The announcement of deep cuts in US development assistance to Africa has cast a long shadow over Africa’s infrastructure ambitions. The African Development Fund (ADF), the continent’s principal vehicle for concessional financing, now faces a possible 37 per cent drop in donor contributions, with Washington potentially withdrawing entirely, according to the Centre of Global Development. In March this year, the US withdrew from the Just Energy Transition Partnership, to which it had initially pledged more than $1.5 billion (Sh195 billion) of grant and commercial funding. Even if these cuts prove to be temporary, the damage may not be. Recovering lost momentum could…