13
report
Framing the Issues: Building Securitization Markets in Africa to Advance the SDGs
Despite their promise, securitization markets are under-developed in many developing and emerging m
arket countries, including across the continent of Africa, where the SDG financing gap is the widest.
+ Read More
report
Accelerating Securitization in Africa to Finance the SDGs: Future Flow Securitizations
The sustainable development goals (SDGs) set an ambitious development agenda to reduce poverty by 2
030 and an equally ambitious agenda to finance them.
+ Read More
video
Vivian Nwakah: Advancing Equitable Access to Safer Medication in Africa
COVID-19 Africa Watch talks to Vivian Nwakah, Founder and CEO of Medsaf, about addressing the inef
ficiencies and inequalities in African healthcare systems.
+ Read More
video
Frank Aswani: Strengthening Africa’s Social Investment Ecosystem to Help Tackle COVID-19
COVID-19 Africa Watch talks to Dr. Frank Aswani about ways to bolster Africa’s social investment e
cosystem to help the continent’s economic recovery from the pandemic.
+ Read More
video
Growth on the Frontier: Insights From African Executives
Sub-Saharan Africa has emerged as one of the world's fastest-growing regions.
video
Investing in Emerging Markets: The Returns Are in the Details
When investors bunch countries together with labels like BRIC, it often obscures the subtle differ
ences in national economies such as trade exposure to the U.S., Europe, Japan and China.
+ Read More
video
China's Outbound Investment: A Bid for Influence or Better Returns?
As Asia's wealth grows, new investors from the region are looking for prospects beyond their borde
rs. Chinese corporates are poised to take an even larger role in global commerce as they turn to cross-border mergers and acquisitions.
+ Read More
video
Great Ambition: Islamic Finance Goes Global
Islamic banking, based on religious principles that forbid collecting interest, is one of the fast
est-growing sectors in global finance and one that escaped significant damage during the financial crisis.
+ Read More
video
Credit Markets: What's Next?
Institute Chairman Mike Milken moderates our annual look at the issues shaping the global credit m
arkets. How are corporate bond markets responding to new capital-requirement rules for banks and dealers?
+ Read More
video
The World in Turmoil
Events of the past year suggest the world is sinking deeper into turmoil. Religious extremists are
literally gaining ground in the Middle East and Africa, and Russia backs Ukrainian rebels in defiance of Western sanctions.
+ Read More
article
Interview: Yawa Hansen-Quao on Strengthening Public Service and Civil Society to Build Back Better
Key Takeaways
Below are some of the main takeaways from COVID-19 Africa Watch’s conversation with Y
awa Hansen-Quao – Executive Director of Emerging Public Leaders – a youth-t
+ Read More