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MOBILIST is delighted to share that the Helios Climate, Energy Access, and Resilience (CLEAR) Fund has achieved a successful first close. Catalytic backing from the United Kingdom, including an investment from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office through MOBILIST, has enabled CLEAR Fund to raise approximately US$200 million. Managed by Helios Investment Partners, CLEAR intends to become the largest Africa-focused climate fund with a target size of US$400 million. The Pan-African Fund will immediately begin investing capital in African growth businesses focused on climate mitigation and adaptation. MOBILIST is pleased to invest alongside other leading climate investors including InfraCo Africa, British International Investment, the European Investment Bank (EIB), the Emerging Markets Climate Action Fund, FMO - Dutch entrepreneurial development bank and SIFEM - The Swiss Development Finance Institution. Read more: https://lnkd.in/dTQiBK-y The Private Infrastructure Development Group, Allianz Global Investors, Anneliese Dodds, Christopher Chijiutomi, Ross Ferguson, Gilles J. Vaes.

Africa accounts for almost 20% of the world’s population, yet it currently attracts just 3% of global energy investment. The issue is particularly acute in Sub-Saharan Africa, where massive underinvestment in electricity infrastructure has created a persistent lack of electricity access. New research from Wood Mackenzie, commissioned by MOBILIST and Revego Fund Managers, estimates that the size of Africa’s investment opportunity in renewable energy represents a potential US$ 193 billion by 2031. https://lnkd.in/dq9SAigD Public markets offer access to the deep pools of capital needed to finance Africa’s renewable energy transition and can help address the need to create a robust secondary finance market to recycle and widen the capital pool available to the sector. This MOBILIST Research Note summarises the report and highlights that development finance actors have critical roles to play in building secondary markets to help finance SSA’s energy transition. https://lnkd.in/dbhfkvTH

📣 MOBILIST's current investment window remains open until 30 September 2024. Learn more about MOBILIST's application process and investment criteria on our website or through one of our partner exchanges: https://lnkd.in/dygqGAVg MOBILIST seeks to collaborate with financial institutions at the core of capital markets and is proud to partner with stock exchanges across Asia, Africa, and Latin America. JSE The Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. (PSE) Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX Group) B3 Bursa Malaysia BIVA LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) SGX Group

MOBILIST's current investment window remains open until 30 September 2024. Learn more about MOBILIST's application process and investment criteria on our website or through one of our partner exchanges: https://lnkd.in/dygqGAVg MOBILIST seeks to collaborate with financial institutions at the core of capital markets and is proud to partner with stock exchanges across Asia, Africa, and Latin America. JSE The Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. (PSE) Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX Group) B3 Bursa Malaysia BIVA LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) SGX Group

MOBILIST is in Lagos to deepen our relationships in the Nigerian market. This week, two MOBILIST events in Nigeria’s financial hub brought together stakeholders from across the finance community to discuss opportunities to solve some of the principal barriers to increasing investment in the SDGs via public markets. The events were hosted by the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX Group) and the British Deputy High Commission in Lagos. This comes after UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly announced a partnership between MOBILIST and NGX during his visit to Nigeria last year. British Deputy High Commissioner Jonny Baxter, said: “A liquid and well-regulated capital market benefits the entire economy by enabling companies to raise capital to fund their expansion, which in turn helps deliver crucial development, job opportunities and improved incomes. “MOBILIST’s focus on stimulating the creation of innovative listed products can make a unique and impactful contribution to achieving these objectives.” UK in Nigeria Read more: https://lnkd.in/dYqXAnBA

How can public markets contribute to sustainable development in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs)? This MOBILIST research report, compiled in collaboration with the Brazilian Stock Exchange (B3) and the Global Infrastructure Hub, considers how public markets can mobilise private capital to close the climate finance gap in Brazil and other EMDEs. It analyses the unique attributes of listed stocks, bonds, funds, and other products that make them well-suited to meeting financing needs in EMDEs and discusses some of the associated risks and mitigants. The report draws on structures and strategies from MOBILIST’s pipeline and portfolio and in the Brazilian public capital markets. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/dtKBKzna

This week, MOBILIST welcomed Bursa Malaysia as the programme’s eighth partner exchange. MOBILIST and Bursa Malaysia signed a memorandum of understanding at a ceremony hosted by the exchange in Kuala Lumpur. The Honourable Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, Malaysian Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability, and Her Excellency Ailsa Terry CMG, British High Commissioner to Malaysia, witnessed the ceremony. UK in Malaysia The event was also graced by His Royal Highness Prince Hassanal Shah, Crown Prince of Pahang, Malaysia. Read more about the partnership here: https://lnkd.in/guKyBsRn MOBILIST will engage with and accept proposals from Bursa Malaysia’s network of brokers, investment banks and promoters of public offerings. 📢 For more information on the programme’s current investment window, including how to apply and what type of products MOBILIST can support, visit our website: https://lnkd.in/dygqGAVg

MOBILIST is proud to welcome Bursa Malaysia as the programme's newest partner exchange.   Bursa Malaysia and MOBILIST signed a memorandum of understanding at a ceremony at the exchange in Kuala Lumpur this morning.   His Royal Highness Prince Hassanal Shah, Crown Prince of Pahang, Malaysia, attended the ceremony and The Honourable Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability, and Her Excellency Ailsa Terry CMG, British High Commissioner to Malaysia, shared remarks. UK in Malaysia Terry described MOBILIST as an important initiative to mobilise private finance for climate action and sustainable development, highlighting that the UK has proudly contributed to many initiatives in Malaysia aimed at driving sustainability and inclusive economic growth. Read more on the MOBILIST website: https://lnkd.in/guKyBsRn