IFC Trendlines

In this episode of IFC Trendlines, Ivy Kuperberg, IFC Country Officer for Haiti and the Bahamas, sp eaks  with Tamara Guerin  Barrau , CFO and Vice President of Caribbean Bottling Company , one of Haiti's largest employers. They discuss what it  m eans t o operate,  invest, and create jobs in a country facing overlapping crises and why a resilient private    sector  remains  essential to Haiti's f...

In  this candid conversation, IFC Managing Director Makhtar Diop sits down with  Aliko Dangote,  Africa's leading  industrialist  to explore the scale and urgency of building the continent's economic future. Dangote reflects on his ambitions in energy, fertilizer,  water  and  logistics , while making the case for African-led investment.   The discussion tackles persistent barriers  like  visa res...

Risk is often what stands between small businesses in emerging markets and the capital they need to grow.  In this episode of IFC Trendlines, Mahfuza Afroz, IFC's Global Head of Credit Insurance, Syndicated Loans and Mobilization, sits down with Daniel Riordan, Head of Political Risk , Credit & Surety  at  MSIG USA  - one of the world's l argest    insur ance groups  - to explore how credit insura...

Attracting private investment into developing countries is crucial for their development .   In  this first episode of IFC Trendlines, IFC Vice President and Chief Financial Officer John Gandolfo joins host Daisy Serem to discuss what this  means for investors, how IFC  –  a member of the  World Bank Group -    helps manage risk in emerging markets, and the financial instruments being used to mobi...