Mobilizing Institutional Investors to Develop Africas Infrastructure

Through this partnership, USAID and NASP convened a first of its kind, U.S. and Africa Institutional Investor conference in sub-Saharan Africa to facilitate relationships that build the capacity of local investors and expose U.S. investors to opportunities in which they can invest alongside their African counterparts.

The partnership will also bring U.S. financial professionals to sub-Saharan Africa to help structure and advise on transactions and financial vehicles that support infrastructure development. The U.S.

Department of Commerce, through its Minority Business Development Agency, will also provide outreach to U.S minority-owned businesses on potential opportunities resulting from the NASP Partnership.

This partnership exemplifies a type of mutually beneficial U.S.-Africa commercial and development relationship, in which the United States can provide not only investment, but also skill transfer to build the capacity of local institutions.