アフリカ・エネルギー銀行：エネルギー移行の現実の中でアフリカのブラウンフィールドおよびグリーンフィールド石油ガスプロジェクトへの資金提供の触媒

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🔬研究者:Provides a novel analytical framework for evaluating development finance institutions in the context of energy transition and resource curse theory.

🏢実務担当者:Offers insights for companies involved in African oil and gas projects regarding financing alternatives and governance risks.

🏛政策担当者:Informs policymakers on the implications of MDB divestment and the design of regional financial institutions, relevant for climate finance reform.

Abstract The gradual withdrawal of Western multilateral development banks from African hydrocarbon project financing which is driven by environment, social and governance (ESG) alignment mandates and net-zero commitments has generated an estimated annual financing deficit of USD 41 billion for brownfield and greenfield oil and gas development across African Petroleum Producers’ Organization member states, resulting in increase in energy poverty on a continent responsible for less than four percent of global historical cumulative greenhouse gas emissions globally. This study critically evaluates the African Energy Bank (AEB), established in 2024 and operationalized in Abuja in 2026, as a continent-led development finance institution mandated to address this deficit amid global energy transition realities. The method adopted involves a multi-method qualitative design integrating structured document analysis, comparative institutional analysis, and policy evaluation framework analysis, the study systematically examines the AEB's institutional architecture, capital mobilization capacity, and governance sustainability. The findings establish that the AEB's USD 5 billion initial capitalization addresses approximately 12 to 37 percent of the annual financing gap depending on leverage application that Western Multilateral Development Bank (MDB) divestment generated 83 documented cases of project impediment with an aggregate capital impact of approximately USD 53 billion between 2015 and 2025. Three Charter governance provisions critical to long-term institutional sustainability remain absent from the AEB's founding design. The study produces one of the first few peer-reviewed analytical framework for evaluating the AEB as a development finance institution, and reconceptualizes the resource curse mechanism as operating through capital drought rather than resource abundance in the contemporary African hydrocarbon context. These findings carry direct implications for AEB governance design, APPO member state regulatory harmonization, and the reform of international climate finance frameworks under the principle of common but, differentiated responsibilities.

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