In terms of its investment promotion activities , UNIDO has implemented an African Regional Investment Programme , which covers surveys of foreign and domestic investors , capacity-building interventions for investment promotion agencies ( IPAs ) and other intermediary organizations , as well as the expansion of UNIDO 's Subcontracting and Partnership Exchange ( SPX ) programme . This is an outcome of the activities and deliberations conducted within the context of the African Investment Promotion Agencies Network ( AfrIPANet ) , which was originally established by UNIDO in 2001 to provide advisory services to African IPAs .