Issue 5 - Africa's Financial Markets: real Development Tool?

Cyrille Nkontchou is the founder and managing partner of Enko Capital Management LLP, an Africa-focused asset management firm with offices in Johannesburg and London. He is also the founder and executive chairman of LiquidAfrica Holdings Limited. He started his career as a consultant with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) in France, and worked as a banker with Merrill Lynch in London. He holds a degree in Economics from Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. >> Download Cyrille Nkontchou's paper  

Laurent Demey graduated from the École Centrale de Paris and holds a postgraduate diploma in development economics from the École Normale Supérieure. He held several positions at Société Générale before heading the Group’s brokerage firm in Abidjan. He joined PROPARCO in 2000 as an investment officer and went on to become head of the Banks and Financial Markets Department. In 2004, he set up an AFD agency in Bangkok and a regional PROPARCO office for East Asia. He was Investment Director from 2006 to 2008. Laurent Demey is now PROPARCO’s Deputy Chief Executive Officer. >> Download Laurent Demey's paper  

Mahmud Janmohamed is Managing Director of Serena Hotels Africa where he is responsible for 31 hotels. He is also head of tourism and executive committee member of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED), founding chairman of the Kenya Tourism Federation, director on the Corporate Governance Board East Africa, and board member on the East Africa Association and Kenya Land Conservation Trust. Mahmud Janmohamed was instrumental in placing Tourism Promotion Services (TPS) Serena Hotels Kenya on the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) and in expanding operations in Africa and Asia. >> Download Mahmoud Janmohamed's paper .

Mr. Arnold Ekpe holds degrees in mechanical engineering with first class honours from Manchester University and a Business Administration degree from Manchester Business School. Mr. Ekpe has been the Group Chief Executive Officer of Ecobank Transnational, Inc. since 2005. Prior to that, he was the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of United Bank for Africa. Mr. Ekpe has more than 28 years of African and   >> Download Arnold Ekpe's paper.

Scott Standley is a Senior Research Officer in the Independent Evaluation Office of the International Monetary Fund. He was previously a researcher at the Center for Global Development, where he worked on private sector and financial market development in Sub-Saharan Africa. He holds a Master’s in Public Policy from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. >> Download Scott Standley's paper .

Thierry Tanoh is IFC's Vice President for Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Western Europe. He holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School and from the ESC of Abidjan. Prior to joining IFC in 1994, Mr. Tanoh worked with the banking commission of the West African Central Bank. He focused several years on transactions in Latin America. He has been based in Johannesburg since 2003 where he was Director for Sub-Saharan Africa prior to becoming Vice President in 2008.   >> Download Thierry Tanoh's paper .

  Thorsten Beck is Professor of Economics and Chairman of the European Banking Center. Before joining Tilburg University and the Center, he worked at the Development Research Group of the World Bank. He holds a PhD from the University of Virginia and an MA from the University of Tübingen in Germany. His research and policy work has mainly focused on both the effect of financial sector development on economic growth and the determinants of a sound and effective financial sector.     >> Download Thorsten Beck's paper .