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AFSIC ‘offers African businesses opportunity to pitch to investors’

Published: 22nd Sep 2025

Author: Tony Dickson - S&V Editor

AFSIC – The 12th Investing in Africa event will take place in London on 14 and 15 October, backed by British International Investment (BII), World Bank and Proparco and a wide range of corporate sponsors.

“AFSIC is recognized as the go-to platform for connecting African businesses and fund managers with global investors,” said Emma Rynn, event director of the organiser, Africa Events Ltd.

She said she was “sure there would be” representatives from the CTFL industries there “and probably some investors look into that area”.

Manufacturing Africa, the UK’s flagship economic development programme for Africa, will host a 90-minute Deals Pitch Room at AFSIC where investment-ready African manufacturing businesses will present their businesses directly to AFSIC’s investor base.

For further information: www.afsic.net

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