Amol PRABHU
Amol is CEO: South Africa since 2022, having focused on the continent for over a decade and led the Barclays’ strategic Africa market analysis post the Absa separation. Since 2020, he also specifically led the Private Bank: Africa business which comprises of wealth management across Affluent, HNW and UHNW market segments. Through organic and acquisitive […]
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Conversation With | Small change: African finance, de-dollarisation and its discontents
IFC Strategic Roundtable
JA/TAR – Conversation With
Panel | Democratising investing with AI and mobile-first apps – safely
“The era of intelligent investing has already arrived,” Nigeria’s SEC Director-General said in May. Mobile-first securities trading platforms are widening access to a broader retail audience. AI-enabled algorithmic trading and robo-advisory services – through innovators such as Hisa and EasyEquities -are now adding a new layer, to make investment analysis accessible. As AI moves closer […]
CEO Talk | Africa’s banking giants vs digital challengers: Who owns the future?
Africa’s biggest banks are building neobanks and its leading fintechs are turning into banks. Nigerian unicorns Paystack and Flutterwave both secured microfinance bank licences in their home markets this year. Wave established Wave Bank Africa in late 2025 in Côte d’Ivoire, while in Kenya Nigeria’s Moniepoint bought Sumac Microfinance Bank in March 2026, taking control […]
Insurance Supervisors Panel | Engineering left-behind universal health insurance markets
Health aid to sub-Saharan Africa fell a record 25% in 2025, and is projected to retreat penetration further, leaving fewer resources to reach the three-quarters of households without health insurance. Most pay health costs out-of-pocket – unaware of the options, unconvinced of the value of insurance or priced out by high premiums. Around a quarter […]
Strategic Roundtable | Clean energy financing: Rewriting the terms to suit the asset
Access via sign-up on the event app or by invitation only. English-French-Portuguese translation available. Africa’s clean energy projects are typically financed by international capital in US dollars on short five-year loan tenors, at borrowing rates up to three times higher than in advanced economies. Solar plants meant to last 30+ years must refinance every five […]