Kuwait to Host Invest in Iraq Conference

On 13 February 2018, and within series of events of the Kuwait International Conference of Iraq Reconstruction and Development, Kuwait Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) will organize jointly with Iraq’s National Investment Commission (NIC), the World Bank (WB) and the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) a conference entitled Invest in Iraq which will be attended by investors from all over the world.

Iraq shall present the feasibility studies and licenses for 60 key investment projects with total amount exceeds US$85 billion. The WB will support such projects by offering guarantees, compensation of first loss, and markets exploration. This conference would be the first of its kind to be supported by the WB and targeting investments. Applications to attend will be received until 20:00 GMT on Wednesday, 24 January 2018.