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In today’s episode, Dr. Khalid Khalafalla, CEO of the Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC) and Acting CEO of the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), shares his strategic vision for advancing sustainable economic growth across Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member countries. He discusses how ICIEC and ICD complement each other within the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, the alignment of Islamic finance with ESG principles, and the institution’s role in unlocking private capital through blended finance and innovative risk-sharing tools.

In today’s episode, Leslie Maasdorp, CEO of British International Investment (BII), shares his strategic vision for scaling sustainable finance in frontier and emerging markets. He discusses how BII is navigating global funding cuts, recent investments in green infrastructure and digital connectivity, and the institution’s evolving approach to impact and transparency.

Dive into an enlightening conversation with Anshula Kant, Managing Director and CFO of the World Bank Group at the Uxolo Global 2025 conference in Copenhagen as she unpacks the complexities facing global development today. In this exclusive podcast episode, Anshula shares a front-row perspective on the unprecedented challenges emerging economies confront—especially the looming youth employment crisis, with over a billion young people entering the workforce in the next decade but not nearly enough jobs to match.

In today's episode, Signe Kolby Sørensen, Director of Strategy & Impact at Norfund, discusses investment strategies aligned with impactful development. She highlights Norfund’s approach to blended finance, resilient economies, the recent influential investment in AgDevCo, and navigating the balance between financial returns and development goals.

Uxolo speaks with Bart Raemaekers Head of Syndications & Concessional Financings at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) 'the climate bank of Asia'; delving into the financial toolkit available to the team for mobilising private capital into the projects that need it the most.