Paula Perttunen

Swedfund International AB (Swedfund) subsidiary of Government of Sweden is a private equity firm founded in 1979. The firm is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

Investment Fund for Developing Countries (IFU) is the Danish government-owned fund which was founded in 1967 to provide advice on investing in developing countries and emerging markets. Headquartered in Copenhagen, IFU is managed by a board appointed by the Minister for Development Cooperation. They manage funds set up in partnership with the Danish state and institutional investors including the Investment Fund for Central and Eastern Europe, the Investment Fund for Emerging Markets, the Arab Investment Fund and IFU Investment Partners.

Development Bank of Zambia operates as a bank. It offers project, trade, rural and leasing finance. The company provides bonds and guarantees, equity finance and business advisory services. The firm offers finance for new, modernization, rehabilitation, diversification, and rationalization and expansion projects in the manufacturing, processing, tourism, haulage, mining, and quarrying sectors of the economy. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Lusaka, Zambia.

The Grain Marketing Board provides grain trade, storage, and marketing services. The private company is based in Harare, Zimbabwe.

Part of NMBZ Holdings Ltd., NMB Bank Ltd. is a Zimbabwean company that provides banking service offerings. The company is based in Harare, Zimbabwe. Gerald Gore has been the CEO of the company since 2008.

Afrinord Hotel Investments A/S finances and invests in companies that owns and operates hotel business. The company was founded on May 12, 2006 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.

African Century Ltd. provides leasing products and services. It offers business and personal lease financing. The company was founded on February 9, 2011 and is headquartered in Harare, Zimbabwe.

The Citizen Entrepreneurial Development Agency provides financial and technical support for business development of citizen owned business enterprises. It offers funding for capital expenditure, stock or working capital in new and existing business ventures. The company also offers training and mentoring for new and seasoned entrepreneurs and business advisory services to entrepreneurs in various skills as identified through the needs assessment that is conducted during project monitoring. The company's products and services include loan finance, equity, lease loans, property loans, credit guarantee (short and long term instruments), citizen entrepreneurial mortgage assistance equity, factoring and invoice discounting and business advisory services (training and mentoring). The Citizen Entrepreneurial Development Agency was founded in June 2001 and is headquartered in Gaborone, Botswana.