3. Invest in Africa (IIA) is a private sector initiative that brings together leading companies
across sectors to develop local enterprise and support investment into Africa
Who we are
“We are excited by the opportunity
that Invest in Africa presents.”
James Mwangi – CEO Equity Bank Group
“Invest in Africa helps Tullow create jobs
and valuable partnerships across sectors.”
Aidan Heavey– CEO Tullow Oil
4. Our Purpose
How we do it
To enable trade between larger companies and SMEs by providing better
access to markets, enhancing SME skills and improving access to finance
We pool resources and knowledge to create solutions to the shared barriers
to growth. We have two flagship programmes:
SME Business Skills Development
Connects large and small businesses, allowing
international companies to meet local content
needs as well as promoting the goods and
services of local companies to a wider market
A programme to train SMEs in business skills
and governance standards needed to access
corporate supply chains
The African Partner Pool (APP)
5. Why we do it
IIA Solutions
Skills
Deficit
Training &
Guides
Lack of Quality
& Consistency
Incentives
& Tiered
Certification
Limited Access
to Finance
Track Record from
Data Source to
support Lending
Low Awareness
of Governance
Validation
Criteria
Limited
Information
& Visibility
One
Platform
Common challenges from SMEs & corporates in Kenya
6. Our 3 Tier Value Model
3 Operational Benefits
More timely, cost efficient
& impactful solutions
1 Strategic Benefits
Job Creation
2 Reputational Benefits
Leadership on
Local Content &
Transparency
$
7. Contribute to economic development by supporting
capacity building of SMEs
Real time tracking of socioeconomic impact of deals
sourced through platform (jobs & $ value retained in
country)
Raising standards and improving capacity of SMEs
to improve their competitiveness
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Job Creation
1 Strategic Benefits
8. 2 Reputational Benefits
Real commitment to local content
Championing transparency and ethical best practice
across your supply chain
Positive brand exposure associated with promoting
sustainable SME growth
Platform for execution of public policy on private
sector development
Leadership on Local Content
& Transparency
9. 3 Operational Benefits
Reduced due diligence time on new & existing
suppliers by sharing commonly required information
Reduced time/cost to find trusted suppliers
Reduced procurement spend from
increased competitiveness
Reduced time & cost in developing suppliers
& tracking their performance
Greater transparency of tenders
More timely, cost efficient
& impactful solutions
10. INPUT OUTPUT IMPACT
$85keconomic value
added locally
Tender
awarded to
successful
supplier: $100k
investment
12additional jobs
supported locally
Localsuppliers
access and
respond to
tender
Buyer logs
$100k
construction
tender in APP
✓Cost/time savings ✓Capacity building
✓Transparency ✓Minimum standards met
Our Impact
We have developed a socioeconomic impact model that tracks the real
time impact of our work through 2 key metrics
1. Job creation 2. Value retained in country
11. At Invest in Africa we believe results matter.
Our Results
1,237+
suppliers across 22 sectors
$539m+
Value of tenders throughthe APP
71,224
Numberofjobs potentially supported
though tenders on the APP
$392m+
Potentialsocioeconomic impactof
all tenders on APP(taxes,profits &
salaries retained in Ghana)
14
Buyers transactingon the APP
38,000+
employees
51
Companiestrained on the BLP
business skills course
Since its launch in late 2014, the APP’s impact in Ghana has been significant:
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For more information visit:
www.investinafrica.com
