From an estimated funding gap of $93 billion a year up to 2020, Africa's infrastructure financing needs were further … revised to $130–$170 billion annually. The Program for Infrastructure Development in Africa Priority Action Plan projects were … infrastructure provision may prove a speedier way of bridging Africa's infrastructure deficits. …

Africa's trade is impeded by poor infrastructure. Inadequate transport infrastructure raises costs analogous to trade … barriers, while inadequate power discourages investment. Yet Africa's infrastructure needs greatly exceed its capacity to … private finance routinely finances infrastructure elsewhere in the world, in Africa it has been very limited. This article …

This study appraises the record of private sector participation in infrastructure (PPI) in Africa using the updated …. To begin to solve Africa’s infrastructure investment problems, broad institutional reform along with greater financial … privatization and liberalization agenda, combined with the influx of private investment in infrastructure have decidedly been mixed …

While there could be debate as to the root causes of Africa’s dearth of infrastructure, it is uncontested that this … infrastructure deficit widens each year – and the remedy to same, lies beyond the fiscal capacity of national governments and public … entities. The foregoing necessitates private investment for African infrastructure development. However, compared to regions …