Events
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From Grant-Ready to Finance-Ready: What Stands Between Africa’s Agri-SMEs and a Financing Decision?
Zoomhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDMQhFonUxw Following earlier sessions on post-grant financing and productive finance in agro-processing, this session shifts from enterprise performance to bankability. It explores why Agri-SMEs seeking USD 25,000–1.5M face Sub-Saharan Africa's largest financing gap, and identifies the structural bottlenecks preventing transactions from closing. Key Discussion Themes The Bankability Bottleneck: High origination and due diligence costs ($15k/loan)…
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2nd Africa Annual Conference on Credit Ratings Towards Developing African Capital Markets: Rechannelling Africa’s Capital
The InterContinental Mauritius Balaclava, Port Louis, Mauritius Port Louis, MauritiusHow can Africa better leverage its own capital to finance its development? The 2nd Africa Annual Conference on Credit Ratings will bring together policymakers, financial institutions, investors, credit rating agencies, researchers, and other key stakeholders to explore how credit ratings, domestic capital markets, and innovative financing approaches can support Africa’s economic transformation. Under the theme…