{"id":3516,"date":"2020-10-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.azafinance.com\/2020\/10\/02\/webinar-funding-amid-covid-19-tips-to-unlock-crucial-capital\/"},"modified":"2020-10-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T00:00:00","slug":"webinar-funding-amid-covid-19-tips-to-unlock-crucial-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azafinance.com\/webinar-funding-amid-covid-19-tips-to-unlock-crucial-capital\/","title":{"rendered":"[Webinar] Funding Amid COVID-19: Tips to Unlock Crucial Capital","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>2020 has been a detrimental year for businesses all over the globe, to say the least. With lockdown measures, border shutdowns and a generally repressed economy, businesses are still counting losses from the past few months. However, the COVID-19 era has also opened up new sources of funding and brought interest costs even lower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tune into our webinar below where our expert panel will unravel the changes in development financing and explore the best ways to approach public, private, and blended finance sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speakers: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Suresh Samuel,\u00a0Investment Director for Lendable, and former Managing Director for Africa at the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)\u00a0<br>&#8211; Linda Habgood, CEO of Delphos International, and former Investment Officer at OPIC<br>&#8211; Adam Gouveia, CFO of AZA, and former Associate at Wells Fargo<br>&#8211; Boason Omofaye, Senior Consultant at New Markets Media &#038; Intelligence (Moderator)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"[Webinar] Funding Amid COVID-19: Tips to Unlock Crucial Capital\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f96lR87dUog?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Webinar Recording: Funding Amid COVID-19<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Notes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How has COVID affected your business? [04:05]<br>Are private sector lenders risk-averse because of the coronavirus? [08:34]<br>What do companies need to do to be aware of to be successful in raising funds at this particular point in time? [12:45]<br>How are companies positioning themselves to lenders to attract more investment? [14:20]<br>Are public sector funding and partnership opportunities decreasing as governments across the world have other spending priorities? [17:38]<br>Have sources of financing opened up? [20:43]<br>Have there been instances of formal defunding? [22:00]<br>How long will this current mood last? [27:20]<br>Is it possible to raise funds remotely? [29:29]<br>Is there a risk bias against African women founders raising funds for their business? [32:39]<br>Is it possible to get funding in the absence of any financial and operational history? [43:28}<br>Is it possible to access funding as a group? [45:36]<br>Are there funding opportunities for consultants and SMEs? [47:10]<br>Is this a good time to start a new business in the micro-finance space? [49:28]<br>With the opening up of the digital space, what business opportunities are available for companies like\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/azafinance.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AZA<\/a>? [50:41]<br>Are there any sector-specific opportunities that can be explored on the continent? [54:56]<br>What are the lending and funding opportunities in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space? [57:44]<br>What funding opportunities will the AfCFTA agreement bring to the continent? [1:00:00]<br>Will government-backed funding and stimuli by central banks have an impact on where people do business? [1:04:02]<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2020 has been a detrimental year for businesses all over the globe, to say the least. With lockdown measures, border shutdowns and a generally repressed economy, businesses are still counting losses from the past few months. However, the COVID-19 era has also opened up new sources of funding and brought interest costs even lower. 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