Posts by Pauline Kamiri
African Countries Need A New Economic Model
Many countries across Africa are experiencing an economic malaise. What began as a slump for commodity exporters in 2014 became a more general slowdown with the shocks of the COVID-19…
Read MoreCan ‘debt-for-climate’ swaps be the climate finance game-changer Africa has been waiting for?
In this podcast, Arnold Segawa engages Paolo Zacchia, on strategies, challenges, andopportunities in rolling debt-for-climate-swaps in Africa. https://www.buzzsprout.com/2285032/14139882
Read MoreUN says dubious credit ratings from Big 3 cost Africa $75bn a year
During the margins of the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings ,Africatalyst, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Brroking Institution held an event centered on a UNDP report that purports to…
Read MoreFinancing methane Action in Africa webinar.
The panel discussion explored the intricacies of advancing methane finance in Africa, addressing the critical need for bolstered funding through inventive strategies, potential public-private partnerships, and robust stakeholder collaboration.
Read MoreWhat should Africa expect from COP28
The most important event on climate change is about to begin. World leaders, heads of multilateral institutions, civil society advocates, top private investors, and representatives from special interest groups are…
Read MoreAfrican experts call for new paradigm to unlock methane action financing
As global methane emissions continue to rise, African policymakers, ahead of COP28, are calling for a transformative approach to finance methane reduction initiatives across the continent.
Read MoreAfrica needs a transformative methane strategy at COP28
To accelerate methane action, Africa needs a transformative strategy that will reduce perceptions of risk associated with investment projects, introduce sustainable financial models, and foster cooperation with multidevelopment institutions. The…
Read MoreAttracting private sector finance to spearhead Africa’s development
For years, the private sector has been acclaimed as the critical engine of Africa’s development. It accounts for over 80% of total production and two-thirds of total investment. It also…
Read MoreAGOA’s successes in Africa demand an extension
Since its enactment in 2000, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) has been at the core of commercial and economic engagement between African countries and the United States of…
Read MoreSneak Peek of Building Strategic Partnerships for epidemic preparedness and Response in Africa event
Key highlights of the Health Alliance of African Risk Capacity Group, West African Health Organization and Institut Pasteur de Dakar hybrid event, held on the sidelines of the Grand Challenges…
Read MoreOur CEO Daouda Sembene’s contribution during the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) panel at #ECONFEST2023
Watch our CEO Daouda Sembene’s contribution on Africa’s Agenda for Global Financial architecture reform during the sidelines of the World Bank-IMF Annual meetings in Marrakesh
Read MoreOur CEO Daouda Sembene’s contribution on the Financing for development panel: What next at #ECONFEST2023 in Marrakesh
Daouda Sembene participated in a panel, discussing development finance at the Marrakesh Economic Festival hosted by Policy Center for the New South and The Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee.
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