Africa’s GDP growth forecasts are encouraging but these will not be realised if the continent does not have access to reliable, affordable and growing power supplies.

Africa’s future power requirements are vast and these will not be matched by traditional forms of financing. Over the past 25 years, listed African power companies have raised just US$3bn compared to a total global issuance of US$1.4 trillion.

African Power Corporation (APC) has been established to help finance the growth of Africa’s power sector by mobilising capital and issuing innovative investment products through the capital markets in order to provide attractive, long-term income streams for institutional investors in order to create a new asset class.