Developing a Pipeline of Investment-Ready Opportunities

Connecting capital with the projects that need it.

Development Finance Institutions and funds are essential to mobilising investment into emerging and underserved markets.

They provide financing, risk-sharing instruments and technical support to projects that generate economic development and measurable social and environmental benefits.

However, identifying suitable investment opportunities remains a challenge. Promising projects may lack sufficient preparation, clear financing structures, commercial documentation or the capacity to navigate institutional financing requirements.

The financing challenge

Across 23 African countries covered by recent World Bank Enterprise Surveys, 31% of businesses identified access to finance as their single largest business obstacle, compared with 17% globally (OECD, Africa Capital Markets Report 2025).

This highlights the financing constraints faced by businesses and the importance of connecting local opportunities with appropriate capital and institutional support.

How CGG supports DFIs

We help identify, assess and develop investment opportunities that may align with DFI financing mandates.

• Project origination: Identify promising investment opportunities through regional project owners, businesses and institutional stakeholders.
• Initial project screening: Assess commercial fundamentals, development objectives and financing requirements.
• Investment readiness: Identify gaps in feasibility work, documentation, governance, technical assessments and risk mitigation.
• Financing strategy: Explore potential debt, equity, concessional financing, guarantees and blended finance structures.
• Pipeline development: Present selected opportunities in a structured format for consideration against relevant financing criteria.
• Project sponsor support: Help project owners understand institutional requirements and prepare for engagement with prospective financiers.

A practical starting point

A targeted Project Pipeline Screening exercise focused on a specific geography, sector or investment mandate.

CGG identifies and initially assesses selected opportunities, providing an overview of commercial potential, readiness gaps and possible financing pathways.

Our role is to help bridge the gap between local project opportunities and the financing mandates of development institutions.