Africa Finance & Investment Forum 2015 -24-26.11.15

This year's Africa Finance & Investment Forum (AFIF205) will focus on 'Access to Finance & Entrepreneurship' and will be held for the first time on Africa soil, in Cape Town. AFIF2015 will be organized in collaboration with the European Investment Bank (EIB) between the 24 and 26 November 2015.

A first for EMRC's annual international financial gathering, AFIF2015 will bring together different regions of the world with a common drive to fulfil Sub-Sahara Africa's potential. This year's partnership with EIB, which is the largest multilateral borrower and lender by volume providing finance and expertise, will ensure a North & South perspective to the discussions and policy evaluations.

'In line with the EU's Agenda for Change, in the coming years the Bank will have a renewed focus on private sector development (70% of its annual activity in Sub-Saharan Africa), recognised as a key driver of sustainable growth,' highlights Patrick Walsh, European Investment Bank's Director of the ACP Lending Department.

Confirmed keynote speaker Honourable Lord Boateng, formerly Chief Secretary of the UK and Britain's High Commissioner to RSA (2005-2009), views the upcoming forum as a significant event. "The AFIF 2015 Conference provides an exciting opportunity for policy makers, academics, and practitioners, to come together to explore best practice and chart the way forward, in this critical year in which sustainable development takes centre stage. I look forward to joining in the discussions," he says.

Partnering with the likes of DEG, Afreximbank, EIB, IFC, Rabobank Foundation, Islamic Corporation of the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), Bank of Development of Brazil (BNDES), AFIF has become over the years the annual meeting which offers pro-active, goal driven sessions with a focus on establishing tangible results for speakers, partners and most importantly participants.