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Understanding ESIIR
A closer look at the Early Stage Infrastructure Investment Readiness programme — what it is, how it is sequenced, and why the sequence itself is the point It is…
27 Jul 2026 · 8 min read
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Why Projects Fail Before Financing
The distance between a compelling infrastructure project and a bankable one – and why it decides almost everything that follows Across the infrastructure sector in Africa, a particular kind…
27 Jul 2026 · 11 min read
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From Stalled to Structured
A hypothetical case study illustrating how the ESIIR framework converts an unexplained stalled financing process into structured addressable path to investment readiness. The Project Kestrel Power Partners is…
27 Jul 2026 · 10 min read
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How Investors Evaluate Early-Stage Infrastructure Projects
A practical walk-through of the five filters development finance institutions and infrastructure investors apply – and the questions each one raises about your project. Most sponsors, preparing to approach an…
27 Jul 2026 · 11 min read
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The Real Cost of Infrastructure Investment Delay
Why treating investment readiness as a later-stage formality is rarely the neutral, low-risk choice it feels like at the time. “We’ll tighten up the governance and the financial model…
27 Jul 2026 · 8 min read
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Enabling Actions to Decarbonizing the Shipping Sector by 2050
Urgent action is necessary to accelerate the pace of the energy transformation and decarbonisation of the economy, including the shipping sector, a strategic sector of the global economy. According to…
19 Apr 2023 · 6 min read
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Choices for a Low-carbon Industrial Future in Africa
Need for Low-Carbon Transition According to McKinsey, Africa is at a crossroads. As one of the most vulnerable continents to climate change and climate variability, it has a…
18 Apr 2023 · 5 min read
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Blended Finance in Supporting Climate Transition
According to the IMF, emerging markets and developing economies account for two-thirds of global greenhouse gas emissions, and many are highly vulnerable to climate hazards. These economies will need significant…
17 Apr 2023 · 5 min read
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Enhancing the Climate Resilience of Africa’s Infrastructure: The Roads and Bridges Sector
Africa’s development is highly dependent on an adequate, reliable road system. But climate change is expected to take a heavy toll on the region’s transport infrastructure, especially roads and bridges.…
13 Apr 2023 · 6 min read
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Developing Robust Pipelines for Low-Carbon Infrastructure
According to OECD, pipelines of infrastructure projects – or simply “project pipelines” – are a common concept in infrastructure planning and investment discussions. The term “pipelines” is often used to…
11 Apr 2023 · 6 min read
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Low Carbon Infrastructure in Curbing Climate Change
For delivering on the potential of infrastructure to contribute to achieving goals set out in global agendas such as the Sustainable Development Goals or the Paris Agreement on Climate change,…
10 Apr 2023 · 5 min read
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