What Financing for the Private Sector in Africa? The Role of Impact Investing?
The private sector is a driver of growth. However, African firms, regardless their size, suffer from a lack of financing, especially in areas where traditional financing solutions are insufficient. Could impact investing be a possible alternative? Companies – large, medium, small – are one of the main sources of economic growth, as they actively participate […]
Resilience and adaptation in times of insecurity: Mali’s renewal will come from the private sector (2/2)
Recent crises and the resulting structural vulnerabilities have considerably diminished the capacity of Sahelian countries, already historically very weak, to attract investment. For instance, after an all-time high of 860 million USD in 2019 (5% of GDP), foreign direct investment to Mali (net inflows) has fallen drastically to just 252 million in 2022 (1.3% […]
3 essential paths for the development agenda of the next 30 years
On May 22, 2023, an exciting day of debate was organized by the Architecture Chair in International Development Finance and the Impact Chair of the FERDI. The event brought together some twenty African and international researchers, investors, entrepreneurs, and heads of development institutions. What can we learn from this work? The current debate on the […]
Tax legislation in question: the role of Mining Agreements in the African gold sector
Until the 1990s, the African continent, even though it is rich in mineral resources, attracted little mining investment.