Late last year I appeared on Odd Lots with Tracy Alloway and Joe Wiesenthal to discuss Africa- China infrastructure and the debt financing situation. And over the course of the conversation, Tracy asked an interesting question. If China has financed and built this much infrastructure, why is the infrastructure gap still so massive? That question is the subject of this post.
This is a very important subject to all Africans especially African Entrepreneurs like myself. The lack of infrastructure and in some cases, the deplorable state of existing infrastructure has greatly limited the ambitions of many of us and restricted the actualization of many opportunities on the continent. I will like to suggest that whilst there are many ways to address this issue, my few takes are;
1. Public-Private Partnerships
2. National Pension Funds as you also opined
3. Concessions
4. Resource exchange (I am not a fan of this concept)
I look forward to reading about the project you mentioned and the lessons learned. Good to know you are ok and keeping safe,
This is a very important subject to all Africans especially African Entrepreneurs like myself. The lack of infrastructure and in some cases, the deplorable state of existing infrastructure has greatly limited the ambitions of many of us and restricted the actualization of many opportunities on the continent. I will like to suggest that whilst there are many ways to address this issue, my few takes are;
1. Public-Private Partnerships
2. National Pension Funds as you also opined
3. Concessions
4. Resource exchange (I am not a fan of this concept)
I look forward to reading about the project you mentioned and the lessons learned. Good to know you are ok and keeping safe,