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#28 How Credit Enhancement Facilities Unlock Infrastructure Finance in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies

17 July 2026

Across West Africa and Southeast Asia, infrastructure financing gaps hold back critical development projects. As a result, millions of people are impacted by a lack of access to reliable power, efficient transport, digital connectivity and climate-resilient infrastructure.

Perceived risk is one of the biggest barriers, making it difficult to mobilise the long-term capital needed for infrastructure projects. So how do you get capital flowing and improve the lives of people in these regions?

In this episode we explore how Credit Enhancement Facilities (CEFs) can play a role in strengthening capital markets and overcoming this hurdle. Our guests discuss the infrastructure priorities of these regions, the challenges of financing in developing economies and the importance of regional collaboration.

Our guests are:

Solomon Quaynor, Vice President, Private Sector, Infrastructure, Industrialisation, Africa Development Bank
Thuan Nguyen Quang, Chairman and CEO, FiinRatings
Denesh Srishanker, Head of Credit Enhancement Facilities, PIDG

Your host is Marcel Klebba, Communications Manager at PIDG.

Learn more about PIDG on our website, pidg.org.

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