Investor Missions

H.E. Sahle-Work Zewde, President of Ethiopia, with members of the Invest Africa Investor Mission to Ethiopia 2019

Invest Africa partners with African, British and European governing bodies to organise trade missions across Africa. Investor Missions are designed to address business specific areas of interest. Invest Africa works closely with the UK Government and affiliates, through collaborations with the Foreign Commonwealth Development Office, Department for Business and Trade, British International Investment and UK Export Finance.

Invest Africa connects Africa-focused investors with the appropriate departments for multi- and bi-lateral discussions to further investment in Africa. Previous missions have resulted in successful outcomes such as new partnerships, deals, and acquisitions between delegates and local organisations. For details of our upcoming and past trips, please see the links below.

Past missions

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Investor Mission to Zambia

President Hakainde Hichilema inherited Zambia with a heavily indebted economy, a spiralling currency, and a reputation for fiscal unreliability in August 2021. He has made notable progress on fiscal and mining tax reforms as part of his business-friendly policy stance. Zambia’s economic outlook for investors in 2023 is projected to be positive.

Investor Missions Past Events

Investor Mission to Tanzania

Investor Missions Past Events

Tanzania is back open for business under H.E. President Samia Suluhu Hassan. Considering the range of opportunities, investors are excited at the prospect of re-entering the country. On the ground the renewed engagement with international businesses bodes well to boost growth.

Investor Missions Past Events

Investor Mission to Ethiopia

Investor Missions Past Events

Following the success of 2018’s Ethiopia Investor Mission, Invest Africa led another delegation to the country in December 2019 to follow up on the progress of the government’s reform agenda.

Investor Missions Past Events

Investor Mission to Angola

Investor Missions Past Events

Angola’s economic growth forecasts are positive as oil prices increase and sounder policies are implemented by President João Lourenço’s leadership. Improving governance is at the forefront of the President’s agenda, and there is an array of promising prospects for conducting business within the country, namely infrastructure and energy beyond oil, the agriculture sector, education and financial services, to name a few.

Investor Missions Past Events

Investor Mission to Ethiopia

Investor Missions Past Events

The past few months have seen Ethiopia’s new Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, be ever present in the public eye, from meeting international Heads of States and announcing the part-privatisation of several state-owned enterprises, to officially accepting the Algiers Agreement by re-engaging with neighbouring Eritrea. To this backdrop, we are delighted to bring together a delegation of members and guests to Ethiopia to harness the country’s key investment opportunities, and get get unrivalled access to industry heads, senior government officials and local entrepreneurs.

Investor Missions Past Events

Investor Mission to Zimbabwe

Investor Missions Past Events

Once considered the bread basket of Africa, Zimbabwe has returned with a renewed vigor under new leadership, ready to use its wealth of natural resources, technological advances and highly-skilled returning diaspora. Our Investor Mission was a huge success and saw our biggest delegation to date, with twenty attendees joining us to enhance their connections on the ground.

Investor Missions Past Events

Investor Mission to Cote d’Ivoire

Cote d’Ivoire is currently the leading economy in Africa with a GDP of 8.5%, and has the second fastest growing GDP in the world. The country has undertaken policy and structural reforms, increasing both private and public investments. Invest Africa was invited to bring a high level investor delegation to the country.

Investor Mission to Mozambique

Mozambique, with its unique geographical positioning, significant resources, dynamic tourism industry and stable political structure, has enjoyed inward investment of $31bn between 2009-2014. In Mozambique, Invest Africa worked closely with partners, ThirdWay Africa and Intamo Financial Advisors.

Investor Mission to Zambia

With its significant copper resources, developed agriculture industry and buzzing capital, Zambia has been one of the most profitable Southern African investment destinations over the last decade. Our delegation was hosted by Invest Africa member, Ian McFadyen, Baybridge Investments and Sipho Phiri.

Investor Mission to Ghana

Ghana’s wealth of resources and democratic political system makes it undoubtedly one of Africa’s leading lights. Invest Africa was invited by the government of Ghana to meet with public and private sector players to identify key investment opportunities.

Investor Mission to Senegal

Senegal has registered 5% annual growth, has a strong services industry, and forged a strategic relationship with Saudi Arabia, to finance an infrastructure across the country. Invest Africa was hosted, Ibrahima Cheik Diong, who facilitated high level meetings with government officials and business leaders.

Investor Mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) represents a fantastic hub to serve Central Africa’s 250m consumers. Invest Africa’s strategic partner Hamid Assi, the founder of MiniCongo Group, hosted a delegation to DRC to explore investment opportunities and give attendees exposure to the realities on the ground.

Investor Mission to the Republic of Guinea

The purpose of the trip to the Republic of Guinea was to get a high level overview of the investment opportunities in the country. Relationships were established a with high level contacts in the public and private sectors.

Investor Mission to Nigeria | Feb. 2014

Nigeria is now officially heralded as Africa’s biggest economy. Foreign success stories are rare but with a population of 175m, 107% mobile penetration and vast petroleum resources, it is a difficult country to ignore. The delegation participated in high level meetings in both Abuja and Lagos, where they had high level meetings and receptions with Aliko Dangote and Tony Elumelu.