Wale Shonibare
Director Energy Financial Solution, Policy and Regulation AfDB
2025 Agenda Sessions
Home-grown capital – filling the foreign finance gap with local investment
- As perceived risk makes foreign investors wary, how have intra-African financing options emerged to plug the gap?
- How are African-owned initiatives (i.e. AfDB, AFC), as well as local capital markets being used to increase domestic investment in an impactful way?
- Does their expert local knowledge through branch networks provide them an edge on foreign capital to invest wisely?
- How has a lack of positive credit profiles hindered the deployment of African finance and how can producers change this?
Wednesday 05 February 09:45 - 10:30 CTICC2
Intergovernmental Summit
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02/05/2025 09:45
02/05/2025 10:30
Home-grown capital – filling the foreign finance gap with local investment
- As perceived risk makes foreign investors wary, how have intra-African financing options emerged to plug the gap?
- How are African-owned initiatives (i.e. AfDB, AFC), as well as local capital markets being used to increase domestic investment in an impactful way?
- Does their expert local knowledge through branch networks provide them an edge on foreign capital to invest wisely?
- How has a lack of positive credit profiles hindered the deployment of African finance and how can producers change this?
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