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AECF Mini-Launch in Tanzania

Tanzania’s business leaders, government executives and development partners showed a keen interest in the opportunities presented by the Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) at a seminar and lunch hosted by the Dar es Salaam office of KPMG on the 19th March.

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AECF mini-launch in Freetown

AECF West Africa Representative at Mini-Launch, Freetown

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AECF Mini-Launch in Sierra Leone

Dr Manu attends Mini-Launch of AECF in Sierra Leone
Approximately 50 people attended an AECF mini-launch held on Thursday, 12 February 2009 at the Bintumani Hotel, Freetown.

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  • It focuses exclusively on supporting the private sector
  • It provides an open and transparent "competition" for donor funds
  • It is based in, and run from, Africa.
  • It is focused on funding practical projects that are both commercially viable and will have a broad developmental impact on the rural poor
  • It is structured and governed along private sector principles with strong and sustained business engagement to ensure a flexible, responsive, results-orientated approach that the private sector can understand
  • It leverages private sector and donor money to help fund successful projects and enterprises
  • It is able to support cross-border, regional and pan-continental projects, as well as national ones.
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