Promoting sovereign sustainable bond issuance in Africa

In partnership with the African Development Bank (‘AfDB’), with the support of Moody’s and Société Générale, OMFIF is hosting a workshop to promote sovereign sustainable bond issuance in Africa. The objective of the workshop is to help emerging market sovereign issuers in Africa enter the green, social, and sustainable (GSS) bond markets. By bringing together key stakeholders from all sides of the GSS capital markets –  experienced DMOs, development banks, investors, ratings agencies, and intermediaries – it builds a firm foundation for debt management offices to prepare future issuance from emerging market sovereigns.

Key themes of discussion include:

• Work needed for DMOS and treasuries to develop the required steps for issuance
• How bond issuance fits with debt dynamics and management strategy
• Designing frameworks, coordination with stakeholders and data collection
• Developing supply to meet investor bond demand
• Determining eligible projects for investment

Timings:
12:00-16:00 (London)
07:00-11:00 (New York)
19:00-23:00 (Singapore)
13:00-17:00 (Cairo)
14:00-18:00 (Nairobi)

Speakers:

Hassatou N’Sele
Treasurer
African Development Bank

Ahmed Rashad-Attout
Capital Markets Development Division
African Development Bank

Eman Ahmed Abdelazim
Head of External Debt Issuance
Egyptian Ministry of Finance

Mahamadi Balima
Head of Sustainable Finance
CREPMF

Heidi Barends
Head of Sustainable Finance
Absa CIB

Arsène Dansou
Director General
Caisse Autonome d’Amortissement,
Debt Management Agency
Republic of Benin

John Espinosa
Head of Global Fixed Income Research & Portfolio Manager
Nuveen

Dick Labonte
Chief Debt Analyst
Ministry of Finance
Seychelles

Tobias Lindbergh
SVP & Head of Second Party Opinions (EMEA & APAC) – Sustainable Finance
Moody’s ESG Solutions

Aurélien Mali
VP & Senior Credit Officer – Sovereign Risk Group
Moody’s Investors Service

Jaime Sanz
Global Head of Sovereign Advisory
Société Générale

Markus Stix
Managing Director
Austrian Treasury

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Supported by:

This meeting will be conducted under the OMFIF Rules.

This virtual discussion is part of the OMFIF Sovereign Debt Institute. The SDI brings together DMOs, supranational agencies, public investors and capital market banks to promote high-level strategic dialogue and co-operation to help sovereign borrowers meet the challenges they face. Please contact melissa.roache@omfif.org directly for membership details.