After several months of deliberation, the ABIF design has been approved by DFID and the implementation contract has been confirmed.
We are now working on recruiting the team and setting up the office. The logistics are never simple in Afghanistan, but we hope to be fully up and running in the next few weeks.
The plan is to work with the private sector enterprises who have approached us during the design phase and to advertise to a wider audience with the intention of launching the first round as quickly as possible.