Africa has long suffered from a risk perception gap - one of the main factors contributing to the continent's estimated $200 billion trade and investment financing gap.
This majestic structure, laid out on the right flank of the Attécoubé commune in central Abidjan, is gradually taking shape and its future users can now see it from a good distance. The “fourth bridge” of the Ivorian economic capital, currently under construction, is more than halfway complete, barely three years after...
The Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) program is a flagship African Development Bank initiative. The zones bring together the production, processing, storage, transport, and marketing of commodities – including cotton and maize. This will increase productivity and competitiveness and reduce logistics costs.
Abuja-based telemedicine provider Mobihealthcare Limited has received grant funding from the United States Trade and Development Agency. The funding will support the provider of telehealth services to assess the feasibility of expansion beyond Nigeria into Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya and Egypt.
Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Africa Investment Forum, a marketplace for transactions that close Africa’s investment gaps, has channeled investments to projects that address the continent’s biggest healthcare challenges - building quality healthcare infrastructure; developing the continent’s pharmaceutical...
The Lusophone Compact is one of many successes that have emerged from the innovative Africa Investment Forum. The compact is a financing platform that provides risk mitigation, financing products and technical assistance to accelerate development of the private sector in Africa’s Portuguese-speaking countries.
Demand for more extensive rail infrastructure in Africa received a boost following the coming into force of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement in early 2021. The agreement aims to boost intra-regional trade and integration, two goals that rail corridors meet.
The Africa Investment Forum has a strong track record of supporting the success of women business owners and entrepreneurs.
What:
Africa Investment Forum 2022 Market Days opening ceremony
Africa Investment Forum 2022 Press Conference
Who: President of the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire Alassane Ouattara, African Development Bank head Akinwumi Adesina; heads of Africa Investment Forum founding partners, and global investors.
One major lesson for Africa from the Covid-19 pandemic is that it had an outsize negative impact on workers in jobs that cannot be performed remotely. Such jobs are typically in the informal sectors that dominate Africa’s economies. Services and other sectors more amenable to remote work were far less affected, which...
