Africa Business+ Roundtable | Expanding African financing for corporate projects and M&A
Africa’s corporate sector wants to finance its most ambitious infrastructure projects and M&A deals at home, in local currencies and through African financial institutions, from local banks to local pension funds, who appear as an increasingly important source of long-term capital. Regional banks may lack the balance sheet capacity to finance 7-to-12-year project debt or […]
Karin OSZUSZKY
Karin Oszuszky is Advisor in the Private Sector and Trade Finance Department at the development finance Institution OFID. She is based in Vienna, Austria. She has been in commercial banking since 1985 in various assignments for large international banks in Vienna, Amsterdam, Geneva and Zurich. From 1998 to 2002 she was director at the Structured Commodity […]
Mareme DIENG
Mareme is a Partner at 500 Global. She is also one of the Forbes Afrique 30under30 2022 nominees. She was the head of international partnerships and relations at Draper University and a member of Draper University Ventures. She had a 3 year experience working previously as a program manager for Draper University, an intensive entrepreneurship […]
Saeeda JAFFAR
Dr. Saeeda Jaffar is Managing Director, Middle East & Africa at Circle, where she leads the region in advancing the adoption of digital currency infrastructure to enable faster, more efficient global payments and financial services. She works closely with financial institutions, fintechs, enterprises, and regulators to drive innovation across payments, treasury, and cross-border transactions. With […]
Strategic Roundtable | How will stablecoins fit into Africa’s mainstream banking infrastructure?
Access via sign-up on the event app or by invitation only. English-French-Portuguese translation available. Stablecoins are moving from crypto trading into African banking and payments. Businesses and households are using the dollar-backed cryptocurrencies for payroll, trade and to settle cross border payments at a flat 1.5% fee, versus 8% average. The Bank for International Settlements […]
Women In Finance Panel | Will alternative data break or prolong gender bias in lending?
Africa’s women-led SMEs face a $42bn annual financing gap that alternative credit scoring, increasingly adopted by commercial banks and fintechs, could help close. Yet algorithms trained on historical data risk inheriting decades of gender bias. Research suggests women assessed with alternative data receive credit scores 6–8 points lower than men despite equal or lower default […]
Jyoti BALL
Jyoti Ball leads Amazon Web Services’ Sub-Saharan Africa business, driving strategic growth across cloud adoption, AI innovation, and digital transformation for businesses and governments throughout the region. With over 30 years of technology leadership experience spanning Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Capgemini, and Computer Sciences Corporation, she brings deep expertise in enterprise strategy, digital innovation, and building […]
Conversation With | Will innovative debt management ease costly Eurobond refinancing or carry hidden risks?
Sub-Saharan Africa entered 2026 with its strongest start to the year for Eurobond issuance since 2013, raising $5.95bn in the first seven weeks. But borrowing rates vary sharply and can be expensive for governments facing a refinancing squeeze: Angola has committed to paying close to 10% on its latest issuance. Governments are therefore turning to […]
Armando MANUEL
Armando Manuel is a public-sector leader with a distinguished track record and a firm commitment to the economic development of Angola and the African continent. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Angola Sovereign Wealth Fund (FSDEA), a role he has held since the institution’s establishment in 2012, as its […]
Women In Finance Workshop | More women investors, still only a fraction of women-led startup funding – what must change?
Access via sign-up on the event app or by invitation only. English-French-Portuguese translation available. Women hold 33% of investment committee seats across Africa’s private capital ecosystem, nearly three times the global average of 12%. Yet African female founders secured just 0.9% of the $3.2 billion in startup funding deployed across the continent in 2025, the […]