As West Africa navigates the dual pressures of macroeconomic shifts and climate change, the race to build sustainable, climate-resilient infrastructure has moved from a policy discussion to an urgent economic imperative.
Central to this transformation is the region’s ability to shift risk perceptions and attract both international and local institutional capital into two of its most critical sub-sectors: agriculture and energy.
Phillipe Valahu, chief executive officer at Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), spoke in an interview with Josephine Okojie-Okeiyi about how PIDG is utilising its credit enhancement and project development facilities — InfraCo, GuarantCo, and the Emerging Africa & Asia Infrastructure Fund (EAAIF) — to develop and finance infrastructure that directly addresses the continent’s $2 trillion gap.
Can you tell us about PIDG and the work it does in Africa and West Africa specifically?
PIDG is an innovative infrastructure project developer and finance organisation, which has been mobilising private investment in sustainable and inclusive infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa and south and southeast Asia for 25 years.
