Africa enduring ‘good’ problem of spending own growth funds

AFC President Samaila Zubairu addresses delegates at the Africa We Build Summit, in Nairobi on April 23, 2026.

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Africa may be lagging raising own funds to spend on infrastructure. But a new report says the problem isn’t lack of money, it is how to spend it.

The continent has some $4 trillion worth of money in banks, pension funds, insurance, and sovereign institutions, according to the Africa Finance Corporation’s (AFC). Yet it lacks capacity to shift those monies into investments that serve the continent’s infrastructure needs.