WEBINAR
The African Infrastructure Paradox: Opportunities and Challenges
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Economic development in Africa is limited by the availability and quality of key infrastructure, including road and rail transportation, energy and water infrastructure. Closing this infrastructure gap is paramount to a bright future for the African economy and making it more attractive to investment capital in diverse industries.
Infrastructure investment in Africa has been increasing steadily since 2005. Despite a large pipeline of potential projects, coupled with the funds and appetite of international investors, only a small percentage of projects move to financial close. This is the African paradox.
Take a closer look at what lies ahead for the savvy and educated investor focused on Africa. Explore the role of private players and how they, together with the public sector, are shaping the future of Africa.
With introductory remarks by Amanda Pullinger, Chief Executive Officer, 100 Women in Finance and William (Bill) Kelly, Chief Executive Officer, CAIA Association.
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8:00 AM N America East Coast
1:00 PM London/GMT
2:00 PM Geneva
5:00 PM UAE
9:00 PM Singapore
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The program will begin promptly. |
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PARTICIPANTS
Guillaume Arditti
Belvedere Africa Partners
Tariye Gbadegesin
ARM Harith Infrastructure Fund Managers
Marie-Therese Ndiaye
Veolia Group
Kawtar Raji-Briand
ASAFO & CO.
Soraya Mellali
Moderator
Senior Strategic Advisor
Formerly at African Development Bank Board
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Guillaume Arditti
Founding Partner, Belvedere Africa Partners
Guillaume Arditti is the founder of Belvedere Africa Partners, a financial and strategy advisory firm focused on Africa. Besides supporting the development of its clients’ projects throughout the continent, BA Partners’ purpose is to participate in the bridging of the African financing gap through the promotion of alternative financing solutions. His career kicked off in South Africa with the French Development Agency (AFD). He then joined major financial institutions such as NATIXIS and BNP PARIBAS where he extensively focused on Africa, working on landmark transactions on the continent, leading business development initiatives and, as a Managing Director in BNP Paribas Energy & Commodities department, focusing on strategy in Africa. Guillaume is also a lecturer in International Relations and African Studies at the Political Sciences Institute of Paris (Sciences Po) and regularly shares his analyses of African markets and geopolitical issues in international media.
Tariye Gbadegesin
Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer, ARM Harith Infrastructure Fund Managers
Tariye Gbadegesin is an investment professional with 20 years of experience in the financial services sector and over US$ 3 billion of transaction experience. She is the Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of ARM Harith Infrastructure Fund Managers (ARMHIIL); a Joint Venture between Asset & Resource Management Company Ltd (ARM) , a Nigerian institutional investor with US$2.3 billion of assets under management and Harith General Partners (Pty) Ltd (Harith), a South African infrastructure fund manager with over US$1 billion under management. Tariye is a member of the Advisory Council of the Millennium Challenge Corporation in Washington D.C. She is part of The United Nations Development Program Working Group for Insurance-based Financial Instruments to support Climate Finance as well as the The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance. She was on the founding team to establish the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), a pan African DFI with US$ 6 billion under management where she led several of AFC’s investments in the sectors of power, transport, industrials, and telecommunications infrastructure. Tariye was the head of the Industrial and Telecommunications Business at AFC, building the business into an US$ 800 million allocator of capital across Africa for the sector. Tariye has global experience from working at the International Monetary Fund, Boston Consulting Group and PricewaterhouseCoopers. She has a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Amherst College, and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
Marie-Therese Ndiaye
Head of Operational Support for Innovation, Veolia Group
Marie Thérèse Laguerre-Ndiaye is Director of Operational Support for Innovation at Veolia. Veolia group designs and provides water, waste and energy management solutions that contribute to the sustainable development of communities and industries. Involved in several French civil society organizations as an advocate for access to water and sanitation for all, Marie-Thérèse is also a member of the Executive Secretariat for the next World Water Forum held by the World Water Council and the Senegalese Government in Dakar in March 2022.
Kawtar Raji-Briand
Avocat and Of Counsel, ASAFO & CO.
Kawtar advises banks and multi-lateral agencies on a wide range of regulatory matters covering financial services licensing, cross-border marketing and structuring new businesses. She is also involved in transactional financing matters that include finance restructuring, capital markets and Islamic finance. In addition, Kawtar regularly works closely with government and supervisory authorities, in particular in North Africa and France, in relation to various financial services reforms.
Soraya Mellali
Senior Strategic Advisor, former Executive Director of the African Development Bank Board
Soraya Mellali has a record of over thirty years of economic and financial thought leadership, with first-hand knowledge of Africa, public and private sector development, and outstanding multilateral governance expertise. Soraya is a former Board Member of the African Development Bank, the only woman so far from North Africa & the Middle East elected as an Executive Director of any International Financial Institutions.
Soraya is currently a Strategic Advisor to private organizations focusing on alternative financing and technology for Africa to advance sustainable development. She is also advising multilateral development institutions and facilitating dialogue with governments and key stakeholders. She served as an Executive Director at the Board of the African Development Bank between 2015 and 2019 and as a Board Official at the World Bank Group (IBRD-IDA- IFC-MIGA) between 2003 and 2015. She held various advisory and managerial positions at the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Africa. Before that, she was Advisor to the Governor of the Central Bank of Algeria; and a Strategist & Financial Analyst for Booz Allen and Hamilton & ENORI (France and Algeria).
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ASAFO & CO.
ASAFO & CO. is an international law firm established to deliver a unique and integrated offering of top tier legal services dedicated to Africa-related business. With experienced teams on the ground in key hubs across the African continent and a unique Pan-African footprint, ASAFO & CO. has positioned itself as Africa’s go-to international law firm. With 180 lawyers and legal professionals in Abidjan, Casablanca, Johannesburg, London, Mombasa, Nairobi and Paris, the firm is involved in complex and far-reaching transactions, financings and dispute resolution matters in a broad range of sectors, including energy (conventional and renewable), infrastructure, natural resources (mining, oil and gas), telecommunications, as well as banking and financial services. ASAFO & CO. regularly acts for governments, States, private investors, developers, commercial and development banks, development financial institutions and investment funds. For more information about ASAFO & CO., please visit www.asafoandco.com.
CAIA Association
The Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association, founded in 2002, is the world leader in alternative investment education. CAIA Association is best known for the CAIA Charter. Earning the CAIA Charter is the gateway to becoming a Member of the CAIA Association, a network of more than 11,000 alternative investment leaders located in 95+ countries. CAIA also offers the Fundamentals of Alternative Investments certificate program, an online course that provides an introduction to alternative investing. CAIA is considered a leading authority on industry trends and developments worldwide. For more information, please visit CAIA.org.
100WF's 20th Anniversary
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