African Development Bank

Annual Meetings | Vision 2030 Fund Side Event | 30th May, KICC Nairobi

Presented by Marc Watum,
Chairman of Vision 2030 Fund.

Join us for a sector-shifting showcase of investment opportunities, projects, and people who are driven to transform the African primary sector.

In this event we will cover

Transformational Investment Opportunities

Meet our collection of portfolio companies, projects, and partners who are ready to shift Africa forward.

Connecting Development Finance to Startups

Meet our extraordinary panel of development finance experts who understand the cruciality of African entrepreneurship.

Addressing Africa's $500bn Funding Gap

Where is the African primary sector underperforming, and how can investors wise-up to confront this inclusively?

Panel: Innovation for African Economic Transformation

Development Bank of South Africa

Mohan Vivekandan

Mohan's team achieved $3.2Bn of infrastructure funding approvals in 2018/19. Today, their goal is to unlock $8Bn annually.

We talk about natural resource industries of interest to this DFI, the importance of well-distributed affordable energy, and share tips for aspiring social entrepreneurs to make transformational impact.

Sote Hub

David Ogiga

Having already empowered over 18,000 small holder farmers with business development services, and over 800 local businesses generated, David brings business expertise into marginalised communities.

We talk about how his efforts as a board member at AfriLabs and co-founder of Sote Hub are catapulting East Africa into structural transformation.

NatureFinance

Indekhwa Anangwe

Indekhwa's mission is simple: align global finance with nature positive and equitable outcomes.

From nature based debt instruments to their nature unicorn-seeking catalytic investment facility, we talk NatureFinance and their approaches to counting the cost, turning it into a business case, and mobilising capital to springboard early-stage solutions into fruition.