Creating Markets

Creating Markets tells the behind-the-scenes stories of the people, trends, and ideas that are driving private sector investment in developing countries, reshaping economies, creating jobs, and addressing development challenges. It is produced by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a sister organization of the World Bank, and a member of the World Bank Group.

S2 E8: The Case for Diversity with Soula Proxenos 12/22/2021

S2 E8: The Case for Diversity with Soula Proxenos In the final episode of Season 2 of Creating Markets, we talk to professional board member Soula Proxenos about what it means to lead both from inside and outside of a company. We learn where she found her fighting spirit and why it is important to have not only women, but a diversity of people represented and listened to at the highest level of an organization. Proxenos tells us why diversity is very good for business. /episode/index/show/creatingmarkets/id/21462335

S2 E7: Creating Digital Safe Spaces for Women featuring Sairee Chahal 12/08/2021

S2 E7: Creating Digital Safe Spaces for Women featuring Sairee Chahal In this episode of Creating Markets, IFC speaks with Sairee Chahal, the CEO and founder of Sheroes, a women’s only social network. Born out of a legacy of women-only spaces in India, with the Sheroes platform, Sairee’s goal is to create peer-to-peer networking across a range of topics from financial literacy to health and wellbeing. She tackles the challenge of making a safe space for women in the digital age, and notes that when women are included financially, economies perform better. /episode/index/show/creatingmarkets/id/21368222

S2, E6: Funding “hidden gems” in Africa featuring AECF’s Victoria Sabula 11/24/2021

S2, E6: Funding “hidden gems” in Africa featuring AECF’s Victoria Sabula As the CEO of the African Economic Challenge Fund, Victoria Sabula looks for innovative companies to fund. In this episode, IFC speaks with Sabula about what it means to support local businesses across Africa, what investment can do for a community and how to get more African businesses “investor ready.” /episode/index/show/creatingmarkets/id/21219341

S2, E5: Connecting Brands to Buyers in Latin America - featuring Santiago Sosa 11/10/2021

S2, E5: Connecting Brands to Buyers in Latin America - featuring Santiago Sosa In this episode of Creating Markets, IFC speaks with Santiago Sosa, co-founder of the online commerce platform Nuvemshop about what it takes to start an online business and how to scale it. We also speak about the opportunities for growth and investment in Latin America and how to support small business owners so they can thrive. /episode/index/show/creatingmarkets/id/21099107

S2, E4: How Creative Financing can Connect Africa featuring Andile Ngcaba 10/27/2021

S2, E4: How Creative Financing can Connect Africa featuring Andile Ngcaba In this episode of Creating Markets, IFC speaks with Andile Ngcaba, the chairman of Convergence Partners, a private equity fund that specializes in information and communications technology (ICT). He talks about impact investing and the rewards that have come from decades on the ground building digital infrastructure across the African continent. He also shares the exciting future ahead for a continent that is fast becoming digital. /episode/index/show/creatingmarkets/id/20903090

S2, E3: A bank for women in India featuring Chetna Sinha 10/13/2021

S2, E3: A bank for women in India featuring Chetna Sinha In this episode, IFC speaks to Chetna Sinha, founder of Mann Deshi Mahila Cooperative Bank, a bank in India aimed at rural women. Chetna speaks to us about what financial literacy means for women, why it’s important to have access to a bank account and what financial institutions can do to empower women in India. /episode/index/show/creatingmarkets/id/20787893

S2, E2: Decentralizing Health Care in Ghana - Featuring Redbird’s Patrick Beattie 09/29/2021

S2, E2: Decentralizing Health Care in Ghana - Featuring Redbird’s Patrick Beattie In this episode, IFC speaks with Patrick Beattie, the co-founder, and CEO of health tech company Redbird. We talk to Patrick about what drew him to work in West Africa, what it means to decentralize the health-care system, and how to help patients manage chronic disease by putting them in the driver's seat. /episode/index/show/creatingmarkets/id/20560679

S2, E1: Designing Green Buildings for Better Livelihoods 09/15/2021

S2, E1: Designing Green Buildings for Better Livelihoods IFC talks to Sarah El Battouty, the founder of one of Egypt’s leading environmental design and auditing companies, ECOnsult. In this episode, she talks about charting her own path away from her family’s expectations, and making green buildings affordable, accessible, and respected in Egypt. /episode/index/show/creatingmarkets/id/20389937

Episode 08: How one Indian investor found self-confidence on the Internet - Featuring Shuvi Shrivastava 03/10/2021

Episode 08: How one Indian investor found self-confidence on the Internet - Featuring Shuvi Shrivastava IFC talks to Shuvi Shrivastava, Vice President at Lightspeed India, where she invests in startups in the fintech and consumer tech sector. In this episode, she talks about how she landed on a Forbes 30 Under 30 list and highlights the struggle with self-confidence, both in herself and other entrepreneurs and investors in India, where opportunities for investment are increasing by the day. /episode/index/show/creatingmarkets/id/18186365

Episode 07: The logistical challenges of rolling out a COVID-19 vaccine in Africa - Featuring Mohammed Akoojee of Imperial Logistics 01/27/2021

Episode 07: The logistical challenges of rolling out a COVID-19 vaccine in Africa - Featuring Mohammed Akoojee of Imperial Logistics For the second part of this two-part series on logistics, IFC talks to Imperial Logistics CEO Mohammed Akoojee again to discuss how African nations are planning for the distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine. Akoojee dives into some of the considerations and essential factors that go into one of the biggest vaccination campaigns the continent has ever seen, including vaccine scarcity, cold chains and making sure the doses are secure. /episode/index/show/creatingmarkets/id/17694182

Episode 06: How Africa’s logistics sector is integrating tech solutions - Featuring Imperial Logistics’ Mohammed Akoojee 01/20/2021

Episode 06: How Africa’s logistics sector is integrating tech solutions - Featuring Imperial Logistics’ Mohammed Akoojee IFC talks to the CEO of Imperial Logistics, Mohammed Akoojee, about the challenges of the logistics sector in Africa and why investment in tech solutions is so vital for the evolution of the industry. Akoojee also dives into the potential of the new African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), and his advice to investors who are thinking about investing in Africa. /episode/index/show/creatingmarkets/id/17609636

Episode 05: More than a Role Model for Other Female Founders in Africa 12/16/2020

Episode 05: More than a Role Model for Other Female Founders in Africa IFC talks to Christelle Kwizera about the challenges and rewards of starting Water Access Rwanda in her twenties and the power of skilled storytelling for the success of a start-up. Kwizera also dives into why she’s made it her mission to deconstruct misconceptions about Africa as a market. /episode/index/show/creatingmarkets/id/17215754

Episode 04: When challenges meet tech solutions in Africa - Featuring SweepSouth’s Aisha Pandor 12/02/2020

Episode 04: When challenges meet tech solutions in Africa - Featuring SweepSouth’s Aisha Pandor FC talks to entrepreneur Aisha Pandor about how she came up with the idea for her business, the sacrifices of pursuing it, as well as how she has focused on building a sustainable company in Africa’s tech industry. /episode/index/show/creatingmarkets/id/17019671

Episode 03: How life in a refugee camp inspired a business start-up 11/12/2020

Episode 03: How life in a refugee camp inspired a business start-up Getaw Cherinet has had an eventful life, but his entrepreneurial story begins in the early 1990s when he fled conflict in Ethiopia and became a refugee in Kenya’s Kakuma Refugee Camp. In this episode, he talks with IFC about how he started a business in the refugee camp and how his journey led him to New Zealand, the US, and finally, back to Ethiopia. Here, he started a farm and a water filter business called Tulip Addis Water Filter, where he employs refugees. /episode/index/show/creatingmarkets/id/16782407

Episode 02: The business of ‘exceptional outcomes’ in Latin America 10/08/2020

Episode 02: The business of ‘exceptional outcomes’ in Latin America IFC talks to Santiago Zavala about his journey to becoming an investor focused on Latin American start-ups and why other venture capital investors should put the region on their radar. /episode/index/show/creatingmarkets/id/16305596

Episode 01: COVID-19 -Testing our resilience 09/10/2020

Episode 01: COVID-19 -Testing our resilience Two IFC staff, one in Fiji and one in Austria, recount how they and the companies they work with have dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic. In May, IFC’s tourism expert in Fiji, Jessie McComb, and her colleague Damola Akinsowon, an IFC investment officer in Vienna, sent voice messages to the Creating Markets podcast team about how their clients have been dealing with the pandemic, and which of their clients responded with creativity and resilience. /episode/index/show/creatingmarkets/id/15913784

Trailer 08/14/2020

Trailer The International Finance Corporation (IFC) introduces its new podcast Creating Markets. If you’re curious about private businesses in developing countries and investment opportunities in emerging markets, this podcast is for you. For more information on IFC, visit www.ifc.org. /episode/index/show/creatingmarkets/id/15610019

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