WEBINAR: African Continental Free trade Agreement implementation and Financial Markets integration in West Africa
30/07/2020
Date, Time and venue: Thursday July 30th, 2020 at 13.00 – 14.30 (Abidjan, Accra) | 16.00 – 17.30 (Addis Ababa) | 14.00 – 15.30 (Abuja) | Online
Making Finance Work for Africa (MFW4A) and the Capital Markets Development Trust Fund (CMTDF, AfDB) are pleased to invite you to a joint Webinar on the “African Continental Free trade Agreement implementation and Financial Markets integration in West Africa”.
Most West African Financial Markets, are small, deeply fragmented and they are heavily challenged by weak regulatory structures and poor soft financial infrastructure among others.
Within that backdrop, the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) comes in as a continental regulatory and legal framework to establish a single and liberalized market for goods, persons, capital and services.
In the scope of this Webinar, Speakers will address the establishment of a single and liberalized Capital/Financial Markets at regional and country level.
Key Speaker
H.E. Mr. Wamkele MENE
Secretary General
African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) Secretariat.
Speakers
Dr. Félix Edoh Kossi AMENOUNVE
President
African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA)
Chief Executive Officer
Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Immobilières (BRVM)
Dr. Ngozi EGBUNA
Director General
West African Monetary Institute (WAMI)
Mr. Efiok E. EFIOK
Head Investment Management Department
Securities and Exchange Commission of Nigeria.
Moderator: Akin ADIGUN, Senior Capital Markets Officer, African Development Bank
