2023 MARKET DAYS EVENT
UNLOCKING AFRICA’S VALUE CHAINS
8-10 NOVEMBER
MARRAKECH, MOROCCO
AIF ACTIVITIES OVERVIEW
The AIF will continue to deliver under its core objectives of (a) Advancing projects to bankable stage, by effective project preparation,
(b) Raising Capital by mobilising partners and investors, especially institutional investors, for increased co-financing; and (c) Accelerating
financial closure of deals.
In order to deliver on its three core objectives, the AIF will focus on key workstreams.
PIPELINE DEVELOPMENT
• Sourcing and identifying deals from across
the continent KNOWLEDGE ENVIRONMENT INVESTMENT PROMOTION
• Screening deals. • Accelerating regulatory reforms and • Engaging potential investors.
• Creating project visibility. consistency. • Preparing and sharing market
• Tracking deals through the funding process • Advocating efforts for institution-building. intelligence.
PROJECT PREPARATION PROJECT BANKABILITY
• Preparing sponsors and their project to meet • Assist with de-risking projects by facilitating credit
investment criteria set by funds and grant providers enhancement solutions for sponsors and investors.
• Identifying funds and grants. • Delivering co-guarantee instruments.
• Harmonizing project preparation process. • Curating investor- sponsor conversations to ensure risk
profiles are aligned.
AFRICA INVESTMENT FORUM’S
5 STRATEGIC PILLARS
• The AIF delivers its strategic approach via the pillars defined below:
The Market Knowledge
The Platform The Market The Deal
Place Environment
Days Tracker
Selects, supports, and Leads productive Physically convenes A pioneering structured Seeks to foster
facilitates the origination, engagements and investors, project mechanism designed to investment-friendly
structuring and closure of roundtables with both sponsors and key facilitate the progress of regulation, a pro-
high-impact deals in Africa’s existing and new decision makers at a Boardroom deals, investment climate to
critical sectors through stakeholders, thereby bespoke platform for accelerate investor’s remove bottlenecks to
facilitating financing for deepening relations and investment conversations. commitments, and deal closure, as well as
project preparation and diversifying the sponsor, advance projects further disseminate knowledge
advisory services directly or investor, and partner base. towards and until deal products.
through its network of closure.
advisors.
Investor Blast
The AIF’s unique value proposition on the African
continent is its ability to crowd in private sector an investor matching process through which
financing for transformative projects with huge
targeted investors are invited to express
developmental impact. It does this by profiling
transformational projects, matching these projects with
interest to participate in Boardroom sessions
investors, convening project stakeholders and offering ahead of AIF events such as Investment
de-risking tools, designed by the African Development Roundtables and the Market Days.
Bank and its partners.
Origination Investor/Sponsor
1 Pipeline Development
2 Deal Screening 3 Investor Blast Survey 4 Matchmaking
5 Boardroom Sessions 6 Deal Tracker Deal Closure
Deal Tracker
a dynamic apparatus that (i) monitors the conversion of
investment interest expressed during the Boardrooms
sessions, (ii) captures projections on investments secured
and (iii) facilitates the deal progress towards financial close.
INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR ENGAGEMENT
Institutional investors such as pension funds, insurance companies, global asset managers,
endowments funds, private equity funds family offices and foundations hold the necessary
resources to enable Africa’s critical sectors scale up from “billions to trillions” at a global level.
Institutional investors and commercial banks, collectively hold about USD 120 trillion in
assets-under-management. Only about 0.1% of the global assets and 12% African institutional
investors’ assets would be needed to bridge the continent’s investment gap.
The role of the Africa Investment Forum is particularly critical both in terms of mobilising
domestic capital and crowding in private investment. There is a clear opportunity for the AIF to
play a catalytic role by tapping into institutional investors’ resources to support the continent’s
development by using innovative investment vehicles.
The AIF’s investor’s engagement workstream target prospective investors to ascertain their
investment mandate and to match the investors to curated projects on the Africa Investment
Forum platform.
PIDA, Closing the Infrastructure Gap for Africa’s Transformation
PARTNERSHIP OVERVIEW
The goal of partnerships is to develop a long-term sustainable network of partners
that will contribute to the increased growth, relevance, and impact of the Africa Investment Forum.
Partnership Categories
FOUNDING INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE MEDIA
PARTNERS PARTNERS PARTNERS PARTNERS
Institutions that joined the Institutions with shared Institutions and Entities, with
Media outfits with valuable
Africa Investment Forum vision with the Africa common purpose with the
content and outreach that
at its inception (2018). Investment Forum and keen Africa Investment Forum, in
contribute and align with the
to join the platform after its generating valuable knowledge
objectives of the Africa
inception. products and services.
Investment Forum.
• African Development Bank • MDBs • Research and Knowledge • Print Media
• Africa50 • DFIs Institute • (Newspapers, Magazines),
• Africa Finance Corporation • Commercial Banks • Think-Tanks • Online Media, Blogospheres,
• African Export-Import Bank • Institutional investors • Universities Social Media
• Development Bank of Southern • International Finance Institutions • Specialised magazines • Broadcast Media (TV, Radio)
Africa • Bilateral Finance institutions • Supra National Agencies, etc. • Outdoor or Out of Home (OOH)
• European Investment Bank • Investment vehicles. • Media: billboards, ads, etc.
• Islamic Development Bank. • Internet.
• Trade and Development Bank
PROJECT ONBOARDING PROCESS
01 ORIGINATION
● Deal Teaser submitted to AIF
● Exploratory calls with project
sponsors
06 INVESTOR
MATCHMAKING
● Select Boardrooms Deals participate
in the AIF
● NDA execution
● Investor Blast mechanism
02
● Boardroom participation is confirmed
PROJECT
05
EVALUATION
● Key project documents are
submitted to AIF Bankability ONBOARDING AIF MARKET-DAYS
Deals gain exposure to investors via:
assessment is conducted
● KYC / IDD checks are conducted PROCESS ● Boardroom Sessions
● Curated B2B meetings with investors
● Boardroom & Marketplace (Deal
● Deal Gallery display
Gallery, B2Bs) allocation
● Entrepreneurial/SMEs Track
03 FEEDBACK &
ONBOARDING
● Evaluation outcome is
04 DEAL TRACKING &
ACCELERATION
● Monthly update meetings with
communicated to project sponsors
sponsors and investors
● Deals qualifying for Boardrooms
● AIF provides deal advisory on deals
receive a Boardroom Pack
where required
● Sponsors submit complete
● Closed deals are showcased on
Boardroom Pack
media platforms and at AIF fora
BOARDROOM DEALS SELECTION CRITERIA
The AIF Boardroom deals selection criteria comprises two main assessment processes
01 Basic Project Requirements 02 Development outcomes and
project status assessment
CRITERIA AREA DESCRIPTION CRITERIA AREA
PROJECT TYPE Private or Public Private Partnerships (PPP) TRANSFORMATIVE IMPACT
PROJECT DOMICILIATION
The project company has to be incorporated in Africa PROJECT READINESS
INCORPORATION
Minimum project size as follows will be considered:
• USD 30 Million Country Band I - < 15 Billion GDP
• USD 50 Million Country Band II - < 30 Billion GDP
• USD 100 Million Country Band III - > 30 Billion GDP
POSITIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AND
PROJECT SIZE SOCIAL IMPACT
However, AIF may consider projects with a smaller investment value
if the development/transformative impact is considerable and if it is part of an
integrated programme.
Existing, well defined and profitable business model. Viability indicators SOLID INVESTMENT TRACK RECORD
FINANCIAL & ECONOMIC VIABILITY
(FIRR, EIRR etc.) in line with industry benchmark.
ORGANISATION/ Track record in the project sector, history of highly ethical business practices STRONG MANAGEMENT TEAM
MANAGEMENT TEAM and adequate financial standing.
ALIGNMENT WITH STRATEGIC Alignment with High 5s, National Development Goals, Agenda 2063, SDGs,
& NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ESG Factor, Sustainability etc.
PRIORITIES
AIF2023 FOCUS SECTORS
Agriculture Renewable Energy Manufacturing
AIF2023 MARKET DAYS EVENT
AIF’s Convening Power &
Thought Leadership
Africa’s Premier Investment
Market Place
Unparalleled Business
Networking Opportunities
Transactional Deal
Platform
Access to Regional &
MARKET DAYS
Global Decision Makers
EVENT 2023
Launchpad to Drive Major
Continental Initiatives
Robust Investor Engagement
MARKET DAYS EVENT
8 - 10
NOVEMBER 2023
MARRAKECH, MOROCCO
www.africainvestmentforum.com
