Capital Musings

Our host, Edoardo Tancioni, deciphers the fifth chapter of the Doha Programme of Action around addressing #climatechange, environmental degradation, recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic and building resilience against future shocks for risk-informed sustainable development. Websites: www.un.org/ldc5/doha-programme-of-action Hashtags: #CapitalMusings | #DPoA | #LDCs | #climatechange Leave a Review...

In this miniseries, our host, Edoardo Tancioni, deciphers the Doha Programme of Action #DPoA for the Least Developed Countries, delving into how we can enhance international #trade and regional integration over the next decade. Websites: www.un.org/ldc5/doha-programme-of-action Hashtags: #CapitalMusings | #DPoA Leave a Review Thanks for listening! If you found the episode useful, please spread the...

In this mini-series, our host, Edoardo Tancioni, deciphers the third chapter of the Doha Programme of Action (#DPoA), delving into the four action areas to reach structural transformation: productive capacity development; infrastructure development; connecting to global and regional value chains, strengthening their services economy and trade, and; support private sector development. Websites: www...

Continuing on the celebrations for Women’s History Month, our host Edoardo Tancioni interviews Jenny Hedman, Policy Analyst at the OECD Gender team and Coordinator of the DAC GENDERNET, who shares how gender-lens investing can protect and advance girls’ and women’s rights and gender equality.

To celebrate Women’s History Month #WHM, our host Edoardo Tancioni interviews Angela Mwai, Chief, Human Rights and Social Inclusion Unit at UN-Habitat. Angela shares how gender-transformative climate-smart solutions can drive sustainable urban development, stressing the importance of putting communities first to promote inclusion and resilience for the people we serve. Websites: www.unhabitat.org...

To celebrate Women’s History Month #WHM, our host Edoardo Tancioni chats with Jessica Espinoza, CEO of 2XCollaborative, who shares what gender-focused investing is and the benefits it brings to underserved communities in emerging markets. Tune it to learn more about some easy wins that may bridge ambitions with real results on the ground. For Women, With Women, By Women.  Websites: criterioni...

In this episode, our host, Edoardo Tancioni, celebrates #IWD2022 with Rekik Bekele, CEO of Green Scene Energy, an Ethiopia-based company providing women-headed households in rural areas with access to affordable, reliable and clean sources of electricity. Rekik shares her company’s journey towards a business model that works for the last-mile and empowers young female entrepreneurs to speak up and...

In this miniseries, our host Edoardo Tancioni deciphers the second chapter of the draft Doha programme of action around science, technology and innovation, stressing its powerful potential to leverage the fight against multidimensional vulnerabilities and achieve the 2030 Agenda

In this miniseries, our host Edoardo Tancioni deciphers the first chapter of the draft Doha programme of action around investing in people in the LDCs, highlighting their unique agency and leadership around eradicating poverty and leave no one behind.

This week, our host Edoardo Tancioni interviews H.E. Mr. Lamin Dibba, Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Natural Resources of The Gambia, who talks about how the Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL) mechanism helps facilitate access and availability of financing for climate adaptation at the local level.

In this brief series, our host Edoardo Tancioni walks us through the main elements of the Draft Doha Programme of Action, starting with how the introductory remarks set the stage for what will be the key priorities for LDCs over the next decade.

Our host, Edoardo Tancioni, interviews Professor Kunal Sen, Director of  UNU WIDER . Prof. shares how research can transform economies, states, and societies, and how the international community at large can help the LDCs address their structural inequalities and unique vulnerabilities for the Decade of Action.

Our host, Edoardo Tancioni, interviews Hanifah Nnamutebi, General Manager of BM Energy (BME), a start-up working on energy-saving solutions in rural areas in Uganda. Hanifah shares her passion towards empowering youth and women to believe in their dreams and venture into unfamiliar and challenging businesses.

Our host Edoardo Tancioni interviews 23-year-old Afruza Tanzi from Protibha, a social enterprise creating livelihood opportunities for rural women in Bangladesh. Afruza shares her vision for women’s economic empowerment in emerging economies, and stresses the importance of nurturing talents to build forward better.

In this episode, Edoardo Tancioni interviews Fahad Ifaz, CEO of iFarmer, a startup working on democratizing agriculture financing and supply chain in Bangladesh. Fahad shares his vision for “the future of food” and talks about the indirect effects in emerging economies at large of investing sustainably in small businesses.

A story of friendship, resilience, capital, and Southern ownership. Our host, Edoardo Tancioni, interviews Washikala Malango, CO-Founder, and CEO of Altech Group (ww.altech-drc.com), who shares how to turn a problem you have experienced first-hand into an opportunity for your local community and your people.

This week, our new host, Edoardo Tancioni, meets Richard Zulu, Founding Partner and Lead at Outbox. Richard shares his journey towards investing in #youth, and his passion towards building a sense of community and growing local talent to co-identify opportunities for sustainable change in LDCs.

This week we meet Rose Twine, Director of EcoGroup Uganda, diving into the multifaceted dimensions of renewable energy, and how important affordability, community engagement, and policy environments are to accessing clean energy for all.

In this episode, Matthew Roberts-Davies, COO & Co-Founder (Thundafund Africa) shares his experience working in emerging markets with Thundafund.com. He defines loyalty, personalization, capital, and partnerships as unique enablers to innovation, and talks about the importance of fully engaging vibrant and youthful populations to bring new ideas to life.

The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). from their flagship series: " Blended Finance in the LDCs, 2020: Supporting a Resilient Covid-19 Recovery ." The third edition of the Blended Finance in the LDCs report series acknowledges that least developed countries are not able to harness the full potential...

Amb. Robert Rae, Canada’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, discusses his distinguished career in domestic politics, why it’s important for civil society to participate in UN discussions, and his dream goal for the UN. 

In the context of COP26, today’s podcast is dedicated to the least developed countries. By now, the year 2021 has seen a familiar pattern of destructive impacts stemming from climate change, leading to increasingly devastating extreme weather events including fires, cyclones, hurricanes, floods, and droughts across the world.  Taffere Tesfachew, a career UN official, explains how the cat...

Jodi Smith, a film industry vet who now works to source and grow investments with positive environmental impact in Fiji, talks about her path from linguistics to film to business development.

Paul Klein, Founder and President of Impakt, explains how his background as a guitarist and arts administrator led to a career in social entrepreneurship and impact consulting, helping corporations and businesses try to solve some of society’s biggest problems. His new book, “Change for Good,” shares lessons for aspiring social entrepreneurs and change agents.

Esala Masitabua, Deputy Governor of Fiji’s Reserve Bank, speaks about blue and green bonds, the national financial inclusion plan, parametric insurance, and the factors that have made Fiji a regional and global leader in innovative climate finance.