Africa’s first roundtable on infrastructure governance is taking place in Cape Town this week. Chris Heathcote, CEO of GI Hub, which is participating, shares his views on the opportunities that infrastructure development offers African countries and some of the obstacles to the success of such projects.
‘Revitalising infrastructure investment’ was a focus at the recent G20 FMCBG meeting, and GI Hub-led work on sustainable investment and public infrastructure spending was endorsed.
Our co-authored article with the Wilson Center explains how emerging and developing economies can create an enabling environment for private investment by de-risking at the country level
