At the 2nd Rwanda–Nordic & Baltic Business Forum (9–11 March 2026, Park Inn by Radisson, Kigali), the Euro Nordic Funding Alliance played an active role in shaping the conversation on cross-regional collaboration, financing and innovation.
This year, ENFA brought more than ideas: we brought our community to the table. With a delegation of over 25 stakeholders, alongside partners already active in Rwanda, we helped bridge ecosystems and turn dialogue into real partnerships.
ENFA contributed to panel discussions on capital architecture and ecosystem collaboration in East Africa, bringing together perspectives from public, private and catalytic finance.
We also made a deliberate effort to bring our Rwanda-based community onto the stage, so that local expertise and on-the-ground insight were central to the conversation. Sustainable partnerships are not built for ecosystems. They are built with them.
Across the discussions one theme stood out: the challenge is not the absence of capital, but the alignment and sequencing of it. Blended finance, catalytic grants, venture capital and institutional funding all have a role to play, and their impact depends on how well they are connected.
This is where ENFA focuses its work: bridging regions, aligning capital and enabling collaboration between innovators, funders and ecosystems across the Nordic, Baltic and African regions.
Our presence in Kigali reaffirmed a shared ambition to build long-term, trust-based partnerships, especially in health, life sciences and sustainable innovation.
We are grateful to Ambassador Diane Gashumba and her team for inviting us and supporting our growth in Rwanda, and it was a pleasure to sit with the Government of Rwanda, the Rwanda Development Board (RDB), the Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD), Access to Finance Rwanda (AFR), Norrsken East Africa, the Humanitarian Innovation Programme, the Global Innovation Fund and the wider ecosystem.
The momentum is real. Now the focus is execution.
