SA seeks R4.8trn infrastructure investment for state-owned companies from Gulf regions

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Port of call: Standard Bank’s summit in Dubai next week, with the theme ‘Unlocking Infrastructure Capital for Africa — Resilience through Reforms’, is aimed at finding investors for infrastructure. Photo: SuppliedSouth Africa’s cash strapped state-owned companies, including Transnet, Rand Water and the South African National Roads Agency will meet investors in Dubai next week to discuss opportunities for Gulf states to put money into local infrastructure. The government has set an ambitious goal, under the National Development Plan, to raise infrastructure investment from less than 20% of GDP to at least 30% by 2030. “At least R3.2 trillion of this infrastructure investment will need to come from domestic and foreign investment partnerships,” Standard Bank said. The meeting seeks to connect state-owned companies (SOCs) with investors, sovereign wealth funds, and corporates in the Gulf region to accelerate infrastructure development and trade between Africa and the Middle East.