Alarik D'Ornhjelm
Alarik D'Ornhjelm
Speaker
Head of Middle East & Africa Structured Trade & Export Finance

Deutsche Bank

United Arab Emirates

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Keynote panel: The road ahead for African sovereigns

Ismael Nabe
Minister of Planning and International Cooperation,
Goverment of Guinea
Alarik D'Ornhjelm
Head of Middle East & Africa Structured Trade & Export Finance,
Deutsche Bank
Moderator
Paule Gosset-Koné
Managing Partner,
Maryel & Partners

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

Better together: ECA & DFI collaboration

Andreas Cremer
Director of Infrastructure and Energy,
Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft (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

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