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Africa infrastructure summit holds in S’Africa

By Daniel Anazia
10 April 2015   |   4:09 am
LEADING international investment and communications group, Africa Investor (Ai), has announced that African pension and sovereign wealth fund leaders will discuss co-investment opportunities and receive presentations from a series of vetted infrastructure project developers at the Ai CEO Infrastructure Investment Summit to be held in Cape Town, before the official opening of the World Economic Forum on Africa.
Summit- image source latestnewslink

Summit- image source latestnewslink

LEADING international investment and communications group, Africa Investor (Ai), has announced that African pension and sovereign wealth fund leaders will discuss co-investment opportunities and receive presentations from a series of vetted infrastructure project developers at the Ai CEO Infrastructure Investment Summit to be held in Cape Town, before the official opening of the World Economic Forum on Africa.

Commenting on the summit, CEO/Vice Chairman of Africa investor, Hubert Danso said, “This long-running invitation-only Ai Infrastructure Summit continues to provide a unique platform for infrastructure investors to engage project developers, financiers and government leaders on transformative infrastructure investment transactions.”

He noted that vetted investment-ready projects worth over $10billion in energy, rail, ports, airports and social infrastructure investment sectors will be presented to exclusive audience.

“The summit will also host a Heads of State Infrastructure Investment Working Lunch, which will also discuss opportunities for the private sector in the African Union’s Programme for Infrastructure Development (PIDA).

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