BUJUMBURA, BURUNDI, June 6, 2022 - Sérgio Pimenta, IFC's Vice President for Africa, will visit Burundi from June 7 - 10 to highlight IFC's commitment to support sustainable development and job creation through increased private sector investments.
Accompanied by senior members of IFC's leadership team for Africa, Mr. Pimenta will hold talks with senior government officials and key private sector leaders.
Mr. Pimenta will discuss ways in which Burundi's private sector, with IFC support, can help expand access to finance for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), strengthen agribusiness productivity, and leverage Burundi's natural resources to boost tourism, among other sectors.
IFC is committed to expanding its investments and advisory programs in Burundi in key sectors that will support Burundi's growth and development goals including agribusiness, financial services, and support to smaller businesses.
WHO: Sérgio Pimenta, Vice President for Africa, IFC - @SPimentaIFC
WHEN: Tuesday, June 7, 2022 – Friday, June 10, 2022
WHERE: Bujumbura, Burundi
For media requests, please contact:
Devon Maylie | dmaylie@ifc.org | +1 202 948 6397
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Sérgio Pimenta
IFC's Vice President for Africa
Sérgio Pimenta is IFC's Vice President for Africa. In this capacity, he is in charge of all advisory and investment operations in a region with a committed portfolio of $13.3 billion and approximately 700 staff working to expand the private sector's role in addressing urgent development challenges in the financial, manufacturing, agribusiness and services, and infrastructure industries.
Previously, Mr. Pimenta was IFC's Vice President for the Middle East and Africa. Mr. Pimenta also served as Director and Global Head of Industry—Manufacturing, Agribusiness, and Services at IFC, managing all operations in these sectors worldwide. Mr. Pimenta also served for three years as IFC's Regional Director responsible for East Asia and the Pacific, based in Hong Kong.
Earlier in his career at IFC, Mr. Pimenta held senior managerial positions in the manufacturing, agribusiness, and services sectors in the Asia Pacific region, the Middle East and North Africa, and Washington, DC.
Prior to joining the World Bank Group through its Young Professionals Program in 1996, Mr. Pimenta worked for the Treasury Department of the French Ministry of Finance, as well as for Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP).
A Portuguese and French national, Mr. Pimenta holds an engineering degree from the École Polytechnique, Paris, and a post-graduate degree from the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris.
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