Africa Investment Forum
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Africa Investment Forum 2019: Billion dollar boost for African female entrepreneurs
The European Investment Bank (EIB) expects the gender-lending initiative to allow women to play a more active role in economies The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced a $1.1 billion lending programme to help women entrepreneurs on the continent. EIB Vice President, Ambroise Fayolle, also revealed that the bank has signed three further agreements to…
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Africa Investment Forum Unpacks Continent’s Investment Opportunities
$500 million equity closed for the Africa Infrastructure Investment Fund to speed up investments in agriculture; Financial close for the Africa Guarantee Fund $175 Equity transaction to support Small and Medium Size Enterprises, and $350 million for South Africa’s beef agro-processing project. The 2019 Africa Investment Forum opened on Monday living up to its promise…
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Africa Investment Forum: “Short on talk, heavy on deals”
Around 2000 delegates are expected to attend the innovative investment marketplace The Africa Investment Forum will be short on talk and heavy on deals, the South African Government, the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) and key partners affirmed at a press conference ahead of the 2019 edition of the event. Organized by the African Development Bank…
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Africa Investment Forum: All Set to Tilt the Tide of Investments into Africa
Forum to advance projects to bankable stages, raise capital, and accelerate financial closure of deals The Africa Investment Forum kicked off on Monday with a media briefing in the South African capital. The game changing event, aimed at attracting multi-billion-dollar deals across the continent, is set to usher in a new era for Africa’s investment…