The Africa Finance & Investment Forum (AFIF) is an annual business platform initiated in the framework of EMRC international activities, aimed at strengthening Africa’s private sector and attracting investment to the Continent. Initiated over a dozen years ago in Brussels, AFIF has been held in Europe: Cologne, Amsterdam, Utrecht, Geneva, Lisbon and Paris. EMRC will bring for the first time the annual finance & investment event to Africa’s financial hub, South Africa. AFIF 2015 will take place in Cape Town from 24th to 26th November 2015 and will be preceded by a one day Training/ Workshop on Entrepreneurship. This year’s edition is organized in collaboration with EIB (European Investment Bank), UNDP (United Nations Development Programme), DEG (German Development Finance Institution), Rabobank Foundation and in partnership with OLD MUTUAL Investment Group, ECOWAS-TEN, Agri Academy (South Africa), Pfizer, BlueCloud (United Kingdom), ICD (Islamic Development Bank) and IFC (Intl. Finance Corporation, World Bank).