Absa Africa Financial Markets Index 2023 launch
Now in its seventh year, the Absa Africa Financial Markets Index evaluates countries’ financial development based on measures of market accessibility, openness and transparency. The index is a key benchmark for investors to gauge African countries’ market infrastructure and is used by policy-makers to learn from developments across the continent.
Produced by OMFIF and sponsored by Absa, this year’s report is expanding to 28 African countries with support from the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. The index is based on quantitative data analysis and surveys of over 50 organisations – including central banks, stock exchanges and regulators.
The 2023 report will delve deeper into themes such as financial product diversity, environmental, social and governance market frameworks, adopting digital technologies and strengthening legal frameworks. Continued progress on these fronts will be crucial to improve Africa’s appeal and access to investors, enabling the continent to develop its resilience against a difficult global macroeconomic backdrop.
Find out more by registering for the launch event on 12 October.
Speakers
Banji Fehintola
Senior Director, Treasury and Financial Institutions
Africa Finance Corporation
Banji Fehintola
Senior Director, Treasury and Financial Institutions
Africa Finance Corporation
Jeff Gable
Head of Macro and Fixed Income Research
Absa Group
Jeff Gable
Head of Macro and Fixed Income Research
Absa Group
Anthony Kirui
Managing Director, Head of Global Markets
Absa Regional Operations
Anthony Kirui
Managing Director, Head of Global Markets
Absa Regional Operations
Chakudza Linje
Director for Financial Markets
Reserve Bank of Malawi
Chakudza Linje
Director for Financial Markets
Reserve Bank of Malawi
Emmanuel Maluke Letete
Governor
Central Bank of Lesotho
Emmanuel Maluke Letete
Governor
Central Bank of Lesotho
Kealeboga Masalila
Deputy Governor
Bank of Botswana
Kealeboga Masalila
Deputy Governor
Bank of Botswana
John Orchard
Chief Executive Officer
OMFIF
John Orchard
Chief Executive Officer
OMFIF
John Orchard is chief executive officer of OMFIF. He has expanded OMFIF’s activities as he steered it through Covid-19, setting up key forums on digital money, sustainability and public debt, alongside OMFIF’s longstanding work on monetary policy and policy-makers. He chairs OMFIF’s executive committee and is a member of the OMFIF board. Up to November 2019, he was a member of Euromoney’s management board, having started with the London stock market-quoted global information business in 1994.
Antonio Pedro
Acting Executive Secretary
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Antonio Pedro
Acting Executive Secretary
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Arrie Rautenbach
Group Chief Executive Officer
Absa Group
Arrie Rautenbach
Group Chief Executive Officer
Absa Group
Nikhil Sanghani
Managing Director, Economic and Monetary Policy Institute
OMFIF
Nikhil Sanghani
Managing Director, Economic and Monetary Policy Institute
OMFIF
Nikhil is Managing Director, Economic and Monetary Policy Institute at OMFIF. He is responsible for the team’s events that convene leading public sector officials on topics such as monetary policy, emerging market development, global public investment, public finances, capital market development and sustainable finance. Nikhil also leads OMFIF’s economic research and content, including global surveys of central banks, regulators and market participants. Previously, he was an emerging markets economist at Capital Economics, where he led the coverage of Latin America.
Augustine Simons
Head, Ghana Fixed Income Market
Ghana Stock Exchange
Augustine Simons
Head, Ghana Fixed Income Market
Ghana Stock Exchange
Lucie Villa
Vice President, Senior Credit Officer, Sovereign Risk Group
Moody’s Investors Service
Lucie Villa
Vice President, Senior Credit Officer, Sovereign Risk Group
Moody’s Investors Service
Timings
07:00-07:15 Registration and refreshments
07:15–07:20 Welcome remarks
07:20-07:25 Introductory remarks by Antonio Pedro, Acting Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
07:25-07:40 Presentation of findings
07:40-08:40 Panel discussion, including Q&A
08:40-08:45 Closing remarks
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