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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.
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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.
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panel
Africa: The Next Frontier for Fund Investors
With a bigger landmass and a larger consumer population than India, China, the U.S., and Europe
combined, Africa had attracted the attention of most international investors by the early 2000s.
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video
Africa: The Next Frontier for Fund Investors
With a bigger landmass and a larger consumer population than India, China, the U.S., and Europe co
mbined, Africa had attracted the attention of most international investors by the early 2000s.
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panel
Next-Gen Startups in the Middle East and Africa (Invite only)
MENA's startup ecosystem has become much more structured in recent years. The region now has ove
r 3,000 startups, with the UAE leading the pack as home to 42 percent of them, followed by Egypt with 12 percent.
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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.
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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.
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Reviving Trade and Investment Links Across the Red Sea (Invite only)
The ancient trade, investment, and cultural exchange between MENA and Sub-Saharan Africa is in t
he midst of a revival. Africa's market size has strong appeal for Middle Eastern investors and corporations.
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An Impactful Evolution: The Future of Collaborative Philanthropy in MENA (Invite only)
While philanthropy in the broadest sense has been deeply embedded in the Middle East and North A
frica (MENA) for centuries, the notion of "collaborative philanthropy" is relatively new.
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Tapping Capital Markets to Foster Entrepreneurship and Job Creation (Invite only)
In many economies, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) contribute to about a third of GDP
and about 80 percent of employment.
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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
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Where the World Connects: Annual Milken Institute Global Conference Brings Together People Who "Get Things Done"
LOS ANGELES -- With the world full of complex geopolitical, social, and economic challenges that app
ear insoluble to many -- and in a world full of conferences that discuss them without driving change -- the Milken Institute Global Conference is unique.
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