Africa Unconstrained: Perspectives on the Continent’s New Era

Listen to the 7th instalment of our African Finance Unconstrained podcast series - Can the World’s Lenders of Last Resort Deal with Grey Rhinos? Featuring a panel discussion with Ann Pettifor, Gyude Moore, and Jason Braganza and moderated by Development Reimagined CEO Hannah Ryder. They discuss the pros, cons, and practicalities of how to reallocate and use the newly endorsed $650 allocation of SDRs by the IMF – the world’s largest “lender of last resort” - to help address COVID19 recovery and other “grey rhinos”. The discussion focuses on discussing how SDRs can be used to ensure African countries can finance development and provides key recommendations for improving these approaches and whether they would be impactful. An important discussion, enjoy and leave your comments below!

Listen to the sixth instalment of our African Finance Unconstrained Webinar Series - Can Africa manage China? Featuring a panel discussion with Prof. Won Kidane, Fulbright Scholar and Associate Professor of Law at the Seattle University School of Law, Prof. Tang Xiaoyang Deputy Director of the Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy and Associate Professor in the Department of International Relations at Tsinghua University, and Siddharth Chatterjee United Nations Resident Coordinator in China. Moderated by Development Reimagined CEO Hannah Ryder, our panelists discuss recommendations for improving the African approach to China-Africa relations how to make the relationship impactful.

Listen to the third instalment of our African Finance Unconstrained Webinar Series - Is there ever room for good debt? Debt distress analysis in the era of SDGs. Featuring a panel discussion with Dr. Yan Wang, Ms Mma Ekeruche and Dr. Brian Pinto, moderated by Development Reimagined CEO Hannah Ryder.

Our fourth episode of the Africa Unconstrained podcast series features Andrew Alli (CEO of SouthBridge Group) to explore three key questions.   Development Reimagined's Policy Advisor, Ovigwe Eguegu starts by asking: “if there was one number you think every African should be aware of with regards to Africa’s economies in a post-COVID19 context what would it be and why?”. Followed by a conversation about the long-term solutions to financing deficits in Africa whilst avoiding debt distress, and concluding with reflections on Africa's strategy towards China.

Listen to the fifth instalment of our African Finance Unconstrained Webinar Series - Can Africa club together for more finance? Featuring a panel discussion with Dr Mama Keita, Director of the office for Eastern Africa of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, Paulo Gomes, Co-founder of New African Capital Partners and Sir Suma Chakrabati, Chair of ODI's Board of Trustees and former President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Moderated by Development Reimagined CEO Hannah Ryder, our panelists discuss new ways for African countries to finance development including a Liquidity and Sustainability Facility, a microfinance-inspired lending facility and the AU infrastructure fund.

Listen to the fourth instalment of our African Finance Unconstrained Webinar Series - From structural adjustment to structural transformation – can the development banks change? Featuring a panel discussion with Professor Jiajun Xu, Professor Howard Stein, and Kennedy Chesoli and moderated by Development Reimagined CEO Hannah Ryder.

Listen to the second instalment of our African Finance Unconstrained Webinar Series - A level playing field? Regulating the ratings agencies. Featuring a panel discussion with Jason Cheng, Ronak Gopaldas and Charlie Robertson, moderated by Development Reimagined CEO Hannah Ryder.

The first webinar in our African Finance Unconstrained series - An African Monetary Fund - a pipe dream or a necessity? - featured a keynote speech by Dr Donald Kaberuka and followed by a panel discussion with Mavis Owsu-Gyamfi and Hadiza Gagara Dagah, chaired by Development Reimagined CEO Hannah Ryder. 

The next instalment of our video series Africa Unconstrained, features Malado Kaba (former Finance Minister in Guinea and head of Falémé Advisory consultancy) to explore three key questions.   We start first by asking: “if there was one number you think every African should be aware of with regards to Africa’s economies in a post-COVID19 context what would it be and why?”, followed by a conversation on African perspectives on debt and growth and concluding with reflections on the Africa-China relationship. Malado Kaba reminds us of the importance of new technologies, the need for women leaders across Africa, and to be strategic about how loans are structured.

Our second video features Ambassador Teshome Toga (Ethiopian Ambassador to China and previously Ethiopian Ambassador to Belgium, Tanzania and Kenya) to explore three key questions. We start first by asking: “if there was one number you think every African should be aware of with regards to Africa’s economies in a post-COVID19 context what would it be and why?”, followed by a conversation on Ethiopia's covid-19 financing strategies and concluding with reflections on the Ethiopia-China - and Africa-China - relationship.