Visa International is a commercially focused, not for profit service association owned by and comprised of 21,000 member banks. Visa's role is to provide payment solutions for its members. Visa's member banks have issued over a billion Visa cards worldwide on which nearly US$3 trillion per year is spent.

Nestlé was founded in 1866 by Henri Nestlé and is today the world's biggest food and beverage company. The Company has twenty-seven factories in Africa and directly employs more than 11,500 people.

The Corporation of London provides local government services for the financial and commercial heart of Britain, the City of London. It is committed to maintaining and enhancing the status of the city as the world's leading international financial and business centre.

Eutelsat is one of the world's three leading satellite operators. Through a powerful network of partners, who include leading telecommunications operators, Eutelsat provide satellite capacity and value-added solutions for video broadcasting, corporate networks, mobile communications and broadband Internet services.

The Coca-Cola Company is Africa's soft drinks leader. And with over 60,000 employees, the Coca-Cola system in Africa is also the continent's largest private sector employer. Every day, about 78 million servings of Coca-Cola products are consumed in Africa.

Cafédirect is the UK's largest Fairtrade hot drinks company. Their brands, Cafédirect, 5065, Teadirect and Cocodirect are sold through most of the major supermarkets. They buy from 33 producer organisations in 11 countries, ensuring that over a quarter of a million growers receive a decent income from this trade.

Africa investor (Ai) supplies investors and policy makers with information on Africa's investment environment and sheds light on issues that inform investment decisions.

africapractice is a corporate citizenship and public affairs consultancy working with governments, international organisations and businesses to implement and communicate their commitment to African development.