African infrastructure remains one of the most structurally interesting long-duration opportunities globally. The combination of demographic tailwinds, urbanisation, and a maturing project-finance ecosystem is producing bankable transactions across power, transport, and digital infrastructure at a scale that materially differs from a decade ago.
Multilateral participation continues to underwrite the foundational layer of this activity — but the more consequential shift is the deepening participation of private capital, both institutional and family-office, in co-investment structures alongside DFIs.
For European and Gulf allocators considering exposure, the practical entry points are clearer than they have been in a decade. What remains difficult, and where good advisory matters, is partner selection and structural design. That is where Pleion's mandates in the region are concentrated.
Alessandro Ferri
Head of Trade Advisory