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The Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) jointly organised and co-financed the First Nile Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary Action Programme (NELSAP) investment projects conference, which took place on 2 June 2016 in Nairobi.

The Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) provided important financial support to the Niger Basin Authority (NBA), helping to ensure the success of the recent PIDACC donors’ roundtable.

Over 150 private and public sector players took part in a lively discussion about how best to accelerate financing for renewable energy development in Africa, at a recent meeting organised by the ICA.

The Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) is to co-finance the 1st Nile Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary Action Programme (NELSAP) investment conference, due to take place on 2 June 2016 in Nairobi.

The Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) presented the Nexus study to the Joint Africa-EU Strategy (JAES) Reference Group on Infrastructure in Addis Ababa in February 2016.

The Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) is to support and help drive forward the African Development Bank’s ‘Light Up and Power Africa’ initiative at an event in Lusaka, Zambia on 26 May 2016.

A meeting of the ICA-managed Project Preparation Facilities Network (PPFN) will take place in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 7 and 8 June 2016.

A gathering of energy experts in South Africa last month made good progress towards finalising the production of an interactive atlas showing Africa’s energy resources.

The Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) participated in a workshop In Addis Ababa in March which agreed the update of the One-Stop Border Post (OSBP) Source Book would be published by the end of May 2016.

Published today, the Infrastructure Financing Trends in Africa 2014 report shows that over $74bn was committed in 2014 to the development of Africa's infrastructure, and that disbursements by ICA members reached a record level of $13bn.

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ICA finds rise in infrastructure finance commitments, but project preparation delays persist

June 25| Tunis:  The Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) has officially launched the Project Preparation Facilities Network (PPFN). This PPFN is a 'network' of funding facilities who have agreed to function as an...

On May 3rd in Yaounde, Cameroon, The Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA), the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa’s Development)...

In late May,  Ms. Neside Tas Anvaripour, Director of Africa50 sat down with the ICA in Tunisia to talk about this new finance vehicle.

January, 2014:  The Water Risk Filter – developed by World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) in collaboration with German Development Bank Deutsche Entwicklungsgesellschaft (DEG) – is a free, online tool that allows investors...

The ICA Co-ordinator answers questions on key aspects of the consortium’s work

9th Annual Meeting of the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa – A Big Success.

November 20, 2013 - Tunis: The Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) held its 9th Annual Meeting in Arusha, Tanzania. This year marked an...

Source: By Jamal Saghir, Director, Sustainable Development, Africa Region, The World Bank

Africa’s poor state of infrastructure cuts economic growth by 2 percentage points every year, and reduces business productivity on the...

Tunis, Tunisia, 26th June 2013:

The Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC), with support from the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA), the government of Sweden and the government of Finland organised the 3rd Lake Victoria...