African investment firm Africa50 exceeds $1.4 billion in managed assets, solidifying its status as a continental financial powerhouse.
Africa50, a leading pan-African infrastructure investment platform, has surpassed $1.4 billion in assets under management as of August 2025. The platform's portfolio companies' total value now exceeds $8 billion, marking substantial growth and a major role in addressing Africa's $170 billion annual infrastructure financing gap.
Established eight years ago by African governments and the African Development Bank, Africa50 has grown from a single employee to a team of 100 professionals serving 37 shareholders across 33 countries and four institutions. The platform demonstrates strong institutional investor confidence, notably with its Africa Infrastructure Acceleration Fund, which mobilized $275 million from over 20 African institutional investors.
In 2025, Africa50 formalized strategic partnerships through Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with Electricidade de Mozambique to develop three transmission lines to support universal electricity access by 2030 and regional power exports, as well as with Mozambique’s Ministry of Communications to build and modernize data center infrastructure.
The Africa Infrastructure Acceleration Fund's success represents the most substantial institutional investor confidence ever in Africa's infrastructure opportunities, according to the Africa50 Chairman. The African Development Bank has also demonstrated its commitment to Africa's development, investing $400 million in senior debt financing for the country's flagship $20 billion Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) plant project in Cabo Delgado.
The African Development Bank has delivered $1.6 billion to Mozambique over the past decade, representing 41% of total Bank financing in the country. The Bank has also financed critical transport infrastructure along the Nacala and Beira corridors that enhance regional trade connectivity for the African Continental Free Trade Area.
Africa50 has sealed the first close of the Alliance for Green Infrastructure in Africa (AGIA), an initiative envisioned by Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, for $115 million. The platform also manages the AGIA Project Development Fund, which successfully achieved a first close of $118 million toward its $400 million target.
Dr. Adesina, President of the African Development Bank Group, emphasized the Bank's robust transformation in the ten years since he became President. He stated that to close Africa's infrastructure gap requires building and scaling up partnerships, and Africa50 represents the strongest platform for unlocking global capital for African development.
President Daniel Chapo of Mozambique described Africa50 as a key partner in helping Mozambique implement its vision to become a reference country in logistics and power. The African Development Bank has also supported agricultural transformation through special agro-industrial processing zones, including the Pemba-Lichinga corridor.
The African Investment Forum, launched by the African Development Bank Group and eight other institutions in 2018, has since mobilized over $225 billion in investment interest. The forum, along with Africa50's strategic partnerships and growing influence, is expected to continue driving Africa's infrastructure development.
[1] Africa50. (2025). Annual Report 2025. Retrieved from https://www.africa50.com/en/annual-report-2025
[2] African Development Bank. (2025). Africa50 surpasses $1.4 billion in managed assets. Retrieved from https://www.afdb.org/en/news-and-events/africa50-surpasses-1-4-billion-in-managed-assets
[3] Africa50. (2025). AGIA Project Development Fund. Retrieved from https://www.africa50.com/en/agia-project-development-fund
[4] African Development Bank. (2025). Africa50 seals first close of Alliance for Green Infrastructure in Africa. Retrieved from https://www.afdb.org/en/news-and-events/africa50-seals-first-close-of-alliance-for-green-infrastructure-in-africa
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