From Feasibility to Financial Close: Why Many Projects Never Get Funded Here is a statistic that should terrify every project sponsor. Sixty-seven percent of projects that complete feasibility studies fail to achieve financial close within their projected timelines. Nearly 40 percent never secure funding at all. Think about that. You spend months or years developing a project. You pay for…
How Sovereign Risk Perception Shapes Private Sector Investment Decisions Here is a question every international investor has wrestled with. You find a great project. Good economics. Strong management. Clear market demand. But it is in a country with political uncertainty, high debt, or recent instability. Do you invest? The answer depends on something called sovereign risk perception. It is not…
Structuring Blended Finance Deals for African Markets Africa has a money problem. Not because the continent is poor. Far from it. Africa has the world’s youngest population. Rapidly expanding cities. Enormous natural resources. Extraordinary investment opportunities everywhere you look. The problem is a gap. A massive, stubborn gap between the capital available and the capital needed. Estimates put it at…
