Absa doubles MIGA agreements to $1bn capital guarantee

Financial services firm Absa has concluded further agreements with the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), which is a member of the World Bank Group, freeing up additional financial capacity for investments in Pan-African climate finance projects. In 2019, MIGA issued capital guarantees of $497-million to Absa in support of managing certain risks in countries including Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Uganda and Zambia.