Over the next decade, 1.2 billion young people across emerging and developing countries will come of working age. Yet only 400 million jobs will be created. The World Bank Group has established a High ...

Jasur Karshibaev is the Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance for the Republic of Uzbekistan with extensive experience in ...

Simone Tebet is Brazil's Minister of Planning and Budgeting, a trailblazing politician and advocate for women's rights, ...

Mr. Adebayo Olawale Edun has over four decades of experience at national and international levels in merchant banking, ...

This event at the World Bank Annual Meetings 2024 will discuss the impact, speed, scale and efficiency measures introduced by ...

On October 17, World Bank President Ajay Banga addressed the press ahead of the IMF-World Bank Group Annual Meetings (Oct ...

Lexi Novitske is the General Partner of Norrsken22, based in Lagos, Nigeria. Through its Africa Technology Growth Fund, Norrsken22 invests in the markets it operates in across Africa, leveraging its ...

Yvonne Ike is a Managing Director and Head of Sub-Saharan Africa (Ex-RSA) at Bank of America. She has more than 25 years’ experience in the financial services sector and since joining Bank of America ...

Runa Alam is the co-founder and CEO of Development Partners International (DPI). DPI is a leading private equity firm investing throughout Africa, and manages over $3bn in three funds, African ...