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Yes, #SFF2024 is a wrap! With 67K participants from 150+ countries, 600+ exhibitors and 900+ speakers, it was reinvigorating and well worth it. So much is happening in the Fintech space and there is so much to learn.

Developing countries are trapped in a vicious cycle of climate, debt, and underinvestment, with severe human costs. Ambitious debt relief is needed urgently to break the cycle and pave way for a resilient green economy. There is no a people or planet B. youtube.com/watch?v=kvD6tn…

A sobering piece by Kevin P. Gallagher and Mark Sobel adding to the growing clamour about the debt crisis in the global south. It will take more than new liquidity support to resolve—they need debt relief. OMFIF

Join us at the 27th Africa Business Conference at Harvard Business School February 14-15, 2025, for an engaging discussion on Africa’s economic development. #ABC2025 tinyurl.com/wj3ewj7e

AFRICAN LEADERS INITIATIVE ON DEBT RELIEF HE President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 met several former African Heads of State and Government who are championing the African Leaders Initiative on Debt Relief at Genadendal, his official residence in Cape Town.

On #InternationalWomensDay I am full of gratitude and celebrate the many exceptional women I have interacted with—my mum, sisters, Capt. Irene Koki Mutungi Lornah Kiplagat Faith Kipyegon, EGH🇰🇪 Christine Lagarde Janet Yellen, and of course the Kenya Lionesses… Thank you! You make us proud and better everyday.

Currently reading “Forgiving What You Can’t Forget.” I just finished “Breaking the Mold” (obviously technically) and I have “Crypto Confidential” and “Endure” next on deck. We missed you Alison Ngibuini on these streets.

Happy Easter to you and all!

As the IMF/WB Spring Meetings kick off, here is a sombre read on the global debt and impending development crisis. This is another canary in a coal mine, and calls for prompt action.

With a sense of foreboding we have perused the IMF’s WEO projections, which are at variance with the high frequency economic activity data. We saw this movie before, in March 2020. Paraphrasing Mark Twain, “The coldest winter I ever spent was the spring of 2025 in Washington DC."

The 4th International Conference on Financing for Development #FFD4 is a wrap, a step in a journey of a thousand miles. It’s time for the “High Opportunity Partnership Economies (HOPE) Initiative”

I enjoyed the interview on Mission Matters about the economic pressures facing African economies—the global & domestic shocks, the emerging debt crisis and local unrest, and what to do about it. Here are the links. Apple: tinyurl.com/39xuya25 Spotify: tinyurl.com/3f2hk5d9