Daily Nation Newspaper

AfDB BOARD NODS US$10M STAKE IN GREEN INFRASTRUC­TURE PROJECT FUND

- By BUUMBA CHIMBULU

K10And Solomon Quaynor, vice president of the AfDB THE Board of Directors of Group with responsibi­lity for the African Developmen­t the Private Sector, Infrastruc­ture Bank (AfDB) Group has and Industrial­isation, approved the proposal to said the programme would take an initial stake of up seek support from the private to US$10 million in the Alliance sector to develop transforma­tive, for Green Infrastruc­ture green, resilient projects Advertise in the most in Africa Project Developmen­t that would fill Africa’s infrastruc­ture (AGIA-PD) fund. gap for the long circulated Newspaper The AGIA-PD fund would term run for 15 years and should “The AGIA-PD is a strategic reach its capitalisa­tion target investment, co-managed by

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Special EnvoCyoton­ttahcetA+fD2B60 yield and to President, Amadou Hott, said have an impact on developmen­t,” the ultimate objective of the Mr Quaynor said. programme was to accelerate The AGIA would be implemente­d the continent’s green through three pillars: transition, while drasticall­y the project preparatio­n seeking reducing the shortage of infrastruc­ture. to raise US$100 million in donations upstream for targeted

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