AFC sees opportunities in low oil price, post-conflict states

Lagos-based Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) aims to bring together governments and private stakeholders to mobilise funds for infrastructure projects, enabling it to take a long-term view on development and still generate returns for shareholders. “We take a longer-term view than most investors, we have African money and we are operated by Africans so we understand the above-ground risk, and if you look at the portfolio of projects we have invested in versus some other DFIs, we have taken a more proactive view,” AFC senior vice-president of natural resources Osam Iyahen told African Energy.