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West Africa Deal Summit

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    • L-R: Etemore Glover, CEO, Impact Investors Foundation; Bowel Diop, Member, Senegal Impact Investing Taskforce; Mirabelle Moreaux, Board Vice Chair, Impact Investing Ghana (IIGh); Yacouba Ouedraogo (PhD), Member, Burkina Faso Impact Investing Taskforce and Co-founder, Africa Impact Investing Partnerships Centre and Amma Lartey, CEO, Impact Investing Ghana at the West Africa Deal Summit 2024 on Wednesday
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West Africa Deal Summit 2024 calls for regional collaboration to unlock catalytic capital, rewards outstanding organisations

The summit closed with an invitation to the Africa Impact Summit 2025 scheduled for June 11-12, 2025, in Accra, Ghana

The 2024 West Africa Deal Summit (WADS) (www.WestAfricaDealSummit.org) concluded on Wednesday, with a call for more regional collaboration to mobilise catalytic capital to address West Africa’s unique socioeconomic challenges. The two-day event attended by over 400 investors, entrepreneurs, government representatives, and thought leaders, focused on building innovative financing mechanisms.  The…

West Africa Deal Summit

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    • Prepare for two days packed with engaging activities, inspiring content and in-person and online networking
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West Africa Deal Summit 2024 to Inspire Bold Actions to Deepen Catalytic Capital

The inaugural summit welcomed over 300 delegates and received commitments from catalytic capital providers to bridge the $331 billion SME financing gap

The Impact Investors Foundation (https://apo-opa.co/3Y8cNU1), Nigeria (IIF) and Impact Investing Ghana (http://apo-opa.co/4051jU1) (IIGh) announce the return of the second edition of the West Africa Deal Summit 2024 (www.WestAfricaDealSummit.org) scheduled  for 12th and 13th November 2024, at the Civic Centre, Lagos, Nigeria. The two-day summit is hosted alongside Impact Investing Taskforces…

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    • Ibukun Awosika, Board Chair of Nigeria NABII speaking at the West Africa Deal Summit 2023
    • (Left to Right) Amma Lartey (CEO of IIGh), Etemore Glover (CEO of Nigeria NABII), Mirabelle Moreaux (Partner at Injaro Investments), Alex Aseidu (Board Chair of IIGh), Ibukun Awosika (Board Chair, Nigeria NABII), and Osarume Akenzua (Programmes Manager, LEAP Africa) celebrating the joint statement and announcing next year's summit
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Inaugural West Africa Deal Summit generates commitments to deploy Catalytic Capital to close Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) financing gap

A 3-year Catalytic Capital Africa (2CAfrica) campaign was launched to increase SME financing and build local financing ecosystems

Impact Investing Ghana (IIGh) and the Nigeria National Advisory Board for Impact Investing (Nigeria NABII) together with impact investing task forces in Burkina Faso and Senegal hosted the inaugural West Africa Deal Summit (https://WestAfricaDealSummit.org) to drive catalytic capital to fill the $331 billion Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) financing gap…