On this episode of Enterprise Discuss with Michael Avery, Garth Klintworth – Absa Group Head of International Markets – discusses the seventh iteration of the Absa Africa Monetary Markets Index (AFMI).
Earlier than becoming a member of Absa, Klintworth was a Derivatives Supervisor in Treasury for the Johannesburg Consolidated Funding Firm, after which turned a Treasurer at JP Morgan.
On this interview, Klintworth discusses the significance of publishing the Absa AFMI yearly.
He explains how partnering with the OMFIF exhibits that the AFMI is unbiased, and particulars how a lot of Africa the index covers.
Klintworth then feedback on the important thing findings of the index for 2023 – together with that scores are rising total, and most international locations now incorporate ESG-linked monetary insurance policies.
He discusses which nations had been significantly fascinating to him, and concludes by explaining how Absa will be sure that the AFMI stays a yardstick for Africa.
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