EDFI CEO David Kuijper will share his insights on Friday, 28 February at ‘Unlocking Public Development Banks’ Potential for an Ambitious FfD4 Outcome’ hosted by the Finance in Common Secretariat during the Finance in Common 2025 Summit in Cape Town.

EDFI at FiCS 2025

His remarks at the Friday event are part of outreach at the Association of European Development Finance Institutions in Cape Town to share how EDFIs form a bridge to help boost market creation and mobilising capital to address a shortfall in bankable investment prospects and a widening SDG financing gap.

Finance in Common Summit brings the development finance community in full force to South Africa where the EDFI community will take part in two other side events:

• ‘Team Europe in Action for Sustainable Growth and Market Creation’ on 27 February from 17:30 to 19:00 with partners FMO – Dutch entrepreneurial development bank, JEFIC, European Investment Bank (EIB) and Practitioners’ Network for European Development Cooperation.
• EDFI and GSG Impact co-host ‘Power of Partnerships: Unlocking private capital for SMEs and the potential of FfD4‘ this Tuesday, 25 February at Southern Sun The Cullinan Hotel, Cape Town, from 15:00pm – 20:00 local time. Register now

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EDFI Secretariat colleagues at FiCS: David Kuijper, Alina Orrico, Katrin Lueke

European DFIs on site include: Proparco, FMO – Dutch entrepreneurial development bank, British International Investment, Norfund, and CDP Cassa Depositi e Prestiti.