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Next-Gen Startups in the Middle East and Africa (Invite only)
MENA's startup ecosystem has become much more structured in recent years. The region now has ove
r 3,000 startups, with the UAE leading the pack as home to 42 percent of them, followed by Egypt with 12 percent.
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Sovereign Wealth Funds: Creating Sustainable Finance for Regional Integration and Growth between the Middle East and Africa
In a little over two decades, the number of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) has grown from 62 in 2
000 to 176 currently.
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Building a Sustainable Finance Pipeline for Long-term Investment in Africa and Beyond (Invite only)
African countries and other frontier and emerging markets are facing an ever-higher number of ur
gent challenges requiring meaningful government spending and intervention, including the global headwinds posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, food security threa
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A Brighter Future for the Giant of Africa? Building the Institutional Investor Base to Finance Sustainable Economic and Financial Transformation in Nigeria (Invite only)
Nigeria is Africa’s largest economy and one of the continent’s most closely watched markets.
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Open for Business: Shaping the African Investment Story
Africa’s demographics are wildly compelling. By 2050, 90 cities in Africa will have more than a
million people.
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The African Century: A Road Map for Market-led Growth
Demographics dictate that the next century will be Africa's, but what kind of century will it be
? Will it be one of aid dependency, joblessness, and northern migration?
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Reviving Trade and Investment Links Across the Red Sea (Invite only)
The ancient trade, investment, and cultural exchange between MENA and Sub-Saharan Africa is in t
he midst of a revival. Africa's market size has strong appeal for Middle Eastern investors and corporations.
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Part 1: Milken-Motsepe Prize Announcement
The Milken-Motsepe Innovation Prize program incentivizes global innovators and entrepreneurs to
develop tech solutions that accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with innovations tested in Africa.
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Reclaiming the Narrative: Redefining Womanhood in MEA (Invite only)
Despite popular narratives of repressive and exploitative attitudes toward women in the Middle E
ast and Africa, the region has experienced an unprecedented transformation in the last decade.
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Rwanda in Focus: Investment and Innovation for Growth (Invite only)
Rwanda is one of Africa’s most resilient and rapidly expanding economies. It was recently ranked
#1 in continental Africa on the "Ease of Doing Business Index" and is the second-fastest growing economy on the continent.
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