Representatives of donor agencies, commercial banking institutions and business organizations are meeting in Tunis to discuss support for Africa's small and medium-size enterprises. Meeting as the small- and medium-sized enterprises SMEs) Facility in Africa (SMEF-Africa), the 2-day session is focusing on the theme: Filling up the missing middle in SME financing in sub-Saharan Africa.
The event, opened by the Bank's Operations vice president, Theodore Nkodo, brought together experts from multilateral and bilateral development institutions such as the World Bank, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the European Investment Bank (EIB), as well as representatives of commercial banks and private sector businesses such as Britain's Barclays and TUNINVEST, a Tunisian risk management firm.
