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The Financing Africa’s Future podcast examines the forces shaping Africa’s financial markets and their role in driving sustainable development. Each episode features in-depth conversations with experts and practitioners, exploring both opportunities and constraints in areas such as climate finance, capital markets, early-stage finance, adaptation and resilience and development impact.
With new episodes released every week, the series provides policymakers, investors, and development partners with informed perspectives on the evolving financial landscape and its implications for Africa’s future.
About FSD Africa:
FSD Africa is a specialist development agency working to build and strengthen financial markets across sub-Saharan Africa. By addressing systemic challenges and unlocking new opportunities, FSD Africa seeks to make finance work for the continent’s future, supporting resilience, sustainability and inclusive growth.
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Thursday May 28, 2026
Thursday May 28, 2026
Africa’s institutional capital remains heavily concentrated in low-risk assets, while many high-growth businesses across the continent continue to face limited access to long-term financing.
In the latest episode of Financing Africa’s Future, Hamdiya Ismaila, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Savannah Impact Advisory, sits down with Kaara Wainaina, Senior Manager, Advocacy & Campaigns at FSD Africa, to discuss how domestic capital can be better mobilised towards SMEs and the wider real economy.
The conversation explores the evolution of Ghana’s investment landscape, the role of pension funds in deepening capital markets, and why building effective intermediary investment structures will be critical to unlocking more patient capital across Africa.
A timely discussion on market development, impact investing, and the future of African finance.
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