Humanitarian and Resilience Investing: Building Investment Ecosystems in Africa
How can capital flow into Africa’s frontier markets, and what will it take to unlock private investment at scale? The Humanitarian and Resilience Investing (HRI) Roadmap for Africa, led by WEF and AfDB, presents a model built on ecosystem collaboration. Grounded in local ownership and aligned stakeholders, it shows how to de-risk markets, strengthen pipelines and unlock investment, with the ambition to mobilize $10B, support 1,000 businesses and launch 10 country alliances by 2030.
Framing
This section provides context for the event to ensure all participants, regardless of prior knowledge, are equipped to engage with the discussion.
Africa’s investment gap is not due to a lack of opportunity, but to structural barriers limiting capital flows. Limited coordination across government, humanitarian and private sector actors continues to constrain investment. As global shocks intensify, there is a growing need to move beyond siloed approaches towards integrated, system-level solutions that connect capital from north and global south to local market realities and enable more resilient, sustainable growth. The HRI Roadmap for Africa presents a forward-looking model to address this gap by aligning public, private and development actors, strengthening ecosystems, de-risking markets and unlocking sustainable investment at scale.
