Minister Antonio Tajani opens the event “New Africa Measure: Financial Instruments for the Internationalisation of Italian Enterprises”.

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Antonio Tajani, opens the event "New Africa Measure: Financial Instruments for the Internationalisation of Italian Enterprises", organised by the Foreign Ministry together with SIMEST S.p.A.

Speakers include the President and the CEO of Simest, Pasquale Salzano and Regina Corradini D'Arienzo, the President of Italian trade Agency, Matteo Zoppas, and the President of Confindustria Assafrica & Mediterraneo, Massimo Dal Checco.

The event is aimed to present SIMEST's new subsidised finance measure worth EUR 200 million (the so-called Quota Attanasio), based on Fund 394/81, which supports the internationalisation of Italian enterprises, particularly SMEs. The new measure is reserved for companies already established or intending to establish in Africa, companies exporting to or sourcing from Africa, and those in related supply chains.