Established in March 2020, the Sovereign Wealth Fund of Djibouti has been created to help improve governance and catalyse greenfield investments in strategic sectors of the economy. These include sustainable natural resources and energy, telecommunications and digital infrastructure, financial services, general infrastructure, technology, tourism, healthcare and education.
The Fund aims to diversify and modernise the country’s economy as well as boost its growth by relying on a competitive private sector and generating wealth for future generations. Key state-owned enterprises from utilities, and logistics to telecommunications now feature in its portfolio to drive modernisation.
The Sovereign Wealth Fund’s mission also consists of increasing investment and developing economic partnerships in the entire Horn of Africa region.
About Dr Slim Feriani
The Sovereign Wealth Fund of Djibouti is under the stewardship of its CEO Dr Slim Feriani. He has more than 25 years of experience in international capital markets and has previously served as a Minister in Tunisia where he held two portfolios focusing on industry and SMEs as well as energy, mining and renewable energy.
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