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Ethiopia markets face PPP test as Africa talks finance models

African PPP officials met in Addis Ababa and asked for better project preparation, deeper capital markets and new financing models. The real constraint is not investor appetite but bankable paperwork, thin local debt markets and political reluctance to set cost-reflective tariffs. Expect frameworks to keep outrunning closed deals until finance ministries fund preparation properly.