Southern Africa Investor Trip

Gaborone, Botswana (10-11 June) & Lusaka, Zambia (18-19 June) 2019

On 10-11^th June 2019, join us at our affiliated event, the Botswana Resource Sector Conference (BRSC), in Gaborone, Botswana.  The BRSC is now in its 15^th year and well established as the most successful resource networking event in Botswana.  This year the expanded programme includes presentations and panel discussions on issues and opportunities in the resources, power generation and infrastructure sectors.

On 18-19^th June we will be in Lusaka, Zambia and partnering with Stockbrokers Zambia and the Lusaka Stock Exchange, which celebrates its 25^th Anniversary this year.  We will showcase some of the country’s top LuSE-listed companies, government PPP projects, projects seeking private equity and hear pitches from a range of the region’s top impact-focused start-ups with panel commentary from local investors and financial sector experts.

At both events you will meet a broad range of investors, local company executives, entrepreneurs, government representatives and agencies, financial institutions, advisory groups and representatives from the local stock exchanges.

Delegates may register either for one or both country events below.

Lusaka, Zambia

Private equity, impact investors and financial institutions from US, Europe, South Africa, Botswana and Zambia were presented with projects across agribusiness including bioplastics from cassava, renewable energy including biofuels and geothermal energy, infrastructure including eco-housing, transport, logistics and warehousing and gold mining. Projects sought both debt and equity and deal sizes ranged from USD 300k to USD 200M.

4IP Group, a Swiss-based leading Alternative Investment and Financial Advisory Boutique, presented the afternoon Entrepreneurs’ Showcase with pitch decks from a selection of start-up projects across Zambia and Sub-Saharan Africa and Ernst Young Zimbabwe discussed the reasons behind growing investor optimism for investment in Zimbabwe.