Blended Knowledge by GuarantCo

According to the Africa Development Bank, Africa’s infrastructure requirements range between USD 130 and USD 170 billion with an infrastructure funding gap of USD 68 to USD 108 billion. These figures demonstrate the critical need to provide essential infrastructure to local people to ensure long-term economic growth. At the core of this issue is the lack of technical capabilities which GuarantCo, supported by PIDG Technical Assistance funding, is addressing by organising capacity building workshops across Africa. In this episode we hear from stakeholders, partners and participants of the events who explore the transformational impact of capacity building.

Contributing to the podcast are

• Edith Jiya, CEO Old Mutual Malawi
• Mark Mikwamba, Managing Director Old Mutual Investment Group
• Esnat Suleman, Head of Treasury and Investment Banking FDH Bank
• Andrew Mbunda, Principal Relationship Manager at CRDB Bank
• Jules Samain, MD Africa GuarantCo
• Sarah Siliya, Business Development Manager Africa GuarantCo

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The need for sustainable infrastructure in Vietnam is rapidly growing. Whilst the conditions are ripe for the growth of green and climate instruments in the country, local stakeholders continue to have reservations about its necessity. In July 2021, GuarantCo, through the PIDG Institute, organised a two-day virtual Vietnam green capital market capability building event, funded by PIDG TA and facilitated by Climate Bonds Initiative to address the concerns and demystify this new proposition.

Contributing to the podcast are

• Nishant Kumar, MD Asia at GuarantCo
• Joywin Mathew, Partner Capital Markets and Structured Investments at DLA Piper
• Marika Stocker, Senior Manager of Sustainable Finance Solutions at Sustainalytics
• Cedric Rimaud, ASEAN Programme Manager at Climate Bonds Initiative
• Marco Serena, Head of Sustainable Development Impact at PIDG

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When GuarantCo can't directly fill a gap in an emerging market, it teams up with PIDG Technical Assistance to provide a grant to a company that can. By bridging these gaps and supporting new local champions, grant funding makes a real, tangible difference to people's lives, and helps to improve essential infrastructure in lower income countries in Africa. A powerful example showcasing the impact of grant funding is GuarantCo’s and PIDG TA’s new partnership with The Rockefeller Foundation, who have teamed up to provide funding to Acre Impact Capital.

This podcast includes contributions from

• Angela Silva, grants and compliance manager at GuarantCo
• Emilio Cattaneo, head of PIDG Technical Assistance
• Hussein Sefian, founder and managing partner at Acre Impact Capital

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Infrastructure development is a crucial driver of economic growth, job creation, and poverty alleviation across Africa and Asia. But infrastructure projects in lower income countries are experiencing a growing funding gap from both public and private sources, estimated to be around 1.3 trillion dollars per year, according to the World Bank. So that’s why partnerships between the two sectors are essential. Blended finance is doing just that and is playing an increasingly important role in tackling these challenges. GuarantCo has built and nurtured many strategic partnerships over the past 15 years, and in this episode we showcase just how valuable the right partnerships are in effecting change.

Contributing to the podcast are

• Denesh Srishanker, investment director at GuarantCo
• Ibukun Adebayo, co-head emerging markets of the London Stock Exchange Group
• Sujithav Sarangi, executive director, structured export finance at Standard Chartered Bank
• Neema Siwingwa, chief co-financing and syndications officer of the African Development Bank Group
• Helge Muenkel, managing director, head of Asia Pacific, sustainable finance & global capital markets at ING
• Evans Osano, director, capital markets from FSD Africa
• Lade Araba, managing director from Convergence Blended Finance Africa

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This episode features the role of the Nigerian Infrastructure Credit Enhancement Facility (InfraCredit) in supporting the development of local capital markets. GuarantCo and the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) established InfraCredit in 2017 to act as a market champion for the development of the local debt capital markets to mobilise long-term investment from local institutional investors and finance infrastructure projects in Nigeria in local currency. 

Contributing to the podcast are

• Uche Orji, Managing Director and CEO of the NSIA
• Wale Okunrinboye, Head of Investment Research Sigma Pensions
• Chinua Azukike, CEO InfraCredit Nigeria
• Eniola Lawal, Development Impact Officer InfraCredit Nigeria
• Lasitha Perera, CEO GuarantCo

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Recorded December 2020.

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This episode explores how enabling local currency credit solutions addresses the infrastructure financing gap. Any solution promoting long-term local currency financing needs to prioritise capacity building across local capital markets. This is crucial to solve the largely unaddressed challenges of tenor and local currency provider risk appetite.

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This episode explores how blended finance can support the development of local capital markets in lower income countries. Specialised blending facilities, such as GuarantCo, support the reduction of local currency risks for infrastructure projects, help crowd in private sector investors and develop local capital markets in Africa and Asia.

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