Uxolo Indepth

Jorim introduces the projects carried out by the Dutch development bank across UN’s Sustainable Development Goals 8, 10 and 13 (01:00), the relevance of biodiversity at COP26 and nature-based solutions in climate finance (02:00); the value of biodiversity, dependency of the financial sector on the diversity of species and understanding the metrics for evaluating the impact of biodiversity (05:10),...

Uxolo speaks with Christian Deseglise, Head of Sustainable Finance at HSBC about his reactions to COP26 in Glasgow (01:00), the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) which brings together approximately 450 institutions representing $130 trillion (03:05), the growing realisation that emerging markets infrastructure assets are a key factor in the transition to net zero (05:40) and the ecos...

Benny explains AIIB’s focus on digital and sustainable infrastructure and infrastructure for tomorrow (00:43); his perspective on the outcomes of COP26, the push for implementation and mobilising private capital (03:00); what are AIIB’s plans for creating climate change resilient infrastructure and what sectors will the Beijing-based bank cover under their climate finance portfolio (06:50); the ba...

Serena Guarnaschelli, a partner at KOIS, speaks with Uxolo about the firm’s work in impact investment – particularly on migration, refugees integration, and climate change – and takes us through the evolution of the space over the years.

Infrastructure specialist (innovation and green finance) at the Southeast Asia department of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Naeeda Crishna Morgado speaks with Uxolo to discuss their focus on climate financing, their efforts at building green bonds and the need for policy reforms.

Head of Impact and ESG at impact investor Silverstreet Capital, Julia Wakeling speaks with Uxolo about the company’s work on improving the lives of smallholder farmers, optimising land use through better seed technology in African countries, and generating attractive returns for their investors.

Sam McManus at Uxolo Development Finance talks to Hoda Moustafa, Africa Regional Head at Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) about successful solar power project models in Africa.

Listen to this week's podcast where Sam McManus, Director at Uxolo Development Finance, talks with Matthew Jordan-Tank, Director, Sustainable Infrastructure Policy and Preparation at EBRD, about the hurdles and potential solutions to attracting more private sector investment into sustainable infrastructure projects.

Uxolo speaks with Alejandro Litovsky, Founder & CEO, Earth Security on climate finance and making carbon an investable market with reference to a mangroves case study for CDC for Zephyr Power’s 50MW wind project near Karachi, Pakistan, creating the mangroves 40 cities network and the mangrove municipal bond fund.

Uxolo speaks with Mayank Goyal, Senior Operations Officer, International Development Association (IDA), about how IDA works in collaboration with other departments in the World Bank to successfully finance development projects in some of the world’s poorest countries including the Solomon Islands, Togo, Mali, Haiti, Cambodia and Uganda.

Marie introduces the GI Hub created by the G20 in 2014 and how they support the progression of the infrastructure sector (00:24), how climate change and the funding shortfall are significant challenges to infrastructure (03:15), ‘brownfield’ Vs ‘greenfield’ and climate mitigation of projects (07:15), driving a sustainability-led infrastructure future (09:54), how infrastructure technology AKA ‘Inf...

Alessandra and Valerie introduce BlueOrchard on their 20th anniversary of impact investing and now being a part of the Schroders Group (00:55), how they work with DFIs and Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) in their blended finance strategies (03:25), the importance of adhering to the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) of the Article 9 standard issued by the European Supervisory A...

Bogolo discusses her work with the G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council (0:49), how the G7 DFIs and others are leading the charge for gender equality with the 2X Challenge (02:30), but how ‘gender lens’ investing is still just a tiny fraction compared with wider ESG investment (03:27), how institutions can continue to push gender equality further (05:45), regression of gender equality in Africa due...

Meaghan discusses where the IFC sits in the World Bank Group and how these institutions operate (0:41), how IFC only lends to the private sector and aims to make the ‘inroads’ into projects before commercial lenders (02:47), what drives IFC to make investments and how they balance ESG impact with financial returns (04:13), how they mobilize private capital and are seeing more impact investors and...

Manfred discusses ILX Fund (0.45), his time at EBRD (01.45), currency instruments (02.50), bridging the gap for private finance to assist DFIs to invest in the SDGs (03.20), the ‘new phenomenon’ of the DFI market (05.25), the need for more transparency and data in the market (07.00), the GEMS database and risk data (11.20), the movement towards becoming a new asset class and how impact is in the D...

Recorded on: Thursday 10th June 2021 MDBs, DFIs, ECAs, commercial banks and other lenders, investors and underwriters have all been pulling together to support communities and companies in the short-term to combat the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The panel commented on the ongoing collaboration in particular being harnessed to support vaccine manufacturing around the world, and the different p...

Recorded on:  Friday 30th April 2021 Sam McManus talks to Dr. Robert Besseling, Founder and CEO of PANGEA-RISK, about the historical and existing role of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), especially in Africa, and how the G20 club of wealthy nations is close to backing a new allocation of the IMF’s Special Drawing Rights.

Date recorded: Monday 17th May 2021 Sam McManus, Director at Uxolo Development Finance speaks with David Ashiagbor, Chief Financial Sector Strategy Officer at The African Development Bank (AfDB) about how DFIs and investors can help to further develop Africa's financial sector to directly benefit people's lives and the economies of all the countries on the continent.

Recorded on: Wednesday 2nd June 2021 Sam McManus, Director at Uxolo Development Finance speaks with Kofi Asumadu Addo, Director Guarantees and Specialized Finance at Afreximbank on how after being mandated by the Africa Union to finance and underwrite ALL Covid-19 Vaccinations across the African Continent, which financial products, partnerships and platforms Afreximbank is utilising in order to ac...

Recorded on: Tuesday 8th June 2021 Sam McManus, Director at Uxolo Development Finance speaks with Arnaud Gillin, Partner & Co-Founder of Innpact, regarding their role as impact investment fund advisors, and how the market is rapidly maturing.

Recorded on:  Wednesday 16th June 2021 Sam McManus, Director at Uxolo Development Finance caught up with Amal-Lee Amin, Director & Head of Climate Change at CDC, the UK’s development finance institution & impact investor, to discuss the specifics of climate financing and how it has evolved over time.