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Global Sustainable Finance Conference 2017

A two-day Global Sustainable Finance Conference will be held from 13th to 14th of July 2017 in Karlsruhe, Germany. This event will bring together senior executives of financial institutions, policy makers and regulators, development banking community, commercial bankers, senior government officials, representatives of multilateral institutions and other major stakeholders.

The conference delegates will discuss key issue including: Disruptive innovation in the financial industry; strategies and practices for holistically embedding sustainability in organizational culture, lending and investing and decision making; latest developments in financial inclusion and SME Finance; and large-scale project financing for sustainable development.

This global gathering of committed stakeholders offers a distinctive opportunity to deliberate on cutting-edge financial services for advancing sustainable infrastructure projects including clean energy, smart manufacturing industry and financing innovations for creating an inclusive, green and sustainable economy.

In addition to presenting a big picture view of the 21st century financial services and offering actionable insights to the participating delegates, the upcoming conference aims to build global partnerships for sustainable banking and finance. This multi-stakeholder conference provides an excellent opportunity to network with the senior leadership of financial industry, multilateral agencies, government institutions and other stakeholders from around the world. An optional excursion/ get-together will take place on Saturday the 15th of July 2017.

Further details are available on the conference website: http://eosd.org/en/gsfc_fi.html.

The brochure can be downloaded by clicking this link: gsfc2017

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Prospects for Africa are very promising

First, increased investment in Africa’s infrastructure is critically needed. The substantial an rapidly increasing amount of capital being allocated to this sector provides a great growth opportunity.

Second, there are compelling opportunities across the continent for consumer goods and services,  particularly given limited growth opportunities in much of the developed world. This opportunity for investment in consumer growth across Africa is underprimed by three trends: a growing population, rapid urbanisation and an emerging middle class.

However, it’s important not to discount commodities, which will remain the most obvious opportunity. Africa holds a large proportion of the world’s mineral reserves, and the continent’s significant reserves of oil and gas make it well poised to play a key role in the supply of the world’s energy needs, particularly as other emerging economies grow and the demand for precious metals follow suit.

Free movement of people and goods will also be a major driver of growth in Africa in the coming years.

Source: African Businees, May 2017

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