IFC’s Chief Investment Officer, Peter Tropper visits Sierra Leone for a 2nd. Annual SME Ventures Meeting
Freetown, Sierra Leone, 25, Mar 2013 – Peter Tropper is leading a team of more than 30 SME Ventures fund managers and IFC Advisory staff from South Asia and Africa. The objective of the visit is to share experience from challenges and opportunities from Ventures investments around the globe. On investment side, Peter is accompanied by two Senior Investment Officers: Tracy Washington, Sergio Pombo and on advisory side by Michel Botzung, Global Product Specialist and Ignace Rusenga, SMEs, Head for Africa Region. The IFC delegation visited some investees companies of West Africa Ventures Fund (WAVF), which makes investments in Sierra Leone, and later met with other stakeholders in Sierra Leone. Peter recognized the fund managers for making strategic investments that are making a significant development impact in producing basic goods and services needed to support domestic growth. Peter said, “I am pleased to visit Sierra Leone which is among the pioneer countries in SME Ventures