Alarik D'Ornhjelm
Alarik D'Ornhjelm
Speaker
Director - Head of STEF MEA

Deutsche Bank

United Arab Emirates

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Buildings & Construction Oil & Gas Renewables Roads Social Projects & Financial Inclusion Traditional Energy Transport

Keynote panel: The road ahead for African sovereigns

Ismael Nabe
Minister of Planning and International Cooperation,
Goverment of Guinea
Alarik D'Ornhjelm
Director - Head of STEF MEA,
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
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Agriculture/Soft Commodities Buildings & Construction Chemicals/Petrochemicals Climate Finance Digital Infrastructure Manufacturing & Equipment Metals & Mining Oil & Gas Renewables Roads Shipping & Bunkering Social Projects & Financial Inclusion Traditional Energy Transport Waste & Water

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
Head: Syndication & Distribution,
Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)
Moderator
Alarik D'Ornhjelm
Director - Head of STEF MEA,
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