Africa needs a resilient and innovative financial system more than ever. Emerging Markets and Developing Economies (EMDEs) face a $3 trillion gap in financing the sustainable development goals leaving millions without access to basic services or economic opportunity and fuelling growing social unrest.

Africa needs a resilient and innovative financial system more than ever. Emerging Markets and Developing Economies (EMDEs) face a $3 trillion gap in financing the sustainable development goals leaving millions without access to basic services or economic opportunity and fuelling growing social unrest. Meanwhile, the current system is failing the continent: private capital is inaccessible, domestic markets are underdeveloped, and sovereign debt levels are unsustainable.

Our catalytic interventions over the next five years (2025-30) will respond to these challenges by accelerating private investment, especially in the green economy.

We will focus on areas where our interventions will have the most impact: the transition to renewable energy; adapting to climate change; developing carbon markets; financing for small and growing businesses; sovereign debt management; and women’s empowerment.

As a result of our interventions we aim to attract an additional £10bn of private capital into Africa’s green economy, create or support 200,000 jobs and provide improved access to basic services for 80m people.