Rwanda, Uganda join Africa Finance Corporation

Rwanda and Uganda are the first East African countries to become members of the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), which aims to bring together governments and private stakeholders to mobilise funds for infrastructure projects. Rwanda, which signed the AFC’s instrument of accession and acceptance of membership on 4 November, and Uganda, which signed on 6 November, bring the total members to 13. AFC’s other members are Cape Verde, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.