The InvestFrontier High-Level Event, held in Brussels on 6 November 2026, marked the launch of the InvestFrontier Solutions Portfolio from Brussels to Davos 2028. The portfolio brings together an initial set of partner-led initiatives demonstrating new approaches to crisis response and market building in fragile and frontier contexts.
Over the following 14 months, InvestFrontier and its partners will strengthen these solutions, mobilise additional capabilities and investment, and address barriers to implementation and scale. Partners are also invited to submit new solution proposals for consideration in the portfolio by 31 March 2027.
Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P) and Shuraako Capital
Combines locally managed equity investment funds with longer-term debt financing and technical assistance to help African SMEs access capital, expand their businesses and create jobs in fragile and frontier markets.
European Commission Humanitarian Assistance, European Investment Bank and United Nations Development Programme
Establishes a partnership mechanism to connect crisis recovery with longer-term investment, using technical assistance, project preparation, institutional strengthening and catalytic finance to develop investable opportunities in fragile settings.
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Expands the use of insurance, reinsurance and risk pooling alongside CERF and other humanitarian financing mechanisms to release funding earlier and support anticipatory action before crises escalate.
Danish Refugee Council (DRC), iGravity, and Kiva
Combines financing models for displacement-affected SMEs and refugee-serving financial institutions to mobilise additional capital, strengthen local investment pipelines and expand economic opportunities for underserved communities.
Humanitarian organisations partnered with the World Economic Forum and European Commission
A public-private partnership bringing together humanitarian actors, the World Economic Forum and European Commission to connect digital customs, trade and logistics systems, improving the speed, efficiency and interoperability of humanitarian supply chains while building on existing TradeTech and digital trade initiatives.
Establishes country-led platforms in Kenya, Somalia and Mozambique to connect national priorities with investment, financing and private-sector capabilities, strengthening livelihoods, essential services and resilience in crisis-affected communities.
Invest Frontier
A World Economic Forum Initiative