We bring together development finance institutions to unlock investment opportunities in frontier markets in Africa
About us
The Africa Resilience Investment Accelerator (ARIA) brings together development finance institutions to unlock investment opportunities in transition states in Africa.
Historically, DFIs have tried to originate investments in frontier economies with mixed results. ARIA aims to engage proactively in such markets in a way that would improve investment readiness – both a country’s readiness to benefit from DFI investment and DFIs’ abilities to invest in these economies.
The Accelerator will design and implement practical strategies to support private sector strengthening, bringing together DFIs to collaborate on issues that could benefit from a collective voice or action.
The members of ARIA are: British International Investment, Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank (FMO), US International Development Finance Corporation, Proparco, FinDev Canada, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP), in its role as Financial Institution for International Development Cooperation (Observer), JICA (Observer), Swedfund, International Finance Corporation, African Development Bank, European Investment Bank (Observer) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (Observer).
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