Emerging Africa & Asia Infrastructure Fund

Blended Finance Facility
United Kingdom
iSustain score 86Moderate· 3–6 months

Private Infrastructure Development Group debt facility for African infrastructure.

Geographic focus

Pan-African
South Asia
Southeast Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa

Sector appetite

Energy
Telecoms
Transport
Water

Finance instruments

Debt
Mezzanine

Project stages

Construction
Operational

Typical ticket size

$10m – $50m

Readiness requirements

Bankable project with signed offtake

Partnership preferences

Co-lending with commercial and development lenders

Contact

info@eaif.com

iSustain relevance score

  • Regional focus & relevance30/30
  • Access & contactability25/25
  • Financing programmes & instruments — 1 open or rolling8/15
  • Instrument breadth8/15
  • 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 — Investment committee process1/2

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.

Senior & Mezzanine Infrastructure Debt

Facility
Debt
Open

US dollar and local-currency debt for infrastructure projects, including renewables and digital infrastructure.

Access route

Direct application

Ticket size

$10m – $50m — $10m–$50m

Geographic focus

Sub-Saharan Africa
South Asia
Southeast Asia
Pan-African

Sector focus

Infrastructure
Renewable Energy
Digital Infrastructure

Project stages

Development
Construction

Eligibility

Private infrastructure projects reaching financial close in eligible countries.

How to access

Contact the fund manager (Ninety One) origination team.

Related capital sources

Other funders with an overlapping mandate.

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