Understanding next steps in developing the CFA and Congolese franc bond markets

Samir Gadio heads up the Africa Strategy team in FX, rates and credit research at Standard Chartered Bank. He is responsible for formulating views and recommendations on fixed income and foreign exchange markets across Africa.

Before joining Standard Chartered, Samir was a strategist covering African markets at Standard Bank, prior to which he was a Sub-Saharan Africa financial economist at Renaissance Capital; he was mainly based in London during these assignments, with time also spent in Lagos and Moscow. He started his career as a lecturer in statistics and options and futures at Manhattan College, New York.

Samir has travelled extensively across Africa and interacted on a regular basis with government and central bank officials, market players and institutional investors operating in the region.

He holds a PhD and MA in economics from Fordham University, New York, and a BS in economics from the Russian Peoples' Friendship University, Moscow. He is fluent in English, French, and Russian.

Abdoulaye is a Partner, Senior Portfolio Manager of the Enko Africa Debt Fund, located in the London office. He is responsible for trading and product structuring as well as risk analysis and management. Prior to joining Enko, Abdoulaye was the Head of Africa Trading at HSBC and Société Générale. He also spent many years trading rates and FX at Standard Chartered Bank.

Abdoulaye holds a MSc. in Economics and Statistics from ENSEA.

Head Of Treasury and Investments at Allianz Senegal Assurances Life and Non Life. 10 years Experience In Finance, Accounting and Reporting at Allianz Senegal Assurances

MBA in development Practise /Columbia University and UCAD Dakar. Master In Finance and Accounting/ CESAG DAKAR. Bachelor in Business Administration/ I.A.M DAKAR