthening the capital market for green bonds, developing an investment portal, and providing technical assistance to promote sustainable financing.
Driving the SWARM-E Initiative in Sub-Saharan Africa: Advancing decentralised renewable energy solutions across pilot ecosystems in order to bring clean energy closer to communities. Learn more at https://shorturl.at/tKFbO
“Africa’s tremendous potential to become a global hub for sustainable finance and economic growth is accelerating. Local entrepreneurs are pioneering innovative solutions that could reshape key sectors in markets around the world to benefit both people and the planet,” commented Danny O., BwB Executive Director. “What is needed now are new financing strategies to facilitate this activity and drive positive change at scale.”
Let’s work together to help drive Africa’s journey towards a sustainable and prosperous future!
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