Africa's Digital Payments Opportunity | Business Redefined

Mastercard is projecting the digital payments ecosystem in Africa will be worth a staggering US$1.5 trillion by 2030. A conversation with Senior Vice President, Shehryar Ali, on what this means for the continent. On the agenda:
  1. Digital payments, going cash light & what that means for MSMEs
  2. Interoperability & its implications for business
  3. The QR payments landscape across the continent
 
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Episodes
Africa CEO Forum 2025 | Business Redefined A conversation with AmirBenYahmed - CEO, Jeune Afrique Media Group & James Mworia - CEO, CentumPLC about the Africa CEO Forum 2025. On the discussion:
  • Can governments and business leaders work together to unlock Africa’s true economic power?
  • Will the AfCFTA break barriers & turn Africa into a formidable economic bloc?
  • Fragmentation & escalation of tariffs at the global level & how Africa's private sector should position itself
 April 22, 2025
Kenya Mortgage Refinance Company | Business Redefined A conversation with Johnstone Oltetia - MD & CEO, KMRC on the quest to push mortgages further downstream in the Kenyan market. On the agenda:
  1. Depleting the Kes 1.4 billion 2022 note & plans for returning to market for fresh capital
  2. €4.0M World Bank funding & de-risking lending through the Kenya Mortgage Guarantee Trust
  3. High yield environment tailwinds that shaped the 2024 performance
 April 22, 2025
China - Kenya Bilateral ties | Business Redefined An interesting time to be talking about Kenya - China relations given the tariffs escalation unfolding. A conversation with the Senior Vice President & Head of  Stanbic Bank KE's China Desk on a raft of issues including the Sep '24 US$50.0 billion pledge & trade flows.   April 17, 2025
Kenya - IMF Relations | Business Redefined April 1st & Kenya's US$3.6 billion programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has come to an end. My conversation with Churchill Ogutu - Economist, IC Group on what lies ahead following the abortive 9th Review & Kenya's quest for a new programme with the fund.   April 17, 2025
Employee benefits & retirement solutions | Business Redefined A conversation with Jubilee Kenya on building a financial safety net. Everything across the spectrum from easily liquid assets such as Money Market Funds to long-term pension vehicles.     April 7, 2025
Kenya's Insurance Market | Business Redefined A conversation on the state of the insurance market in the country with Britam Life Assurance. On the agenda:
  • The bottom of the pyramid & the promise of micro-insurance
  • Outsized risk & the curating products that respond to market needs
  • From IFRS4 to IFRS17 & implications for players from a reporting standpoint
  • Digital disruption, Artificial Intelligence & new ways of doing risk mapping & combating fraud
  • Life assurance as a risk mitigation measure
 March 27, 2025
Macaash Investment Ltd | Business Redefined This week, a conversation on Kenya's real estate landscape with Macaash Investment Ltd On the agenda:
  • Joint ventures as a vehicle for delivering at scale
  • The evolving returns landscape & implications for both real estate as an asset class & yield chasing investors
  • Diaspora inflows into the real estate sector
 March 27, 2025
The State of the Macros | Business Redefined A look at the state of Kenya's macros with David Rogovic -Vice President & Senior Credit Officer - Moody's On the discussion:
  • The liability management blitz - the Kes 50.0 billion domestic debt buyback & the partial buyback of the US$900.0M 2027 note
  • Going back to market with the 2036 US$1.5 billion note
  • Supplementary Budget II 2024/25 & the accompanying spending pressures (fiscal deficit some 67.0 bps up)
  • The US$3.6 billion IMF programme, its sunset & the way forward. A successor programme in the offing? What shape & form would it take?
 March 18, 2025
National Irrigation Sector Investment Plan | Business Redefined Kenya’s irrigation sector is set for transformation with the National Irrigation Sector Investment Plan (NISIP), targeting Sh580 billion over 10 years. With five key pathways, including expanded farmer-led development and high-performing public schemes, the potential spans 1.34 million hectares for irrigation and 225,000 hectares for flood protection. Full conversation with Eric Mugaa - CS Water, Sanitation & Irrigation March 18, 2025