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- What are the next steps to encourage a wider pool of issuers? What can potential issuers learn from the success of sovereign offerings?
- Understanding how to withstand FX volatility of the Congolese franc
- How are Francophone African borrowers’ ability to source funds changing? What are the strategies to access cross-border financing?
- What do international investors need to see in the local currency markets to unlock more investment into Francophone Africa?
- Understanding which players are key to opening up the secondary market and how this can help boost investment into the region
Moderator
Samir Gadio
Head of Africa Strategy; FX, Rates and Credit Research at Standard Chartered
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.
Standard Chartered
Speakers
Desire Balazaire
Chief Executive Officer at Congo Airways
Congo Airways
Aboulaye Karamoko
Senior Portfolio Manager at Enko Capital
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.
Enko Capital
Fama Diop
Head of Investments, Senegal at Allianz Global Investors
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
