Sub-Saharan Africa is a region of increased focus for OPIC and comprises more than one-quarter of the agency’s active portfolio. Africa is home not only to many of the world’s poorest countries, but also to many of the world’s fastest-growing economies, and presents both a great need for investment and a great opportunity for investors.
Impact investing is an increasingly important financial tool that seeks to leverage private capital to address the world’s critical development challenges. OPIC has long been a leader in impact investing, and uses its core development finance tools of project financing, political risk insurance, and capitalization of private equity funds to support impact investments. In fiscal year 2017 OPIC committed $1.7 billion to 52 deals to support impact investments.
OPIC provides financial products, such as loans and guaranties; political risk insurance; and support for investment funds, all of which help American businesses expand into emerging markets. By mobilizing private capital to help solve critical development challenges, OPIC advances U.S. foreign policy, and catalyzes revenues, jobs and growth opportunities both at home and abroad.
Electrify Africa
OPIC has long supported projects to bring electricity to underserved populations and supports several projects to advance the Power Africa initiative, including a run-of-river hydropower plant in Uganda, two power projects in Senegal, and multiple projects that are delivering off-grid power to remote populations.
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