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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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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.
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panel
Africa: Economic Recovery and Transformation
Young demographics and decisive government leadership spared many African countries from worst-c
ase COVID-19 scenarios early on. But the pandemic has sent the continent into its first recession in 25 years. What is the path for recovery?
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video
Africa: Economic Recovery and Transformation
October 20 at 11:30 am PDT/2:30 pm EDT
video
Precision Medicine and Entrepreneurship: Shaping the Future of Health in Africa?
COVID-19 Africa Watch talks to Dr. Abasi Ene-Obong, CEO of 54gene, about genomics research and pre
cision medicine in Africa, as well as his company's response to COVID-19.
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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.
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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.
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video
Interview with Lionel Zinsou: Priorities for Private Sector Growth and Attracting Investment in a Post-Pandemic Africa
Lionel Zinsou, Founder and Managing Partner of SouthBridge and former Prime Minister of Benin talk
s to COVID-19 Africa Watch about opportunities for private sector growth and investment post-COVID-19.
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article
Precision Medicine and Entrepreneurship: Shaping the Future of Health in Africa?
Key Takeaways
The following are a few of the main takeaways from COVID-19 Africa Watch’s conversati
on with Dr. Abasi Ene-Obong, CEO of 54gene:
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podcast episode
Ep. 102: Humanitarian, with the Hilton Foundation’s Peter Laugharn
“Every society is more fragile than we realize, and every society can be taken advantage of.
video
Predicting Pandemics: Mobilizing an Active Global Surveillance System
October 16 at 7:15 am PDT/10:15 am EDT