The Africa 2020 Forum Paris

STOA’s CEO, Charles-Henri Malecot took part in the Africa 2020 Forum organised by MOCI (the French Monitor for International Commerce) and CIAN (French Council of Investors in Africa) on February 7, 2020. The roundtable on the African financial environment was an opportunity for Charles-Henri Malecot to highlight that the main risk faced by STOA -as a long term emerging-market investor in energy and infrastructure projects with a specific focus on Africa- was the currency risk. The ECOWAS plan for a single currency would be a good opportunity to mitigate this risk in the medium term, but could raise uncertainties for investors in the short term during its implementation.