In 2016, the German-Africa Business Association (Afrika-Verein) and the European Investment Bank were invited for the 3rd time to their flagship meeting, “Africa Finance,” which was held on May 12 at the Hotel Mövenpick in Frankfurt.

The focus was on the development of projects and accompanying funding opportunities in the development phase to the "bankable project". Tenders and the procurement process of international financing institutions like the European Investment Bank, KfW and the African Development Bank and the World Bank were also discussed. In addition, the various facets of agricultural financing and its characteristics plus the topics Trade Finance and Technical Assistance were at the heart of workshops in the afternoon.