Investment is key to propel Africa’s development, and to attain the African Union’s Agenda 2063 and the Sustainable Development Goals. Yet, global crises have widened the African continent’s sustainable financing gap. Africa needs an extra USD 1.6 trillion by 2030 – USD 194 billion annually – to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. The sustainable financing gap can be bridged: it is equivalent to less than 0.2% of the value of global financial assets, or 10.5% of the African-held