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International markets will be critical to funding Africa\u2019s most ambitious development projects following the withdrawal of many large international banks from the continent. Yet, the number of African banks licensed in Europe, or the United States is less than ten and there are very few African companies listed on global markets. In this high-level conversation, Edward Knight, Nasdaq\u2019s Executive Vice Chairman discusses how Africa can build big corporates and financial institutions at home that encourage the public-private trust needed to attract their international counterparts.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","evenement-salon":[133],"class_list":["post-22634","sb_session","type-sb_session","status-publish","hentry","evenement-salon-133"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nConversation With | Broadening Africa's access to international capital markets - The African Financial Summit Platform<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.afis.africa\/en\/sb_session\/conversation-with-broadening-africas-access-to-international-capital-markets\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Conversation With | Broadening Africa's access to international capital markets - The African Financial Summit Platform\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"International markets will be critical to funding Africa\u2019s most ambitious development projects following the withdrawal of many large international banks from the continent. 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