IFC Audio Stories
Episodes
My First Job: Zanele Hlatshwayo - When Finance Meets Farming
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of My First Job on IFC Audio Stories, Zanele Hlatshwayo, Deputy Program Manager for the Global Agricultural and Food Security Program ...
AgriConnect: Feeding the Future, Creating Jobs
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As the World Bank Group launches AgriConnect, a bold effort to transform smallholder farming, we explore what it means for the future of food and job...
The 20%: Which Firms Create the Most Jobs
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of IFC Audio Stories we explore why just a small share of firms, typically young, fast-growing businesses, are responsible for most j...
My First Job: Fisayo Fosudo - Crafting a Digital Legacy
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of My First Job, host Camryn Billett speaks with Nigerian tech and finance YouTuber Fisayo Fosudo about how his first job launched hi...
My First Job: Dagmawit Moges Bekele
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of My First Job on IFC Audio Stories, Dagmawit Bekele—Director of the AU Peace Fund Secretariat and former Cabinet Minister in the E...
How IFC is Powering Rwanda's Biotech Growth
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of IFC Audio Stories we explore the dynamic collaboration between IFC, private sector players and the Rwandan government to establish ...
Financing Cities: How IFC Unlocks Capital for Growth
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cities house over half the world's population and drive more than 80% of global GDP—but many struggle to finance the infrastructure needed for sust...
Sewing Success: Investing in Women for a Stronger Economy
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of IFC Audio Stories, we're in Nairobi, Kenya, where a bold private sector partnership is driving inclusive growth. Royal Apparel EPZ ...
My First Job: Loubna Ghaleb
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of IFC Audio Stories, Loubna Ghaleb, Board Member for Strategy and Development at Tanger Med Group and the 2025 winner of the MIGA Gen...
My First Job: Mary Porter Peschka
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In honor of Women's Month, IFC Audio Stories presents "My First Job" - conversations with senior women leaders about how their careers got started and...
Investing in Power Markets: A Roadmap to Universal Energy Access
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Approximately 685 million people worldwide still lack access to sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy, highlighting the critical urgency of ach...
Mission 300: Powering Progress in Africa
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of IFC Audio Stories, we explore Mission 300, an ambitious initiative to connect 300 million people in Africa to clean, affordable, a...
Turning on the Tap in Fiji, Thanks to a Sovereign Green Bond
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to the powerful story of resilience and transformation in Vatani village, Fiji, where access to clean water, made possible by an innovative sov...
Empowering Change: Bridging Gender Equality and Economic Growth
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for IFC Audio Stories as we explore the World Bank Group's new Gender Strategy and its role in accelerating equality. In this episode, industr...
Voices from Mongolia: Goat herders and cashmere entrepreneurs on green loans' impact
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Green finance is helping Mongolian cashmere companies become energy-efficient while preserving traditions among the nomadic herders who supply cashmer...
Mobilizing Investment for the Developing World's Sustainable Cooling Needs
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On July 25th, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres released a call to action on extreme heat. With soaring temperatures killing half a million people...
Empowering Renewable Energy Women Leaders from the Field to the Boardroom
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
IFC chats with Chanda Kapande Nxumalo, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Harmattan Renewables, a South African renewable energy company that is a...
From Energy Scarcity to Entrepreneurial Success for 10,000 Women
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
IFC chats with Olasimbo ("Simbo") Sojinrin, Chief Operating Officer of Solar Sister, a leading provider of portable solar home systems in Kenya, Niger...
Voices of Innovation: The 2024 World Bank Youth Summit
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of IFC Audio Stories we explore the 11th edition of the World Bank Group Youth Summit, where thousands of young innovators converged t...
Leveraging Digital Tech for African Business Growth
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest episode of IFC Audio Stories, we delve into the research behind the International Finance Corporation's book, "Digital Opportunities in ...
Powering Africa: The Private Sector's Role in Africa's Energy Transformation
19 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At the 2024 Spring Meetings, World Bank Group President Ajay Banga announced an ambitious commitment to bring energy access to 300 million people in A...
Designing for Women: Tailoring Financial Solutions to Close the Gender Gap
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of IFC Audio Stories we discuss women's economic empowerment with Jessica Schnabel, the Global Head of Banking on Women at IFC. Design...
Private Sector Strategies for Water Sustainability
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This World Water Day, IFC Audio Stories dives into the crucial topic of water. Host Lindy Mtongana is joined by IFC's Lalrin Sailo and George Butler t...
Her Fintech Edge: Closing the Gender Gap in Financial Services
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of IFC Audio Stories, host Lindy Mtongana is in conversation with the leads of a new report launched by IFC: Her Fintech Edge - Market...
Private Sector Solutions at the Global Refugee Forum
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of IFC Audio Stories, host Lindy Mtongana explores the growing global displacement crisis with Michel Botzung, Head of the IFC-UNHCR J...
Road to COP28: IFC's Agenda at COP28
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the concluding episode of the Road to Cop28 Series on IFC Audio Stories, Jamie Fergusson IFC's Global Director for Climate Business, provides an in...
Road to COP28: IFC's Wisdom on Water
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Lindy Mtongana sits down with Rogerio Pilotto, a Senior Investment Officer in IFC's Global Water team to discuss the crucial role of ...
Road to COP28: Finance for a Changing Climate
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
With COP28 just weeks away, Lindy Mtongana sits down with IFC's Global Head of Climate Finance, William Beloe to discuss the intersection between clim...
Road to Cop28: IFC's Green Hydrogen Vision
27 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
IFC is embarking on the Road to COP28 with a mission to accelerate the transition to low-carbon, resilient markets. In this episode of IFC Audio Stor...
Empowering Africa's Creative Artisans through E-Commerce
19 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As the world increasingly embraces e-commerce, IFC is partnering with an African startup to ensure the continent's creative artisans don't get left be...
In Conversation with Ricardo Tafur and Peter Lolem
20 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of IFC Audio Stories delves into the importance of private sector solutions to the refugee crisis. IFC Senior Operations Officer Ricardo ...
Insights from the Africa CEO Forum 2023
13 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This year's Africa CEO Forum saw 2,200 participants gathering in Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire for the largest private sector assembly in Africa. Co-hosted b...
Spotlighting gender at the Spring Meetings
17 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of IFC Audio Stories we take a look back at the Spring Meetings, with highlights from an IFC-led event on women's leadership and econ...
She Powers Africa – Ep. 03: Being a Champion for African Girls to Explore STEM Careers
12 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the third episode of She Powers Africa, IFC chats with Carol Koech, the Country President for Schneider East Africa. Koech shares her career journe...
She Powers Africa - Ep 02: Olaedo Osoka, Leading as an African Woman in the Renewable Energy Sector
22 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of She Powers Africa, IFC chats with Olaedo Osoka, CEO of Daystar Power in West Africa. Osoka shares her experience as one of t...
She Powers Africa - Ep 01: Jennifer Boca, Head of ESG at Lekela Power, on Africa's renewable energy sector
14 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In She Powers Africa, IFC chats with Jennifer Boca, Head of ESG at Lekela Power, on stepping forward into Africa's renewable energy sector.
Future Keepers - Ep 03: Governance and keeping an open door with Jay Bartlett
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For the final episode of this Pacific mini-series, IFC talks to Hatanga Managing Director Jay Bartlett about why it's important to demonstrate high...
Future Keepers - Ep 02: Leadership and the Pacific's strong women with Dame Meg Taylor
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of this Pacific mini-series, IFC talks to Dame Meg Taylor, former Secretary-General of the Pacific Islands Forum about what it m...
Future Keepers Ep 01- Resilience and risk with Nikita Patel
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For the first part of this Pacific mini-series, IFC talks to Vinod Patel & Company Chief Financial Officer Nikita Patel to discuss what organizationa...
India's COVID-19 crisis: 'There is no normal'
19 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bad news is the only news that Manuela de Souza, an IFC communications officer in Goa, India, hears these days. Since a highly transmissible second wa...
Racism at Home and Abroad: A Conversation Between Friends
13 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Two long-time friends, one African-American and the other a U.S.-based Ugandan national, share their experiences of institutional racism on two contin...