DAR ES SALAAM, Nov. 14 -- A three-day Africa Investment Forum ended on financial deals worth 40.1 billion US dollars up from 38.7 billion US dollars made in the inaugural event last year.
The President of African Development Bank (AfDB), the organisers of the forum that target to tilt investment flow to Africa, Dr Akinwumi Adesina said 56 deals worth 67.6bn US dollars were discussed in board room session for possible closure of financial deals, a 44 per cent increase from last year.
He said 52 out of the 56 transactions that went into the board rooms secured investment interests in the forum that has now become Africa's top platform for investment financing after its inaugural last year.
"The Africa Investment Forum 2019 secured investme...