{"id":40398,"date":"2021-08-30T09:36:19","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T09:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abdas.org\/?p=40398"},"modified":"2021-08-30T09:36:19","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T09:36:19","slug":"invest-africa-partners-with-google-kpmg-dhl-4g-capital-aon-to-support-african-msmes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abdas.org\/2021\/08\/30\/invest-africa-partners-with-google-kpmg-dhl-4g-capital-aon-to-support-african-msmes\/","title":{"rendered":"Invest Africa Partners with Google, KPMG, DHL, 4G Capital &#038; Aon to Support African MSMEs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/abdas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Investment.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40399\" \/>Invest Africa has partnered with Google, KPMG, DHL, Aon and 4G Capital to launch a new programme that seeks to support over 500 African Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).<\/p>\n<p>The programme, named The Next Generation Africa Forum, is scheduled to take place on 16th September 2021, virtually, using a digital platform to connect MSMEs across the Continent with practical support from leading VCs, banks, incubators, and multinational tech companies.<\/p>\n<p>Through a series of free to access interactive workshops, pitches and discussions, the Next Generation Africa Forum seeks to offer MSMEs the support they need to bloom in a challenging economic context. The sessions will focus on building pathways to formality, preparing businesses for investment, accelerating growth, and managing digital risks.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Next Generation Africa targets to provide a strong platform to foster collaboration between financial services, investors, entrepreneurs and policymakers. Applications are now open for MSMEs to secure a place at the Forum.<\/p>\n<p>MSMEs account for 70 per cent of Africa\u2019s employment, forming the backbone of Africa\u2019s economies and are the engine of the region\u2019s job creation drive. With a high proportion of informal enterprises, many of Africa\u2019s MSMEs, which already faced significant challenges, have been hard hit by the global COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Invest Africa is a leading trade and investment platform for African markets. Although its headquarters are in London, Invest Africa also operates in Cape Town, Dubai, Johannesburg and New York. It has a global footprint of more than 400 member companies, comprising multinationals, development finance institutions, institutional investors, private equity firms, professional service organisations, government bodies and entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Invest Africa has partnered with Google, KPMG, DHL, Aon and 4G Capital to launch a new programme that seeks to support over 500 African Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49501,"featured_media":40399,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[453,404,284,467,300,31,32,33,34,73,126,443,286,302],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abdas.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40398"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abdas.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abdas.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abdas.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49501"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abdas.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40398"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abdas.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40400,"href":"https:\/\/abdas.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40398\/revisions\/40400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abdas.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abdas.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abdas.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abdas.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}