Sovereigns are the drivers behind projects in most African countries. Our keynote panel gathers key players from governments across the continent to consider:

• Project pipelines and priorities
• What sovereigns need from the global financing markets to help get projects over the line
• Projects underway to support development across various countries

Ismael Nabe

Advisor to the Prime Minister in charge of Investments, and Public Private Partnerships (PPP),

Prime Minister office of Guinea- Primature

Alarik D'Ornhjelm

Head of Middle East & Africa Structured Trade & Export Finance,

Deutsche Bank

Moderator

Paule Gosset-Koné

Managing Partner,

Maryel & Partners

When risks are high, support from agencies can make a huge difference to a project’s viability. Over the last years, we’ve seen ECAs and DFIs working together more and more to help mitigate risk on vital projects. This session considers the trend:

• What type of project can benefit from combined ECA and DFI support?

• What challenges arise from the collaboration between ECAs and DFIs on African projects?

• We examine real-life transactions which have benefitted from collaboration between ECAs and DFIs

Andreas Cremer

Director of Infrastructure and Energy,

KfW DEG

Tusekile Kibonde

Resident Underwriter,

ATIDI (formerly ATI)

Afolabi Obisesan

Senior Manager,

Afreximbank

Nes Ruwo

Principal Syndication Officer,

Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)

Moderator

Alarik D'Ornhjelm

Head of Middle East & Africa Structured Trade & Export Finance,

Deutsche Bank