Eselem Edwin

Brand & Events Expert | Corporate Communication | Author ✍️

[Makhtar Diop @Diop_IFC]

Africa is a powerhouse of creativity. Across the continent, a new generation of entrepreneurs is transforming talent, design, fashion, and craftsmanship into businesses, jobs, and opportunity.
At @IFC_org, we are helping creative entrepreneurs access finance, reach new markets, and scale their businesses. We also see vast potential to attract private investment into Africa’s creative industries through innovative financing approaches.
Delighted to sign a new partnership with Emmanuel Kasarhérou, President of @quaibranly, alongside the Africa Fashion exhibition, to help showcase African creativity to the world.

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🌎🇦🇷 2 World Cup games, 5 goals for Lionel Messi.

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

📢 Our new VoxDevLit on Air Pollution is out now!

In this VoxDevLit, Senior Editors Teevrat Garg (@GPS_UCSD) & @anantsudarshan (@warwickecon) summarise the economic evidence on air pollution.

Read & download here: https://t.co/J3MKf5Xa2q

[Makhtar Diop @Diop_IFC]

A pleasure to open the Global Official Institutions Conference alongside Jean Lemierre, Chairman of @BNPParibas, a strategic partner of @IFC_org.
Mobilizing greater flows of private capital to emerging markets requires stronger partnerships, smarter risk-sharing, and deeper capital markets. Multilateral development banks have a critical role to play in advancing all three—at the heart of the @WorldBankGroup approach to creating jobs and driving growth.

[Makhtar Diop @Diop_IFC]

Great discussion with @Cheydema. Together with @Orange Middle East & Africa, we are working to expand digital access across Africa, from rural connectivity and device affordability to digital financial services.
By mobilizing private investment and scaling innovative solutions, we can help unlock new opportunities, strengthen inclusion, and create jobs across the continent.

[Makhtar Diop @Diop_IFC]

Pleased to meet with Philippe Zaouati, CEO of Mirova. We discussed how stronger partnerships between development finance institutions and private investors can help mobilize more long-term capital for emerging markets, supporting growth and job creation.
Looking forward to building on this exchange.

[IFC Africa @IFCAfrica]

At the Africa Energy Forum, Inspired Evolution announced the commercial launch of #Zafiri, a USD 176 million blended finance vehicle that will channel long-term equity into distributed renewable energy solutions across sub-Saharan Africa.
A key step toward #Mission300⚡🌍
#AEF

[World Bank Group @WorldBankGroup]

Tourism is one of the world’s most powerful engines of job creation.

In 2024, travel and tourism:
➡️ Contributed roughly 10% of global GDP
➡️ Supported 357 million jobs
➡️ Accounted for over 10% of all employment worldwide

Read more: https://t.co/0FbsrhiFlW

[GrosvenorSport @GrosvenorSport]

@FabrizioRomano 🇨🇻 "A point that belongs to half a million people in the Atlantic!"

More history has been made at the World Cup as Cape Verde hold Spain to a draw!

[Eselem Edwin @etumbo]

@MarcJSpears Yes sir!!!

[IFC Africa @IFCAfrica]

"To future-proof Africa's future, what are you willing to do? "Rwandan poet, @MalaikaWamahoro, posed this question to the @africaceoforum audience. The conversation moved from opportunity to action, and from ambition to what it takes to scale.
Watch the highlights ⬇️
#ACF2026

[World Bank Group @WorldBankGroup]

What does it take for tourism to become a real engine of jobs and local development?

In Indonesia, the Tourism Development Project shows it:

✅ 5.4M people benefited from improved services
✅ 84K professionals certified, strengthening skills and employability
✅ 40 villages achieved sustainable tourism certification
✅ 1.15M jobs supported

Read more: https://t.co/9itWKcymgE

[IFC Africa @IFCAfrica]

Africa imports most of the vaccines & medical products it uses. In a new blog, @IFCAfrica_VP explores how the @WorldBankGroup is supporting local pharmaceutical manufacturing to strengthen health security, create jobs & build domestic production capacity.
https://t.co/lLd8lxyr1o

[World Bank Group @WorldBankGroup]

The World Cup kicks off today! As teams take the field and history is made, here's a question that connects football and development:

Which country is making its 2026 World Cup debut and also reduced poverty by 3 percentage points in just one year?

[IFC Africa VP @IFCAfrica_VP]

Nearly 2M young Ethiopians enter the workforce each year, carrying ambition and promise. Tourism can turn that energy into jobs.

Cities like New York, Paris, and London welcome ~60M visitors yearly, while Africa attracts only about 5% of global arrivals, revealing vast untapped potential rooted in heritage and culture.

In Ethiopia, that promise comes alive. IFC and MIDROC are investing $80M to expand hospitality in Addis Ababa, supporting 9,400+ jobs and strengthening the tourism economy.
#Jobs #Tourism #Ethiopia

[IFC @IFC_org]

Creating jobs through private sector mobilization requires strong partnerships.

Baroness @JennyChapman and Leslie Maasdorp share how collaboration between @FCDOGovUK, @BritishIntInv, and IFC is unlocking investment and supporting jobs in emerging markets.

[Makhtar Diop @Diop_IFC]

By 2035, more than 257 million young people will enter the workforce in countries affected by fragility, conflict, and violence. In these environments, jobs are more than an economic outcome. They are a pathway to stability, resilience, and opportunity. 

At the @WorldBankGroup #FragilityForum, I highlighted the critical role of small, micro, and nano businesses, which are often the first source of income, hope, and recovery for communities facing some of the world's most challenging circumstances. 

Creating jobs in FCV settings is not only a development imperative. It is an investment in peace and stability. 
https://t.co/947Nogu974

[IFC @IFC_org]

300+ speakers. 50+ sessions. One global conversation.

At #FragilityForum 2026, the @WorldBankGroup is bringing global leaders together to explore how jobs, economic opportunity, and stronger partnerships can help address challenges in FCV settings: https://t.co/44fVWSYD9G

[FIFA World Cup @FIFAWorldCup]

Chapter '26 ⏳

#FIFAWorldCup

[Makhtar Diop @Diop_IFC]

As global food supply chains become more complex, food safety is increasingly a business imperative.
Strong food safety systems help companies boost productivity, strengthen resilience, access international markets, and safeguard their reputation.

Our latest @IFC_org report explores how food businesses can turn food safety from a compliance requirement into a source of competitive advantage. https://t.co/Z0QtinEfTp