AUSSENWIRTSCHAFT AUSTRIA

AFRICA DAY 2026

19 – 21 Oct 2026 | Vienna, Austria

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Monday, 19 October 2026 | 15:30 - 16:25

Finance Your Africa Journey: The Right Instrument at Every Stage

Location:Zone C1 - Room 1Track:Enable Business

Companies looking to engage in African often face one key challenge: how to structure financing and manage risk effectively. This info session provides a compact overview of key finance instruments available for Austrian companies.

In a series of short impulse presentations, leading public and private financial institutions will introduce their respective tools and offerings — from export credit guarantees and development finance solutions to banking instruments and market entry support. The session will highlight how Austrian and European companies can combine different mechanisms to reduce risk, improve bankability, and enable successful market entry and project implementation.

Host: Andrea Rauscher

7 speakers

  • Head of Export Guarantees

    Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG (OeKB)

  • Investment Manager

    Development Bank of Austria

  • Sr. Programm Managerin

    Austrian Development Agency

  • Director - Financial Institutions & Sovereigns Africa

    Commerzbank AG Niederlassung Wien

  • Geschäftsführer / Managing Director

    ICS Internationalisierungscenter Steiermark GmbH

  • Leiter Go-international

    go-international

  • NPI Netzwerk Projekte International

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