SWAC-OECD CSAO-OCDE 363d ago

​As part of the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) programme, OECD/SWAC, in partnership with the African Development Bank, is hosting a webinar on urban financing. Join us to explore why investing more—and better—in African cities is essential for inclusive, resilient growth. ​Following the launch of OECD/SWAC’s report Africa’s Urbanisation Dynamics 2025: Planning for Urban Expansion, this second session in the series brings together experts and policymakers to explore specific, urgent and interrelated aspects of sustainable urban growth: land governance, urban financing and housing. ​This webinar will bring together urban experts, municipal financial officers, finance professionals, and decisionmakers to answer key questions behind this topic: what are the current needs in terms of urban finance, who can best respond to them and through which tools? Who are the key actors involved and how do they coordinate? What are fast growing cities trying to finance? How do some of these projects contribute to improving the overall financing environment? What are the obstacles to achieving the desired levels of investment and successfully delivering these projects? ​All the presentations are available here: https://www.oecd.org/en/events/2025/06/financing-cities-the-need-to-invest-more-and-better-in-africas-urbanisation.html ​Pour la version française de l’enregistrement, voir ce lien : https://youtu.be/1YY6jEmPXQ4 00:00 ​Opening Remarks: Nana Touré, Director, OECD/SWAC Secretariat 03:40 Session Presentation: François Paul Yatta, Program Director, UCLG Africa ​Setting the stage: Co-author presentations: 09:05 Margherita Fadda, Policy Analyst, OECD/SWAC Secretariat 14:00 Brilé Anderson, Climate, Urbanisation and Environment Programme Lead, OECD/SWAC Secretariat 19:10 Stefan Atchia, Manager for the Urban Development Division, African Development Bank Group Needs and challenges: Municipal Cheif Financial Officers session 29:30 Lbachir Benhmade, Vice-President of the Municipal Council of Agadir 43:27 Ginette N'Guessan, Financial Director of Cocody Solutions in land and credit markets 54:00 Tobias Konyango, Chair of the Homa Bay County Revenue Board, Kenya 1:04:07 Mohan Vivekanandan, Chairman, Infrastructure Specialist Group (Pty) Ltd and Senior Advisor, African Development Bank Group ​1:10:40 Discussion and Q&A ​1:28:50 Closing remarks: Darline Laurence Tognia, Coordinator, Urban and Municipal Development Fund, African Development Bank Group