Published on : Saturday, November 10, 2018
Taking place at the Sandton Convention Centre, the forum will be attended by a number of Heads of State and Government from across the African continent, including Angola’s Joao Lourenco, Benin’s Patrice Talon, Cameroon’s Paul Biya, Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta, Nigeria’s Muhammadu Buhari and Rwanda’s Paul Kagame.
For South Africa, the forum complements the government’s various initiatives to support economic recovery, increase domestic and international investment, and create and protect jobs.
About 28 boardroom sessions will deliberate on 61 bankable projects worth $40 billion across the continent. Working with several global partners and stakeholders, the bank hopes to make the forum the springboard for African economic transformation.
The forum will be 100% transaction-based, according to the African Development Bank.
It provides an open platform to multilateral institutions, governments and the private sector to improve the pipeline of projects that can transform the continent.
The focus is on structuring deals, screening and enhancing projects, attracting co-investors, and facilitating transactions to unlock Africa’s multi-billion dollar investment opportunities.
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