On this morning's #G20 video conference, I called on the G20 leaders to allow the poorest countries to suspend all repayments of official bilateral credit.
This will provide critical support for the #COVID19 pandemic and shorten the time to recovery.
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At this year’s #WeFiSummit, I was encouraged to see broad-based support for empowering women through digital financial services & scalable, country-tailored programs for growth.
When women are able to fully participate in the economy, countries can unlock their full potential.
It was a pleasure to conduct the keynote conversation with @JDefteriosCNN at the #GWFD2020 & #WeFiSummit in #Dubai today. We need the boost to growth that women can provide
Inspiring roundtable at the #WeFiSummit on the global gender balance - new ideas for the new decade @EBRD@KGeorgieva@WorldBankMENA - everything from inclusive procurement to gender budgeting
Announcing We-Fi MENA Regional Summit, to be held in #Dubai on Feb 16-17. The 2nd #WeFiSummit brings together stakeholders from around the world to expand opportunities for
#smefinance#WomenEntrepreneurs.
Learn more:
https://t.co/RsOUeMNzqW
There she is! Catch @Shenoufs live now at the @WorldBank as she talks about women entrepreneurship and how #Flat6Labs invests using a gender lens. 📹 #Watch her 👇 https://t.co/fWtB2JeJnX
Cities like Cairo, Lagos, Nairobi, and Cape Town are home to fast-growing start-up scenes. On the sidelines of #Africa2018, our private-sector arm argues that there will be many cities like Silicon Valley in the future—many of them in Africa. #IFCmarkets
Surveillance cameras can have uses other than security - from monitoring road traffic to telling a storeowner which products are most popular. Egyptian start-up @AvidBeam helps clients around the world quickly process & analyze that data. #IFCmarkets#Africa2018
Our CEO, Philippe Le Houérou, applauds the Egyptian government reforms that unlocked $3 billion in private sector investments for the world’s largest #solar park in Aswan. #IFCmarkets#Africa2018
Companies that go to scale do so because they provide information and services that make peoples’ lives better. That’s what the digital economy is doing in Africa. - Grant Brooke, CEO and co-founder of @TwigaFoods
“Great to meet with Rwandan President @PaulKagame at #Africa2018, and excited to move ahead with our partnership for the Africa CEO Summit this March in Kigali.” - Philippe Le Houérou #IFCmarkets#ACF2019
The number of people who live on $1.90/day in S Asia decreased from 545m to 274m between 1990 & 2013. In Africa, by contrast, this number increased from 277m to 405m over the same period. https://t.co/WVTaTTNeg4 #IFCmarkets#Africa2018
It’s an incredible time to be working on the continent of Africa. It’s the largest untapped pool of talent in the world. - Christina Sass, President of Andela |#IFCmarkets#Africa2018