Name
Unlocking Local Capital: Scaling Blended Finance for Sustainable Growth in Emerging Markets
Date & Time
Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 10:45 AM - 11:35 AM
Speakers
Guly Sabahi, NDC Partnership Support Unit
Jules Ngankam, African Guarantee Fund
Estelito Biacora, Ayala Corporation
Ayesha Bery, Convergence Blended Finance
Thomas Beloe, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Jules Ngankam, African Guarantee Fund
Estelito Biacora, Ayala Corporation
Ayesha Bery, Convergence Blended Finance
Thomas Beloe, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Description
This session will discuss:
Trends in local capital mobilization across emerging markets.
- The role of domestic institutional investors (pension funds, insurance companies, banks) in blended finance transactions.
- Guarantees, first-loss capital, and risk insurance as tools to enhance local investment.
- Case studies of blended finance initiatives that successfully leveraged domestic capital.
- The role of local financial institutions and capital markets in fostering blended finance solutions.
- Policy and regulatory enablers for unlocking local capital at scale.