Vera Songwe appointed Chair of the Liquidity and Sustainability Facility Board
Dr. Vera Songwe is appointed Chair of the Board of the Liquidity & Sustainability Facility (LSF). She will sit alongside Dr Benedict Okey Oramah of Afreximbank and David Escoffier, Managing Partner of Eighteen East Capital. Created in November 2021 at COP26 in Glasgow, the LSF seeks to address the perceived risk of African sovereign debt by targeting the liquidity of existing African sovereign Eurobonds and making new ones more attractive to investors. “The LSF marks the recognition of the maturity of the African sovereign bond market. It aims to provide the same financial infrastructure to which