The Programme
The 3rd Africa Islamic Finance Forum conference programme will look at the huge opportunities in Africa and address the challenges facing the industry. Led by senior decision-making experts, it will discuss;
- Why Africa? A pan-African view of the continent’s Islamic finance landscape for investors and institutions looking at new finance options
- Why Islamic finance opens doors to new opportunities for funding - Accessing investment from the global Islamic community and why being a Sharia-compliant entity can put you at the head of the list
- Understanding the principles of Islamic finance - Where it best fits as a funding mechanism – mitigating and avoiding the risk of riba and gharar
- Legal and Shariah-compliance Experts - Discussing the hot issues in today’s markets
- Role of Islamic finance in building new cross-border agreements - Boosting growth and fund large state projects throughout Africa
- Applying Islamic finance principles to alternative capital structures
- Private Equity
- Bonds
- Direct Investments
- The market outlook on opportunities for applying compliant finance structures throughout the African continent:
- REITS
- Infrastructure
- Fintech
- SME finance
