美国机构将在非洲增加股权投资，官员称 由奥利维亚·库文达-姆塔博 约翰内斯堡，10月9日 - 美国国际开发金融公司计划增加直接股权投资，包括在非洲和关键矿产领域，该机构非洲负责人表示，随着美国加大力度以应对中国在关键供应链上的主导地位。
US agency to do more equity investing in Africa, official says By Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo JOHANNESBURG, Oct 9 - The US International Development Finance Corp plans to increase direct equity investments, including in Africa and the critical minerals sector, the agency's Africa head said, as the US steps up efforts to counter China's dominance of key supply chains.
关键矿产已成为全球竞争的焦点，美国和其他主要经济体正寻求确保电动汽车和可再生能源的供应链，同时减少对中国的依赖。
Critical minerals have become a focal point of global competition, with the US and other major economies seeking to secure supply chains for electric vehicles and renewable energy, while reducing dependence on China.
美国国际开发金融公司（DFC）是美国政府的主要投资机构，9月份表示将向非洲数字基础设施提供商WIOCC投资最高1.55亿美元，这是其有史以来最大的股权承诺。
The DFC, the US government's main investment arm, said in September it would invest up to $155 million in African digital infrastructure provider WIOCC, its largest ever equity commitment.
DFC非洲区域总经理维布蒂·贾因对路透社表示，在具有战略意义的情况下，“您将看到我们除了或替代其他工具之外，进行股权投资”。
DFC Regional Managing Director for Africa Vibhuti Jain told Reuters that, where strategically significant, "you will see us deploy equity in addition to or in place of other instruments".
“目前我们的股权投资管道中有许多项目，包括在非洲，（以及）包括在关键矿产领域，”贾因表示，但未提供具体细节。
"There are a number of projects in our equity pipeline right now, including in Africa, (and) including in the critical minerals sector," said Jain, without providing details.
她表示，DFC将在可预见的未来继续提供更多债务融资、信贷担保和政治风险保险，而非股权投资。
She said the DFC would continue to provide more debt financing, credit guarantees and political risk insurance than equity investments for the foreseeable future.
“但我认为，随着机构的持续增长，我们将进行更多股权投资，”她补充道。
"But I think as the agency continues to grow, we will do more equity investments," she added.
关注关键矿产领域 贾因表示，DFC在非洲的投资承诺超过140亿美元，而关键矿产项目或与该领域相关的项目是新投资的主要驱动力。DFC表示，这些承诺中超过30亿美元用于关键矿产。“因此，这确实是我们高度关注的一个领域，”贾因说。
ATTENTION ON CRITICAL MINERALS SECTOR Jain said the DFC has more than $14 billion of investment commitments across Africa and that critical minerals projects, or projects linked to the sector, are a major driver of new investments. More than $3 billion of those commitments are in critical minerals, the DFC said. "So really, this is a sector to which we're paying close attention," Jain said.
除了为非洲关键矿产项目提供融资，包括稀土开发和莫桑比克的石墨矿，DFC还在支持洛比托矿产运输走廊的修复，该走廊将非洲铜钴矿与大西洋海岸连接起来。
In addition to financing a pipeline of African critical minerals projects, including rare earths developments and a graphite mine in Mozambique, the DFC is backing the rehabilitation of the Lobito minerals transport corridor linking African copper and cobalt mines to the Atlantic coast.