Best investmentopportunitie Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 2: Understanding the Impact of Global Financial Market Fluctuations on National Economies 3:53

9d ago3:53

3:53

Transmission Mechanisms: How changes in global markets affect national economies through trade, investment flows, and currency exchange rates. Economic Indicators: The influence of global market trends on GDP growth, inflation rates, and employment levels. Financial Stability: The role of global financial markets in affecting the stability of natio…

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Episode 1: Navigating the Economic Landscape. 4:10

10d ago4:10

4:10

In this episode, we explore how to navigate the complex economic landscape, focusing on opportunities and challenges in the global financial market. Key opportunities include diversification, access to growth markets, technological innovation, increased liquidity, and currency diversification. Challenges consist of market volatility, regulatory ris…

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S2 E8: The Case for Diversity with Soula Proxenos 20:15

2+ y ago20:15

20:15

In the final episode of Season 2 of Creating Markets, we talk to professional board member Soula Proxenos about what it means to lead both from inside and outside of a company. We learn where she found her fighting spirit and why it is important to have not only women, but a diversity of people represented and listened to at the highest level of an…

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S2 E7: Creating Digital Safe Spaces for Women featuring Sairee Chahal 26:11

2+ y ago26:11

26:11

In this episode of Creating Markets, IFC speaks with Sairee Chahal, the CEO and founder of Sheroes, a women’s only social network. Born out of a legacy of women-only spaces in India, with the Sheroes platform, Sairee’s goal is to create peer-to-peer networking across a range of topics from financial literacy to health and wellbeing. She tackles the…

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S2, E6: Funding “hidden gems” in Africa featuring AECF’s Victoria Sabula 21:15

2+ y ago21:15

21:15

As the CEO of the African Economic Challenge Fund, Victoria Sabula looks for innovative companies to fund. In this episode, IFC speaks with Sabula about what it means to support local businesses across Africa, what investment can do for a community and how to get more African businesses “investor ready.” AECF Africa IFC’s SME Finance The Kakuma Kal…

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S2, E5: Connecting Brands to Buyers in Latin America - featuring Santiago Sosa 17:09

2+ y ago17:09

17:09

In this episode of Creating Markets, IFC speaks with Santiago Sosa, co-founder of the online commerce platform Nuvemshop about what it takes to start an online business and how to scale it. We also speak about the opportunities for growth and investment in Latin America and how to support small business owners so they can thrive. Santiago Sosa’s pl…

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S2, E4: How Creative Financing can Connect Africa featuring Andile Ngcaba 20:45

3y ago20:45

20:45

In this episode of Creating Markets, IFC speaks with Andile Ngcaba, the chairman of Convergence Partners, a private equity fund that specializes in information and communications technology (ICT). He talks about impact investing and the rewards that have come from decades on the ground building digital infrastructure across the African continent. H…

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S2, E3: A bank for women in India featuring Chetna Sinha 20:58

3y ago20:58

20:58

In this episode, IFC speaks to Chetna Sinha, founder of Mann Deshi Mahila Cooperative Bank, a bank in India aimed at rural women. Chetna speaks to us about what financial literacy means for women, why it’s important to have access to a bank account, and what financial institutions can do to empower women in India. Chetna Sinha’s bank for women in I…

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S2, E2: Decentralizing Health Care in Ghana - Featuring Redbird’s Patrick Beattie 22:47

3y ago22:47

22:47

In this episode, IFC speaks with Patrick Beattie, the co-founder, and CEO of health tech company Redbird. We talk to Patrick about what drew him to work in West Africa, what it means to decentralize the health-care system, and how to help patients manage chronic disease by putting them in the driver's seat. For more information about this episode v…

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S2, E1: Designing Green Buildings for Better Livelihoods 23:06

3y ago23:06

23:06

IFC talks to Sarah El Battouty, the founder of one of Egypt’s leading environmental design and auditing companies, ECOnsult. In this episode, she talks about charting her own path away from her family’s expectations, and making green buildings affordable, accessible, and respected in Egypt. For more information about this episode, see: Sarah El Bat…

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Episode 08: How one Indian investor found self-confidence on the Internet - Featuring Shuvi Shrivastava 16:43

3+ y ago16:43

16:43

IFC talks to Shuvi Shrivastava, Vice President at Lightspeed India, where she invests in startups in the fintech and consumer tech sector. In this episode, she talks about how she landed on a Forbes 30 Under 30 list and highlights the struggle with self-confidence, both in herself and other entrepreneurs and investors in India, where opportunities …

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Episode 07: The logistical challenges of rolling out a COVID-19 vaccine in Africa - Featuring Mohammed Akoojee of Imperial Logistics 13:13

3+ y ago13:13

13:13

For the second part of this two-part series on logistics, IFC talks to Imperial Logistics CEO Mohammed Akoojee again to discuss how African nations are planning for the distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine. Akoojee dives into some of the considerations and essential factors that go into one of the biggest vaccination campaigns the continent has ever …

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Episode 06: How Africa’s logistics sector is integrating tech solutions - Featuring Imperial Logistics’ Mohammed Akoojee 14:13

3+ y ago14:13

14:13

IFC talks to the CEO of Imperial Logistics, Mohammed Akoojee, about the challenges of the logistics sector in Africa and why investment in tech solutions is so vital for the evolution of the industry. Akoojee also dives into the potential of the new African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), and his advice to investors who are thinking about inv…

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Episode 05: More than a Role Model for Other Female Founders in Africa 18:12

3+ y ago18:12

18:12

IFC talks to Christelle Kwizera about the challenges and rewards of starting Water Access Rwanda in her twenties and the power of skilled storytelling for the success of a start-up. Kwizera also dives into why she’s made it her mission to deconstruct misconceptions about Africa as a market. For more info on Kwizera and IFC’s programs, see: Water Ac…

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Episode 04: When challenges meet tech solutions in Africa - Featuring SweepSouth’s Aisha Pandor 20:59

3+ y ago20:59

20:59

IFC talks to entrepreneur Aisha Pandor about how she came up with the idea for her business, the sacrifices of pursuing it, as well as how she has focused on building a sustainable company in Africa’s tech industry. Pandor is the co-founder and CEO of SweepSouth, an online platform that connects domestic service providers with potential employers i…

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Episode 03: How life in a refugee camp inspired a business start-up 21:51

3+ y ago21:51

21:51

IFC talks to Getaw Cherinet about how and why he started a water filter company in Ethiopia and why it is important for him to employ refugees. Cherinet has had an eventful life, but his entrepreneurial story begins in the early 1990s when he fled conflict in Ethiopia and became a refugee in Kenya’s Kakuma Refugee Camp. In this episode, he talks ab…

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Episode 02: The business of ‘exceptional outcomes’ in Latin America 19:56

4y ago19:56

19:56

IFC talks to Santiago Zavala about his journey to becoming an investor focused on Latin American start-ups and why other venture capital investors should put the region on their radar. When he started a guitar-related online forum in the early 2000s, Zavala didn’t expect to find himself where he is today. Although he still actively codes, he’s now …

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Episode 01: COVID-19 -Testing our resilience 12:49

4y ago12:49

12:49

Two IFC staff, one in Fiji and one in Austria, recount how they and the companies they work with have dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic. In May, IFC’s tourism expert in Fiji, Jessie McComb, and her colleague Damola Akinsowon, an IFC investment officer in Vienna, sent voice messages to the Creating Markets podcast team about how their clients have be…

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Trailer 2:48

4y ago2:48

2:48

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) introduces its new podcast Creating Markets. If you’re curious about private businesses in developing countries and investment opportunities in emerging markets, this podcast is for you. For more information on IFC, visit www.ifc.org.By IFC

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Understanding Global Financial Markets

James Darling

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Creating Markets

IFC

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Episode 2: Understanding the Impact of Global Financial Market Fluctuations on National Economies 3:53

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Episode 1: Navigating the Economic Landscape. 4:10

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S2 E8: The Case for Diversity with Soula Proxenos 20:15

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S2 E7: Creating Digital Safe Spaces for Women featuring Sairee Chahal 26:11

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S2, E6: Funding “hidden gems” in Africa featuring AECF’s Victoria Sabula 21:15

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S2, E5: Connecting Brands to Buyers in Latin America - featuring Santiago Sosa 17:09

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S2, E4: How Creative Financing can Connect Africa featuring Andile Ngcaba 20:45

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S2, E3: A bank for women in India featuring Chetna Sinha 20:58

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S2, E2: Decentralizing Health Care in Ghana - Featuring Redbird’s Patrick Beattie 22:47

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S2, E1: Designing Green Buildings for Better Livelihoods 23:06

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Episode 08: How one Indian investor found self-confidence on the Internet - Featuring Shuvi Shrivastava 16:43

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Episode 07: The logistical challenges of rolling out a COVID-19 vaccine in Africa - Featuring Mohammed Akoojee of Imperial Logistics 13:13

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Episode 06: How Africa’s logistics sector is integrating tech solutions - Featuring Imperial Logistics’ Mohammed Akoojee 14:13

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Episode 05: More than a Role Model for Other Female Founders in Africa 18:12

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Episode 04: When challenges meet tech solutions in Africa - Featuring SweepSouth’s Aisha Pandor 20:59

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Episode 03: How life in a refugee camp inspired a business start-up 21:51

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Episode 02: The business of ‘exceptional outcomes’ in Latin America 19:56

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Episode 01: COVID-19 -Testing our resilience 12:49

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Trailer 2:48

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