Norfund's Annual Report 2023 is out!
Last year our investees provided:
👷♂️ 37,200 new jobs
💳 11.5 million new clients with access to financial services
🔌420,000 new households with access to electricity
🧾 NOK 32.7 billion in taxes paid
Read more here:
https://t.co/nOrhAzjDHt
Great to be at the Norwegian-African Business Association Summit 2025! Wishing everyone success in forging new partnerships and exploring fresh business opportunities. @nabaorg@norfund@africa_finance
Deputy Minister of Agriculture Brekken and Ambassador Sæther met with Norfund’s Regional Director, Ms. Pindie Nyandoro in Cape Town 🤝 to discuss Norfund’s important contribution to agricultural projects in South Africa 🌍🌱
@norfund
A pleasure to have Minister @AsmundAukrust visiting Miniplast in Ghana!
2,5 years after our investment, Miniplast has:
🌱 Doubled the amount of plastic recycled
🛠️ Created 700 new jobs
👩🏭 More than tripled the share of women in its workforce
https://t.co/yqBJvrxL9X @NorwayMFA
@AsmundAukrust had a meeting with @norfund. Norfund invests where capital is scarce and risk is high, demonstrating that profitable investments are possible in challenging markets. We need more private sector actors to see the investment opportunities in developing countries.
Norway’s commitment to JETP is moving forward with visit of @norfund to prepare ground for possible investments up to USD 250 mill from 🇳🇴 Climate Investment Fund. Good start in meetings with MoIT, MoF, MPI, VCCI, UNDP and JETP network.
The government proposes to set aside NOK 250 million for Norfund investments in #Ukraine in 2024.
"We look forward to getting started and contributing to help Ukraine in the difficult situation the country is facing,” says Tellef Thorleifsson.
https://t.co/vyjOnrwXVV
🇳🇴Norwegian @norfund & leading poultry producer @irvineszim with USD 18 mill financing agreement to expand operations in 🇰🇪🇧🇼🇲🇿🇹🇿 Partnership for economic development, jobs & food security @noradno@AnneBeathe_ @kilimoKE @InnovasjonNorge
Norway is one of the biggest investors in renewable energy in South Africa.
Today I met Norwegian companies working for a greener South Africa.
For scale, we also need to get the transmission systems up to speed.
@Norfund@ScatecASA @MainstreamRP
@RystadEnergy@EmpowerNEnergy
Flyter kapital automatisk dit det er muligheter for avkastning?
- Norfunds erfaring er at reell og opplevd risiko gjør at investorer holder seg unna utviklingsland, selv om mulighetene for avkastning er gode, skriver vi i Aftenposten.
Notatet fra @Civita_ inneholder et konkret forslag til hvordan klimapengene kan brukes på en effektiv og lønnsom måte, påpeker vi i svar til lørdagens DN-leder.
https://t.co/oIciCtmWSd
Norfunds årsrapport viser at fondets investeringer bidro til rekordmange nye arbeidsplasser og skatteinntekter i 2023, skriver @panoramanyheter
https://t.co/79QLprJNzA
- Firmaet reduserer utslipp, det forbedrer klimaet, og det skaper arbeidsplasser. At Norfund støtter dette er helt riktig, sier @EspenBarthEide, om investeringen i elbusser i Nairobi.
Kenya satser stort på grønn mobilitet og Norge er med på laget med store investeringer. Utenriksministeren var nylig i Nairobi og besøkte selskapet BasiGo, som vil bytte ut byens dieseldrevne kollektivtransport med elbusser. https://t.co/S7SWoR06lE
- Lønnet arbeid er den bærekraftige veien ut av fattigdom og økte skatteinntekter er avgjørende for at myndighetene i fattige land kan tilby grunnleggende tjenester som utdanning og helsehjelp
https://t.co/sBs5tsYYco