A private public dialogue on impact investment, overseen by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will take place during this year’s Africa Finance & Investment Forum 2015 (AFIF 2015), held in Cape Town, South Africa between November 24 and 26, CEOAfrica can confirm.

The Special Adviser Private Sector AFIM Unit UNDP RSCA, in the run-up to AFIF 2015, Tomas Sales said: “Africa’s impact investment sector is still nascent, with approximately only US$9 billion worth of impact investments deployed in the continent. The time is ripe, therefore, for African policy makers, investors and other key sector players to devise practical solutions that will help to improve impact investment practice in Africa and stimulate the sector to grow to its true potential,”.

This inaugural PPD is expected to provide a platform through which the public and private sector in Africa could discuss, agree and follow up on concrete interventions to catalyse the impact investment sector and contribute towards the achievement of the African Union’s Agenda 2063 and the recently ratified Sustainable Development Goals.

Sales added: “The PPD will facilitate the exchange of information and collaboration between key public and private sector players, and will feature plenary keynote addresses and a technical working & negotiation session to map the next steps in growing the sector.”