Game changers | Capital architecture: A new age for African finance
The New African Financial Architecture for Development (NAFAD) is no longer a blueprint – it is a set of active choices about which institutions anchor it, where guarantees sit, and how risk is priced and distributed across the system. Three of its principal architects discuss where NAFAD intervenes in the regulatory, guarantee and risk assessment […]
Central Bank Governors Panel | One continent, one currency, one central bank: Setting the regulatory course for 2028–2034
The African Union’s endgame – a single currency under an African Central Bank (ACB) – is gaining traction, with its precursor, the African Monetary Institute, opening in September 2026. For union to succeed, central bank governors must settle where to begin converging. Leading with top-down macroeconomic alignment, such as bringing inflation, deficits and debt into […]
Émile Donatien LUHAHI OSUMBA
Emile Donatien OSUMBA est un cadre chevronné du secteur des services financiers, comptant plus de 15 ans d’expérience en leadership au sein de grandes institutions internationales telles que J.P. Morgan Chase, HSBC, Schroders et PwC. Il est titulaire d’un Executive MBA de l’IMD ainsi que de diplômes avancés en droit et en fiscalité internationale obtenus dans […]
Masterclass – Ubuntu
Masterclass | Atlantic Re
Conversation With | Can African banks build firepower fast enough to fill the shoes of departing global players?
Opening Ceremony
Opening Panel |
Albert G. ZEUFACK
Albert G. Zeufack is the World Bank Division Director for Angola, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Sao Tome and Principe. Prior to this assignment, he was the Country Director for the same countries and from 2016 to 2022, Dr. Zeufack held the position of Chief Economist for the World Bank’s Africa region. A […]
Farid FEZOUA
Farid Fezoua is Director of Equity, Funds, and Venture Capital and Creative Industries at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank Group. He leads IFC’s strategy and investments across private equity and venture capital in emerging markets, developing bankable projects, expanding financing for creative businesses, and supporting enabling policies. Farid brings over […]