Africa Finance Corporation

MDB
Nigeria
iSustain score 97Moderate· 3–6 months

Pan-African multilateral development finance institution focused on infrastructure.

Geographic focus

Pan-African

Sector appetite

Power
Transport
Heavy Industry
Natural Resources

Finance instruments

Debt
Equity
Mezzanine
Advisory

Project stages

Development
Construction
Operational

Typical ticket size

$10m – $250m

Readiness requirements

Robust project structuring, offtake certainty

Partnership preferences

Lead arranger and co-developer

Contact

info@africafc.org

iSustain relevance score

  • Regional focus & relevance30/30
  • Access & contactability25/25
  • Financing programmes & instruments — 2 open or rolling12/15
  • Instrument breadth15/15
  • Data freshness15/15

Weighted 0–100: Africa focus 30, access & contactability 25, live windows 15, instrument breadth 15, data freshness 15.

Access difficulty

Moderate· 3–6 months

Direct approach possible; published application route; minimum ticket $5m+; standard readiness evidence expected.

  • Counterparty requirement — Direct counterparty0/5
  • Application process — Published application route0/3
  • Ticket floor — Minimum ticket $5m+2/3
  • Readiness burden — 2 readiness requirements identified1/2
  • Internal approval process — Board / institutional approval cycles2/2

A rating of how hard this capital is to reach — not a prediction of whether an application will succeed. Built from the counterparty required, the published application route, the minimum ticket, the readiness evidence expected and the internal approval process.

Instruments & programmes

What a client can actually approach this organisation for, and how access works.

AFC Project & Corporate Finance

Facility
Debt
Open

Senior debt, mezzanine and equity for African infrastructure and natural resources, including transition and renewables.

Access route

Direct application

Ticket size

$20m – $300m — $20m–$300m+

Geographic focus

Pan-African

Sector focus

Infrastructure
Renewable Energy
Mining
Transport

Project stages

Development
Construction

Eligibility

Bankable African infrastructure projects and corporates.

How to access

Submit a project to AFC's investment team.

Infrastructure Climate Resilient Fund (ICRF)

Fund Window
Equity
Open

AFC-managed fund investing in climate-resilient infrastructure across Africa.

Access route

By invitation / relationship

Ticket size

$10m – $100m — $10m+ equity

Geographic focus

Pan-African

Sector focus

Resilient Infrastructure
Climate Adaptation
Transport

Project stages

Development
Construction

Eligibility

Infrastructure projects with adaptation and resilience features.

How to access

Engage AFC asset management.

Related capital sources

Other funders with an overlapping mandate.

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