Kona Nkanza

Speaker

Vice President: Investments

Africa Finance Corporation

Nigeria

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Middle East & Africa

Unlocking potential: The development finance dimension

Kona Nkanza

Vice President: Investments,

Africa Finance Corporation

Jean Morcos

Senior Investment Officer and Regional Sustainable and Climate Finance Lead,

International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Piotr Kuffel

Director of Foreign Expansion Office,

BGK - Polish Development Bank

Simphiwe Jantjies

Head - East, Central and West Africa Acting Head - Energy, Environment and ICT,

Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)

Moderator

Ralph Gunn

SVP,

Standard Bank

Development financing is critical for emerging market transactions, facilitating deals which otherwise may not be able to go ahead. This session brings together leaders working in development finance to consider:

How can DFIs partner with ECAs and other institutions to catalyse important transactions?

What role does blended finance play in emerging market transactions?

Specific examples of transactions that would not have happened without DFI involvement