Absa Africa Financial Markets Index launch 2022 Thursday 13 October, Report launch
Since its launch in 2017, the Absa Africa Financial Markets Index has shone a light on the opportunities for investment in the region. Now returning for its sixth edition, it is a vital part of policy-makers’ and market participants’ toolkits and a benchmark for international investors looking to commit to the region. Produced by OMFIF and sponsored by Absa, the index has expanded this year to 26 countries, with the addition of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Madagascar and Zimbabwe. It records the openness and attractiveness to investment based on six fundamental pillars.
| CBDC: from vision to reality Friday 14 October, Roundtable OMFIF’s Digital Monetary Institute and Giesecke+Devrient are convening a private roundtable for central banks to explore the insights from pilot projects, what steps need to be taken from pilot to production, what’s necessary to make a CBDC ecosystem operational and how to foster adoption. |
| Navigating global economic turbulence Saturday 15 October, Breakfast meeting On the occasion of the International Monetary Fund/World Bank annual meetings, DZ BANK and OMFIF co-host a breakfast discussion on how the world faces ever-present challenges from high inflation, looming recession and a potential new world order. |
| In conversation with UK law commissioner on digital assets Tuesday 18 October, Roundtable Digital assets regulation in the UK is in its nascent stage. This roundtable, hosted by the Digital Monetary Institute and the UK Law Commission, explores the potential directions in which the UK legal system could go. |
| Macroeconomic consequences of environmental degradation Wednesday 19 October, Roundtable The Central Bank of Chile has been increasingly focused on the interaction between the environment and economy. Elias Albagli, director of the bank’s monetary policy division, joins OMFIF to analyse the economic consequences of environmental degradation. |
