Ben T. Smith IV, a longtime Silicon Valley executive and currently head of the Communications, Media and Technology practice at Kearney, speaks to Global Finance about the post-SVB venture capital industry and the pace of innovation.
Many of the world's richest countries are also the world's smallest: the pandemic and the global economic slowdown barely made a dent in their huge wealth.
Global Finance editor Andrea Fiano interviews Ásgeir Jónsson, Central Bank Governor of Iceland during Global Finance's World's Best Bank Awards at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on October 15th.
It has been Global Finance’s practice to conduct a Best Bank award ceremony during the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings. As this year’s Meetings have gone virtual, so will Global Finance’s awards ceremony. Below are a selection of winners from Africa accepting their awards. Click here to see winners from other regions accept their awards.
Ade Ayeyemi, CEO of Ecobank, accepts the award for Best Bank in Africa in the countries of Cape Verde, Gambia, Mali, and Togo.
Julian Opuni, Managing Director at Fidelity Bank, accepts the award for Best Bank in Ghana.
Laurent Goutard, Head of International Retail Banking for Africa, the Mediterranean Basin & Overseas at Société Générale, accepts the award for Best Bank in Algeria, Cameroon, Guinea and Senegal.
Abdulmajid Mussa Nsekela, Group CEO and Managing Director at CRDB accepts the award for Best Bank in Tanzania.