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🌲Ask us how your Nation can access financing at 4.5% 😳 for your projects. 🌲$2.5 Billion invested into nations to date. 🙌🏽 🌲Come and meet our team in #Montreal!! #IndigenousEconomy #BuildingWealth #CapitalMarkets #EconomicReconciliation #AFNAGA2024

📰EDFI is taking part in the two-day EU Global Gateway Forum in Brussels.   EDFI was an observer yesterday morning in the Global Gateway Business Advisory Group (BAG) meeting with European Commision President Ursula von der Leyen. Held at the Berlaymont in Brussels, the meeting was attended by our Chairman Luuk Zonneveld.   ➡️EDFI welcomes the EU general approach under #GlobalGateway to put private sector investments and Development Finance Institutions’ (DFI) role at the heart of its engagement with partners countries. #eu_partnerships   ➡️EDFI has stressed the importance of speed, scale and impact when engaging with private sector, which is at the heart of European DFIs' mandate.   ➡️European DFIs, along with the EDFI Management Company, will be a key delivery mechanism of Global Gateway through EFSD+ guarantees targeting sustainable investments in climate and energy projects, as well as critical value chains. ℹ️Learn more about the impact EDFI can make: https://lnkd.in/dDsd9wK

First day of the annual the AVCA - The African Private Capital Association conference in Johannesburg. Really enjoying speaking again to old friends and making new friends. As ever the continent is not without its challenges, however the continued optimism among investors is contagious and necessary to capture the abundant opportunities and drive progress. #AVCA2024 #africa #privateequity #emergingmarkets #Aon #securinginvestments #AonSouthAfrica

🔎 "Transparency and Effective Co-operation are the ‘currencies of trust’ in #internationaldevelopment" - IATI Executive Director.📺 Missed our side-event at #HLPF2024? WATCH BACK "Road to the Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4): Laying the groundwork for a new era of transparency & development effectiveness". Great side-event with fascinating insights from: 💡 H.E. Mrs. Fatima Haram Acyl (Minister Delegate for Economy and Planning, Republic of Chad) 💡 Yemesrach Workie(Executive Director, IATI) 💡 Gary Forster (CEO, Publish What You Fund) 💡 Victoria Gellis (Adviser, U.S. Permanent Mission to the United Nations) 💡 Ilaria Carnevali (Deputy Executive Coordinator, UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office) 💡 Asor Henry Nkang (Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Government of Nigeria) IATI Executive Director Yemesrach Workie said: "Looking ahead to the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development next year, it has been recognized that there is a need to redouble efforts towards these essential currencies. The 2024 Financing for Development Report stated, “Attention to the development effectiveness agenda has been lagging”. The report noted a “clear need to revitalise this agenda.” At FFD4, if we are to secure resources to fill the SDG financing gap of 4.2 trillion dollars, we need a significant injection of trust, collaboration and effectiveness. And so our asks are clear: we want a commitment in the FFD4 outcome document for all development finance to be published according to the International Aid Transparency Initiative Standard. And we want a clear commitment for the development system to adhere to and monitor the Global Partnership effectiveness principles". Read GPEDC's side event highlights: https://lnkd.in/eETg7qXG WATCH side-event back: https://lnkd.in/edNwtzyw

💰The ability to achieve the SDGs remains fragile when illicit financial flows (IFFs) continue to drain the resources needed to pursue sustainable development. Domestic resource mobilization, asset recovery, and curbing IFFs are more critical than ever. 🎙Register to join our #FutureAfricaEU strategic roundtable to examine how the Africa-Europe partnership can leverage innovative financing mechanisms to simultaneously address shocks while advancing goals. Link ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dHdxRHrR. ⬇️Download our info sheet on IFFs here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/d3Jip_mx. The ONE Campaign, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Stefanie Kottowski

fdiCampus - master FDI faster Very pleased to have joined the 2nd Annual Aftercare Forum to share insights on the World Trade Organization’s Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement, especially from the perspective of developing countries. A critical mass of WTO Members reforming and improving the domestic environment to facilitate foreign direct investment can certainly be beneficial for the global economy, particularly for developing countries which are typically net seekers of investment and for which investment comprises a significant portion of their gross domestic product. #fdi #wto #foreigndirectinvestment

❓Do you want to learn more about the EUCO 👉 check out the latest issue of our European Council Experts' Debrief, in which Michele Chang tackles the thorny issue of future EU financing Read in full ➡️ https://lnkd.in/edCi-RQ3 College of Europe

Until the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) plays its role of aggregating and integrating small and medium enterprises, it will remain a mere ‘Podium to the Streets’ talk, experts have warned. Here are five things African countries can do to optimize AfCFTA.

🌍 With #AVCA2024 being held in #Johannesburg we are looking forward to hosting a series our Regional Forums for the first time, representing the African continent. Between 2012 to 2023, 840 investments were made in the Southern African region, with a total value of US$10.2bn. AVCA's 2023 African #PrivateCapital Industry Survey showed #SouthernAfrica closely followed West Africa's largest share of total investment volume (29%) in 2023, securing 26% of the total deal volume. Driving investment into #infrastructure will be one of the most significant focus areas to stimulate the region's #economicgrowth; since developing nations that dedicated approximately 30% of their GDP to infrastructure have historically experienced the most rapid economic growth. Continue the conversation: https://lnkd.in/e4qCwV4t

Off to the #WBGMeetings / #SpringMeetings through towering clouds as part of the European Investment Bank (EIB) group delegation led by Nadia Calviño, Ambroise Fayolle and Thomas Östros. In these geopolitically challenging times, such international meetings are more important than ever to find ways to restore peace and safeguard progress towards the critical global objectives like #SDGs and #climateaction. 👉 https://lnkd.in/eMnAw4aK