Our mission is to promote regional policies that will improve the well-being of people in the Sahel & West Africa. The Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC) is an independent, international platform. Its Secretariat is hosted at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Its mission is to promote regional policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people in the Sahel and West Africa. Its objectives are to: •Improve the regional governance of food and nutrition security; •Improve the understanding of ongoing transformations in the region and their policy implications through regional, spatial and forward-looking analyses. …

Sectors: International development

We help UK companies of all sizes win contracts, fulfil orders and get paid. UK Export Finance is the UK’s export credit agency and a government department, working alongside the Department for Business and Trade as an integral part of its strategy and operations. Our mission is to advance prosperity by ensuring no viable UK export fails for lack of finance or insurance, doing that sustainably and at no net cost to the taxpayer. We help UK companies of all sizes and in all sectors win, fulfil and get paid for export contracts. Export finance and insurance

Sectors: National and local authorities

Experience the future of #fintech first. Showcasing the innovators and ideas at the forefront of #banking and #finserv. In 2007, we founded Finovate to showcase the best new innovations in financial services technology. This was done via 7-minute live product demos featured on the main-stage. In 2017, Finovate expanded its model to address themes and topics relevant to regional and global financial markets. Lively discussions with top industry leaders analyze the evolution of financial services, the impact on providers and end-users, and what’s ahead for these services. The Finovate brand has expanded to deliver news and networking whenever and wherever …

Sectors: Finance Research

Help increase the GDP of the internet. Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Headquartered in San Francisco and Dublin, the company aims to increase the GDP of the internet.

Sectors: IT services

Find and close deals with all-in-one prospecting solutions powered by the leader in private-company data. Crunchbase is the leading provider of private-company prospecting and research solutions. 75 million users—including salespeople, entrepreneurs, investors, and market researchers—use Crunchbase to prospect for new business opportunities. And companies all over the world rely on us to power their applications, making over 6 billion calls to our API each year.

Sectors: Media

Transforming Tomorrow Together UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is the public sector organisation that invests £8 billion annually to support the entire research and innovation system. We strive for a society powered and empowered by research and innovation, with economic, social, environmental and cultural benefits for all. We invest in people, places, ideas, innovation and impacts, empowering researchers, innovators and entrepreneurs to turn the many challenges we all face into opportunities, driving up prosperity and wellbeing across the UK and globally. The impacts of our work are felt right across society. We enrich lives by increasing our understanding of ourselves …

Sectors: Public business cluster

Queremos hacer el mundo más humano conectando la vida de las personas Telefónica is today one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world in terms of market capitalisation and number of customers. We have the best infrastructure, as well as an innovative range of digital and data services; therefore, we are favorably positioned to meet the needs of our customers and capture growth in new businesses. We are sensitive to the new challenges demanded by society today and, therefore, we provide the means to facilitate communication between people, providing them with the most secure and cutting-edge technology. Our vision …

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC