Analysis: Africa Has $4 Trillion at Home but Faces Structural Deployment Challenge

A new analysis by Fathima Léautier argues that Africa holds more than $4 trillion in domestic capital but faces a structural challenge deploying it into productive investment, framing the problem around pipeline development and risk-instrument design rather than capital scarcity. The framing offers a different lens on the continent's funding squeeze from the one presented in data showing collapsing early-stage equity deal counts.