East Africa mulls pension-backed mega funds for infrastructure

East African nations to pool $400 billion in pensions to fund infrastructure and bridge $1.3 trillion financing gap.

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Plans are under way by East African countries to pool pension resources together to finance infrastructure projects whose international funding is now waning.

The three-day All Africa Pension Summit (AAPS) 2025, which kicked off last week at the Speke Resort Munyonyo Conference Centre in Kampala, Uganda, served as a crucial platform to address Africa’s soaring infrastructure needs and the staggering $1.3 trillion annual financing gap, according to the African Development Bank (AfDB).