WELCOME TO BONDS, LOANS & ESG CAPITAL MARKETS AFRICA 2023
14TH & 15TH MARCH | CAPE TOWN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE
"The continent's only pan-African debt event"
Are you active in Africa's capital markets? Do you want to expand your business in this space?
We are the no. 1 business meetings facilitator for Africa's capital markets. This is Africa's largest and most senior corporate & investment banking event. This is the annual meeting place for senior decision-makers from Africa's capital markets community. This in-person event will bring together 860+ leading governments, corporates, investors, banks, law firms, regulators and service providers in 1 location, and feature 70+ expert speakers.
Attendees use this unique pan-regional gathering of Africa's capital markets leaders to re-connect with existing clients, build strong business relations with prospects and hear the market's financial leaders speak on how they are navigating the current economic climate/share their expectations for the year ahead.
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HOW DO WE DELIVER A HIGH ROI FOR ATTENDEES?
MEETINGS & NETWORKING
WE ARE THE NO. 1 BUSINESS MEETINGS FACILITATOR IN AFRICA'S CAPITAL MARKETS
No other event will gather senior decision-makers from all of your key capital markets clients & prospects together in 1 location, so that you can host countless meetings to accelerate deals/win new business in 1 place.
No other event will deliver as many high-quality business connections as a result of just 2 days out of the office. We attract the most important local & international stakeholders from across Africa so that you can expand business in these markets without the usual time and travel costs.
The continent's only pan-African debt event is also complemented by an agenda of expert market insights provided by 70+ industry leading speakers, allowing attendees to hear how the continent's local & international financial leaders are navigating the current economic climate/share expectations for the future and benchmark.
PRE-ARRANGE MEETINGS: use the Bonds & Loans online platform to pre-arrange meetings with other attendees who have created accounts. A link to the online networking platform will be shared with attendees in the weeks prior to the event
NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES: access 860+ of Africa's leading regional & international sovereigns, corporates, investors, banks, law firms & service providers in 1 location at 1 time (40+ countries represented)
ACCELERATE DEALS: senior decision-makers (86% director-level or above) from your capital markets clients attend to move deals along and institutionalise relationships with partners
WIN NEW BUSINESS: your prospects proactively seek out new business partners at the event (50+ new business contacts made per attendee)
GAIN EXPERT MARKET INSIGHTS: understand how market leaders are dealing with inflation & its impact on Africa's capital markets
Raising capital in 2023: How are sovereigns, supras and agencies planning to tap the markets in the new environment?
Public finances, fiscal and monetary: What are sovereigns’ strategies to balance prudent financial management while also supporting GDP growth?
Investment vs. debt management: How much and where are sovereigns planning to raise? How much and where will they invest? What will their approach be towards the capital markets?
How will sovereigns manage FX, interest rate and commodity risk?
Bonds vs. loans, hard vs. local currency: What is the new cost of capital?
Supporting SOEs: How are sovereigns partnering with local banks to develop lower cost financing alternatives and opportunities for SOEs?
Moderator
Principal: Debt Capital Markets
Speakers
Senior Director, Head of Treasury & Financial Institutions
Chairman and Group CEO
Chief Operating Officer
Director for Africa, Emerging Markets
Secretary of State for Finance and Treasury
Session ends: 11:25
11:25
Coffee and networking break
Session ends: 12:00
12:00
The price is (not) right: How are corporates and FI borrowers and issuers managing their balance sheets given the increased cost of funding?
What is the new cost of borrowing for corporates and FIs? Which markets are open? How much are investors and lenders looking to extend?
How are corporates changing their financing strategies given limited access to international markets? Are local currency deals the next best thing?
Enter DFIs, multilaterals and ECAs: How much can borrowers and issuers raise in these markets? At what price and on what terms?
Reaping the rewards of conservative treasury management during COVID-19: How have companies’ financing strategies differed? Are some looking at more sophisticated financing instruments? What are they?
Moderator
Vice President and Head, Corporate Funding
Speakers
Senior Director - Origination, Investment Banking
Head of Financial Institutions & Syndication,
Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer
Executive, Treasury
Managing Director, Co-Head of European Corporate and CEEMEA DCM
Session ends: 12:45
12:45
Rehabilitating the African debt capital markets: How to trigger the return of international bond investors to the continent
Today, not yesterday, maybe tomorrow: What is the price of capital today vs. a year ago? Where do investors expect bond pricing to hit an equilibrium in the short/medium term?
Bridging the gap between real risk and perceived risk: How do investors view the continent vs. other Emerging Markets? What is their risk-adjusted view of African credit?
Post-COVID and global market volatility: What is holding investors back from diving back into the African bond markets?
What could, and should, sovereign, corporate and FI issuers be doing to re-rally favour amongst the international investor community?
Beyond SA for SA: Which markets are South Africa-based investors buying into? Is now a buying opportunity for investors willing and able to navigate the local credit markets?
Moderator
Managing Director
Speakers
Senior Underwriter
Head of Debt Capital Markets, Investment Banking
Manager Syndication and Co-Financing Division
Head of CEE & Africa Debt Capital Markets
Portfolio Manager, EM Distressed
Director, Debt Capital Markets
Session ends: 13:35
13:35
Networking lunch sponsored by MUFG
Session ends: 14:35
14:35
Chairperson’s remarks
Speaker
Head: Corporate Client Group
Session ends: 14:40
14:40
Underwriting and syndicating loans in 2023: Balancing structure with liquidity and price
Which banks are lending? Who is underwriting? Who is attracting new investment into deals?
International banks, regional banks, local banks, and banks from other regions: How can borrowers work with banks to maximise the liquidity coming into deals?
Where do banks see opportunities in the market? Which geographies, sectors and deal structures are underwriters and syndicators looking at/for?
Pricing and margins: What is the cost of borrowing today? What are borrower expectations?
Moderator
Managing Director, Co-Head of Corporate Origination, Loan Capital Markets, EMEA
Speakers
Head of International Banking
Director, EMEA Loans & Leverage Finance
Head of Syndication and Distribution: London
Loan Solutions and Syndications
Group Executive: Treasury
Head: Loan Capital Market Solutions
Session ends: 15:30
15:30
Reprofiling Africa’s debt: How to successfully refinance and restructure bonds and loans in volatile times
Running towards the brick wall of refinancing: What are borrowers’ facing pending repayment options to refinance?
Refinance, restructure: How borrowers can re-emerge with stronger capital structures by working with advisors to reprofile their debt
When to start working on refinancing, who to work with, how to structure, what to be aiming for?
Case studies: What success looks like
Moderator
Senior Investment Banker, Special Asset Management
Speakers
Executive Strategic Finance and Treasury
Chief Finance Officer
Vice President, Structured Product Solutions
Co-Head: Debt & Trade Solutions Africa
Portfolio Manager
Session ends: 16:15
16:15
Building resilience in an era of volatility: Unpacking the evolution of the banking sector in Africa
Peeking under the hood: How robust are African bank balance sheets? How is a rising cost of funding impacting business?
How are banks optimising their balance sheets via risk mitigation tools whilst managing demand fluctuations?
FLAC 101: What is it? How to be FLAC-compliant?
What impact: How are non-bank financial institutions (such as microfinanciers) playing a role in the continent’s banking sector? How are they funding themselves?
Are banks and financial institutions securitising their assets? If not, why not?
Speakers
Group Head of Ratings
Director - Financial Institutions Africa
Head: Portfolio Management, Investment Banking
Managing Director, Global Head of Strategic Solutions Group
Portfolio Manager
Group Head- Financial Institutions and International Organisations
Session ends: 17:00
17:00
Chairperson’s closing remarks followed by networking drinks reception
Speaker
Head: Corporate Client Group
Session ends: 17:05
15th March 2023
08:55
Chairperson’s Opening Remarks
Speaker
Head: Sustainable Finance Solutions
Session ends: 09:00
09:00
An update on the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement: What is being done (and still needs to be done) to develop cross-border trade in Africa?
What are their short, medium and long-term operational goals? What timelines have been put in place?
What are the predicted economic, social and environmental benefits of the AfCFTA across the continent?
How is the AfCFTA continuing to work with existing regional trade areas, whilst overcoming challenges in others?
Speakers
Chief Executive Officer
Executive Vice President
Session ends: 09:30
09:30
The first steps towards consolidation of ESG regulations in Africa; what are the market standards that need to be prioritised and adopted?
Mind the gap: How are regulators and other market players looking to close the vast knowledge gap across the continent when it comes to ESG?
Which policies should be tackled first, and how does this translate into a company’s focus on KPIs?
Despite a lack of standardisation, how are companies still able to implement facets ESG into their operations?
What does the increase in ESG regulations mean for banks and borrowers/issuers?
Moderator
Managing Director - Regional Manager Africa
Speakers
Director Sustainable Business and Social Impact
Head of IBD Sustainable Finance
Head of Alternative Strategies
Session ends: 10:15
10:15
Greening Africa’s syndicated loan markets: How are banks adapting their portfolios and approach to underwriting in-line with ESG principles?
How are banks changing the way they lend to clients in-line with their rapidly shifting ESG policies?
How are banks measuring and managing their loan portfolios and how much their portfolios are emitting?
Oil, gas, metals, mining: How can banks work with key clients to continue to support their commercial activities while hitting their internal ESG targets?
A choice or another part of structuring loans: Are Sustainability-linked loans a choice or is the market heading towards sustainability-linked KPIs being structured into all new money loan deals?
Moderator
Head Investment Banking, Western Cape
Speakers
Sustainable Finance Director
Head of Loan Syndicate Africa
Head of Infrastructure Debt
Session ends: 11:00
11:00
Business opportunities for Africa: Leveraging social and economic benefits from the ESG transition
How can Africa influence and take the lead in unlocking ESG business opportunities? How will these opportunities develop over the coming 12 – 18 months?
What can African nations do to lead and take advantage of the ESG transition?
How can issuers benefit from prioritising sustainable financing and what can pan-African and international banks so to support their transition?
Speaker
Managing Director and Head of EMEA ESG
Session ends: 11:15
11:15
Coffee and networking break
Session ends: 11:45
11:45
Structure, liquidity, and greenwashing: How to sustainably tap into SDG-linked bonds
Pricing and liquidity trends for SDG bonds: How much more can you raise and how much tighter can you price?
Greenwashing and perceived greenwashing: What KPIs fall into the investors’ spectrum of ESG? What considerations are investors making when looking at these deals? What boxes do they need to tick?
SDG-linked instruments from a corporate’s perspective: How should a corporate think about ESG linked financings in comparison to traditional funding options?
Paving the way with social bonds and gender bonds: What can be taken from first-of-a-kind social and gender bonds and applied to ESG and SDG bonds issued in other sectors and industries?
Green vs. ESG vs. SDG-linked bonds: How do the structures differ? How much more Green/ESG liquidity comes into each type of deal? What should borrowers and issuers be aware of when looking to issue Green, ESG or SDG-linked instruments?
Speakers
Head of Sustainable Finance
Head of Corporate Finance
Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Bonds, EMEA & Americas
Head of Strategic Investments & Funding
Founder & President
Chief Financial Officer
Session ends: 12:30
12:30
An introduction to the green hydrogen market: Fundamentals, market players and how these tie into capital markets
Speaker
Special Advisor to the CEO
Session ends: 12:50
12:50
Mining under the microscope: Moving the needle on how commodity-focussed countries and industries approach ESG and successful transition
How are mining houses successfully incorporating renewable energy into their operations?
What role is Clean Tech playing in aiding the transition towards ESG-compliancy? How does this work in reality?
Which financing instruments are preferred in order to diversify funding?
How are mining houses prioritising E, S and G when it comes to their operations?
Is collaboration the key? A closer look at how mining houses are working with private sector companies to accelerate the decarbonisation process
Speakers
Executive Director, Debt Capital Markets Regional Head
Managing Principal, Coverage Head: Resources and Energy
Principal: Sustainable Finance Solutions
CFO: Treasury
Session ends: 13:35
13:35
Financing social infrastructure: How to successfully structure PPP on the African continent
PPPs as the shining light: How can deals be structured to support Africa’s social infrastructure projects?
Which social infrastructure projects are banks and DFIs comfortable with already? Which sectors do they find “un-bankable”?
How does PPP speed-up project timelines and development? How do deals promote private sector involvement?
Healthcare infrastructure vs. healthcare capabilities: How can the sector be better integrated and coordinated to ensure safeguarding for the future? What can banks and investors support?
Impact of rising interest rates on affordable housing: What solutions?
Sector-specific priorities: Which projects are taking precedence given the current economic backdrop across the continent (and beyond)? How are these projects progressing?
Speakers
Executive: Energy and Infrastructure, Investment Banking
Treasury Manager
Investment Director
Chief Executive Officer
Regional Director Southern Africa and Indian Ocean
Head: Social, Health & Education
Session ends: 14:15
14:15
Chairperson’s closing remarks followed by networking lunch sponsored by MUFG and close of event
Speaker
Head: Sustainable Finance Solutions
Session ends: 14:20
WHY DOES YOUR INDUSTRY PARTICIPATE?
Financial Services
To grow their deal pipeline with clients from across the continent
To meet Heads of DCM/Syndication/Origination/Coverage from the continent’s most active FIs and DFIs
To institutionalise relationships and grow their revenue with existing clients
To meet CFOs/CEOs/Heads of Treasury from the continent’s most active blue chip and mid-market corporates
To meet with National Treasuries and Heads of Debts from the continent’s sovereign market
To return to the office with high quality new business contacts and leads
Regional Banks/DFIs
To host Non-Deal Roadshow style meetings with Africa’s most active international investors, banks & DFIs in order to grow their lending and distribution capacity
To meet the issuers and borrowers from across the continent in one trip
To develop investor relations and effectively communicate their bank’s highlights/investment propositions to appropriate, senior decision-makers that otherwise would not have been easily accessible or in one place at one time
International Banks/DFIs
To meet the most credible and reputable private and public issuers and borrowers from across the continent
To accelerate deals with current partners
To establish high-quality business connections with prospects
To connect with multinational corporates interested in establishing/growing operations in their geographies
Regional Law Firms
To stand out from competitors and ensure that they are viewed as the top law firm in their geography
To hold meetings with international law firms who can bring them in as regional law firm partners on deals
To meet senior decision-makers from key local and international corporates, sovereigns, investors and banks with relevance to their deals in one location
International Law Firms
To promote their firm and ensure that they are viewed as the top international law firm partner by regional law firms working on important deals across Africa’s capital markets
To win new business from their key target markets
To institutionalise relationships and grow their revenue with existing clients
To meet senior decision-makers from key local and international corporates, sovereigns, investors, banks & regional law firms in one location
Corporates
To conduct face-to-face meetings with local and international FIs active across Africa in one place, to discuss upcoming transactions and future financing strategies
To hear from and meet with other issuers and borrowers from across the continent, sharing knowledge and experiences
To find out how others are managing market volatility for the next 12–18 months
To meet with potential and existing lenders and advisors
Sovereigns
To conduct face-to-face meetings with local and international FIs active across Africa in one place, to discuss upcoming transactions and possible financing strategies
To meet with government contemporaries to share strategies for the upcoming 12-18 months
To meet with local and international investors to discuss financing strategies and upcoming transactions
Investors
To conduct 1-2-1 meetings with senior decision-makers from African corporates, governments and financial institutions in one place
To hear from and meet with other local and international investors active across the continent
