Growing Blended Finance in Zambia
Growing Blended Finance in Zambia
Blended finance investments support SMEs facing funding obstacles by combining development funding with private capital, within the same investment deals. This approach is being used to catalyse sustainable economic growth and opportunity in Zambia. Expectation State is collaborating with Baybridge Investments to bolster the viability and expand the scale of their investments in Zambia. The collaboration aims to forge enduring partnerships and expand access to Read More
Assessing the Impact of the Benefits of Accreditation in the Arab Region
In recent years, the Arab region has experienced drastic changes, with a heightened focus on economic development, trade, and the growth of the private sector. The Arab Accreditation Cooperation (ARAC) was created in order to encourage the harmonisation and mutual Read More
Providing Comprehensive Investment Support to the Government of Tunisia
As part of national efforts to change and improve Tunisia's investment landscape and its global implications, Expectation State, funded by the UK Government, delivered a multi-year programme to enhance and facilitate foreign investment into the country. The programme provided support Read More
Establishing a Private Sector Support Unit in Tunisia
In collaboration with the UK-government, we spearheaded the development of a Tunisian Private Sector Support Unit to support the engagement of investors and the private sector in Tunisia in the face of Covid-19. This platform allowed both local and foreign Read More
Supporting Digital-Focused Investment into Emerging Markets
The investment gap for internet connectivity alone is over $428 billion globally and there is a need to ensure investments are directed toward building open, inclusive, and secure digital infrastructure and services. In April 2022, USAID’s Innovation, Technology, and Research Read More
Profiling and Engaging Impact Investors for Jordan
As an asset class and idea, impact investing is growing. Mainstream fund managers have entered the arena, raising awareness about the issues associated with the core tenets of impact investing. While this is great for the industry, it is less Read More
Conducting an Agri-sector Market Study in Libya
We were engaged by a US-headquartered organisation to conduct an agriculture market study in Libya to identify the expansion potential of the country’s wheat market. We looked into the business potential of the Wheat and Flour industries, and developed a Read More
Coaching Export Promotion and Trade Agencies in Tunisia
The project PEMA II, is mandated by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), in cooperation with the Tunisian Ministry of Commerce and Export Development and CEPEX. Read More
Delivering Jordan’s investment strategy with the Ministry of Investment
The Government of Jordan’s Economic Modernisation vision, launched in June 2022, sets an ambitious direction for achieving sustainable growth and creating job opportunities over the next decade. It requires $30 billion of investment and financing to meet the expected demand Read More
Surveying private markets investment allocation strategies
We spent nine months speaking with 70+ C-Suite institutional investors and investment managers to increase their awareness of our focus states as investment destinations. Following discussions with investors from our network in London, Edinburgh, New York, Washington DC, Zurich, Geneva, Read More