Bridging The Gap
Bridging The Gap
Podcast Description
A podcast from the Green Guarantee Company. Managed by the Development Guarantee Group, GGC is the world’s first solely climate focused financial guarantor.
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The podcast focuses on themes such as climate finance, impact frameworks, and investment strategies with episodes like 'How frameworks strengthen climate and credit results' exploring the relationship between impact measurement and credit outcomes, and 'Unlocking capital to face the climate crisis head on' addressing the role of guarantees in financing climate initiatives in developing economies.
A podcast from the Green Guarantee Company. Managed by the Development Guarantee Group, GGC is the world’s first solely climate focused financial guarantor.
Innovative financing can play a crucial role in expanding access to clean energy across Sub-Saharan Africa. In this episode of Bridging the Gap, we explore a USD 50 million guarantee which will help expand access to clean energy for around 4.3 million people across Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda.
Gbemi Williams, Portfolio Manager at the Development Guarantee Group, is joined by Eric De Moudt, Founder and CEO of African Frontier Capital. Together they unpack what made this transaction innovative, how guarantees can help institutional investors access new asset classes and how commercial finance can work alongside development impact.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
➡️Why financing clean energy projects in Africa is so important
➡️ What makes this transaction innovative
➡️How guarantees can help bridge the gap between commercial returns and development impact
➡️How communities in Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda will benefit from this transaction
➡️What it will take to replicate the model and scale clean energy access
Your host is Marjolein van Kampen, Head of Communications, Marketing and Advocacy at the Development Guarantee Group.
Find out more at https://greenguarantee.co/
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