Workshop 3: Financing SMEs, vector of African growth and jobs of tomorrow

Описание: Investing together, for a new alliance between Africa and Europe

In connection with the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, AFD Group organized a high-profile event to promote a new Euro-African alliance for sustainable investment held on February 16, 2022.

One priority of the Africa-Europe partnership is the development of the local economic fabric – the engine of growth and a generator of sustainable jobs, for women and young people in particular. Enabling SMEs to have access to the means by which they can continue to develop during risky periods however, remains a challenge. Using lessons from success stories, workshop participants will share from their own experiences and approaches and discuss the adjustments already underway or which they will have to undertake individually and collectively, to scale up.

Introduction : Experience of two young Senegalese SME supported by the General Delegation for Rapid Entrepreneurship of Women and Youth of Senegal
Bamba LO, Founder and CEO, PAPS
Dicko SY, CEO, Dictaf Corporation

Intervenants :
Makhtar Diop, CEO, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Tanja Gönner, Chair of the Management Board, GIZ, and co-President of the Practitioners’ Network
Grace Muliisa, Managing Director, Ecobank Uganda
Odile Renaud-Basso, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Papa Amadou Sarr, Minister, Delegate General for Rapid entrepreneurship of women and youth, Republic of Senegal
Jean-Michel Severino, President, Investors & Partners
Bruno Wenn, Chairman, European Development Finance Institutions (EDFI)

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