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News & Events
SABMiller to expand Southern Sudan operations
SABMiller plc [SAB:LSE/SAB:JNB] subsidiary company Southern Sudan Beverages Ltd (SSBL)
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Research Into Business Update.
The AECF Research Into Business window closed on the 30th of June.
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Agriculture Science Week held in Ougadougou
RIB Advisor Gem Argwings-Kodhek attended the 5th African Agriculture Science Week held in Ougadougou,
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  We are investing in business development ideas in Africa
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Why is this challenge fund different?
 
  • 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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