A two-day World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF), started on Feb. 18 in Istanbul, is hosting policymakers, entrepreneurs, representatives of financial institutions and companies, and hundreds of angel investors from all around the world.

This year, the WBAF 2019 was organized under the theme “Connecting angel investors with private equity funds to boost innovation.” It is committed to collaborating globally to empower world economic development by creating innovative financial instruments for innovators, start-ups, and SMEs.

Two international agreements were already signed on Feb. 18 as part of the WBAF in Istanbul.

The WBAF, Kosovo’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ministry and Ghana’s Business Development Ministry signed an economic cooperation agreement to boost start-up economy and innovation. With the agreement, entrepreneurship and angel investment will be included in both countries’ action plans for 2019.

The other agreement, “The Implementation Agreement for the WBAF Master Plan for African Economies,” was signed between the WBAF and Ghana. The agreement provides a financial road map for African entrepreneurs over the next two years.