Archive for the 'Africa' Tag
Featured Photo: Providing clean drinking water to hundreds of thousands of families in Algiers
In Algeria, where the Sahara meets the Mediterranean, sea water is abundant but drinking water is scarce. The Hamma Water Desalination plant uses reverse osmosis technology to transform sea water, a resource that is abundant but unusable in its... Read more...
OPIC partner Lumos recognized in “transformational business” awards
Lumos home solar systems are portable and easy to install. Nova Lumos, an OPIC partner that is introducing home solar systems in Nigeria, was recognized with a special commendation in Financial Times/International Financial... Read more...
Featured Photo: Liberian President visits OPIC
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on June 1st visited OPIC, where she spoke about the country’s recovery from the Ebola crisis and its longstanding development goals and progress. Sirleaf, pictured here with OPIC President and CEO... Read more...
Featured Photo: Expanding access to healthcare in Nigeria
Doctors at a Cedarcrest Orthopedic Clinic in Abuja show some of the advanced equipment at the facility, which has been expanded with the support of OPIC financing. At a time when limited healthcare has led many Nigerians to seek medical care in... Read more...
SLIDESHOW: OPIC visits Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire
Last month, OPIC President and CEO Elizabeth L. Littlefield led a delegation of American business leaders and CEOs on an investor tour of West Africa which included meetings with local governments, visits to OPIC-supported projects, and the opening... Read more...
PODCAST: Elizabeth Littlefield remarks on meeting with Senegal Prime Minister Mohammed Dionne
Last week, OPIC President and CEO Elizabeth Littlefield traveled to West Africa with a group of investors to discuss opportunities for the region and announce a new regional OPIC office located in Abidjan. While visiting Senegal, Ms.... Read more...
Featured Photo: Elizabeth Littlefield meets with Ivorian President Ouattara
OPIC’s president and CEO, Elizabeth Littlefield met with the Côte d’Ivoire President Alassane Ouattara, on March 22nd to discuss growth and investment opportunities. Littlefield was in the country for theopening of OPIC’s regional... Read more...
Advancing development by investing in microfinance: OPIC’s Richard Greenberg explains
OPIC, which has actively supported microfinance investment for more than a decade, recently announced that it has surpassed the $1 billion mark in financing to support microfinance projects around the world. Here, Richard Greenberg, OPIC... Read more...
OPIC’s Dia Martin speaks at conference for African entrepreneurs
Photo Credit: Alex Kamweru Dia Martin, Director of OPIC Social Enterprise Finance, spoke at a panel, Building the Glocal Ecosystem: Bridging the Divide, at the Sankalp Africa Summit February 26th in Nairobi. Sankalp is a gathering... Read more...
Electricity supply unreliable even for many grid-connected Africans
OPIC partner Nova Lumos makes home solar kits that are affordable and portable. A new survey of electricity access across Africa shows the regions where energy poverty is most severe and also highlights the fact that many... Read more...