{"id":494522,"date":"2026-09-21T14:09:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T14:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/?post_type=event_listing&#038;p=494522"},"modified":"2026-09-21T14:09:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T14:09:30","slug":"abidjan-professional-investment-financing-forum-sapif-2026","status":"publish","type":"event_listing","link":"https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/event\/abidjan-professional-investment-financing-forum-sapif-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Abidjan: Professional Investment &#038; Financing Forum (SAPIF 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>\ud83d\udcc5 OCTOBER 23\u201324, 2026<\/h1>\n<h3>\ud83d\udccd ABIDJAN, C\u00d4TE D\u2019IVOIRE<\/h3>\n<h3>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0GUEST COUNTRY: CAMEROON<\/h3>\n<p><strong>2026 Theme:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u201cInvestment and Financing at the Service of the Real Economy\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SAPIF 2026<\/strong> is a professional event dedicated to investment, financing and the development of Africa\u2019s real economy.<\/p>\n<p>Over <strong>two days in Abidjan<\/strong>, the event will bring together investors, financial institutions, public decision-makers, entrepreneurs, project leaders and economic stakeholders for high-level discussions, professional networking and business opportunities.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>\ud83c\udfaf SAPIF&#8217;S OBJECTIVES<\/h2>\n<p>SAPIF aims to bring together <strong>capital, investors and value-creating projects<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The event will facilitate:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>networking between investors and entrepreneurs;<\/li>\n<li>connections with financial institutions;<\/li>\n<li>access to financing for project leaders;<\/li>\n<li>public-private dialogue;<\/li>\n<li>partnerships and business opportunities;<\/li>\n<li>knowledge-sharing on financing mechanisms for the real economy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>\ud83d\udccc KEY FEATURES<\/h2>\n<h3>\ud83e\udd1d Strategic Networking<\/h3>\n<p>Meet investors, entrepreneurs, institutions and decision-makers to develop concrete partnerships.<\/p>\n<h3>\ud83c\udfa4 Panels &amp; 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Consulting<br \/>\nSAPIF General Commissioner<br \/>\nBusiness Coach &amp; Author<\/p>\n<p>Through SAPIF, Alexia Bell is developing a platform designed to foster connections between entrepreneurs, investors, institutions and economic stakeholders across Africa.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1>\ud83d\udccd KEY INFORMATION<\/h1>\n<h3>SAPIF 2026<\/h3>\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udcc5 October 23\u201324, 2026<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\ud83d\udccd Abidjan, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf2 Guest country: Cameroon<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\ud83c\udfaf Theme: \u201cInvestment and Financing at the Service of the Real Economy\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A professional gathering dedicated to investment, financing, networking and the development of Africa\u2019s real economy.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":494523,"template":"","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"event_listing_category":[],"event_listing_type":[],"class_list":["post-494522","event_listing","type-event_listing","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.5 (Yoast SEO v28.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Abidjan: Professional Investment &amp; 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