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Interview: AIIB offers better access to affordable capital to African members

A view of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) headquarters in Beijing, the capital of China. [Xinhua/Ren Chao]

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) offers better access to affordable capital and infrastructure expertise to its growing list of African member countries, an Ethiopian expert said on Thursday.

   "As a multilateral development bank committed to financially sustainable lending practices, the AIIB offers its growing list of African member countries better access to affordable capital and infrastructure expertise," Costantinos Bt. Costantinos, who served as an economic advisor to the African Union (AU) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), told Xinhua on Thursday.

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