Africa Finance Corporation

Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) is a multilateral financial institution established by African sovereign states to provide solutions to the continent’s infrastructure deficit and challenging operating environment. The corporation focuses on catalyzing private sector-led infrastructure investment, operating with an investment approach that combines specialist industry expertise with principal investments, financial and technical advisory, project structuring, and risk capital. It invests in essential sectors including power, natural resources, heavy industry, transport, and telecommunications.

Through its subsidiary, AFC Capital Partners, the corporation also mobilizes third-party funds to finance infrastructure projects. AFC maintains a broad footprint, with its workforce distributed across 18 countries, including Nigeria, the United Kingdom, the United States, Kenya, and Canada. Since its inception, the institution has invested US$13 billion across Africa.