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Sponsored by CIBOn paper, Francophone Africa’s economic landscape looks conducive to investment and integration. There is the West African Economic and Monetary Union, which comprises eight countries that share a currency - the West African CFA franc - and a central bank. Another six francophone countries are part of the Central African CFA franc zone. 14 countries with only two currencies and two central banks should be favourable to financial coordination - but the reality is quite different. -
Sponsored by CIBThe history of financing for African agriculture has gone through a series of false dawns. State-led credit in the years after independence gave way to market reforms and microfinance in the 1980s. Warehouse receipts and value chain finance aimed to tempt banks into lending with produce as collateral. But these solutions all fell short of being truly transformative. Now, it is agriculture-related financial technology, or agri-fintech shouldering hopes of revolutionising lending in a sector critical to the continent’s future.
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Sponsored by Societe GeneraleTechnology is allowing banks to respond to customer requests with increasing precision, despite rising expectations and pressures on time ‒ but excellent service demands something more.
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Sponsored by CaixabankHeads or tails? The ‘either/or’ idea sits at the heart of everything from binary computers to Monte Carlo risk simulations, but in the world of quantum computing it’s heads AND tails ‒ and everything in between.
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Sponsored by Bank of ChinaBank of China successfully launched a SWIFT direct connection business for Otis Electric Elevator Co. Ltd.
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Sponsored by Ayala LandAyala Land, the Philippines’ leading property developer, has swept the board in the 15th annual Euromoney survey of the global real estate markets.
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Sponsored by Morgan StanleySustainable investing is redefining the traditional investing landscape. Investors have established their interest, and are now asking how their investments are making a positive impact.
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Sponsored by Standard CharteredA series examining how sustainable finance solutions may help us address the crisis our planet faces.
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Sponsored by Societe GeneraleTrust matters more in banking now than ever before.
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Sponsored by Refinitiv“Fintech” has become a buzzword in recent years ‒ headlining conferences and becoming a crucial investment focus for many establishment financial institutions. But fintech itself is not a new concept.
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Sponsored by HSBCSustainable finance, in all its forms, is where much of the innovation in the financial sector in the coming years is likely to be focused. That conclusion can be drawn from many indicators in the recent HSBC Sustainable Financing & Investing Survey on attitudes to sustainability, covering 500 investors and 500 issuers.
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Sponsored by BNP ParibasThe correlation that exists between the adoption of best-in-class risk management practices and shareholder value offers a clear path of opportunity for companies to outperform their peers financially.
