Africa Unconstrained: Perspectives on the Continent’s New Era

Africa Unconstrained: Perspectives on the Continent’s New Era

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Africa Unconstrained: Perspectives on the Continent’s New Era episodes

  • African Finance Unconstrained: Can the World’s Lenders of Last Resort Deal with Grey Rhinos?

    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!

    1 hr 16 min
  • African Finance Unconstrained - Can Africa Manage China?

    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.

    1 hr 17 min
  • Africa Unconstrained: "Africa needs to be bolder" with Andrew Alli

    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.

    24 min
  • African Finance Unconstrained: Can Africa club together for more finance?

    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.

    1 hr 14 min
  • Africa Unconstrained: "It's what we do with the money we borrow that matters" - with Malado Kaba
    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.
    20 min
  • Africa Unconstrained: "We need to do more" - with Ambassador Teshome Toga
    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.
    21 min

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Africa Unconstrained: Perspectives on the Continent’s New Era podcast series features key African thought-leaders. It seeks to answer some of the trickiest questions relating to African economics, and…