adsEkiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, and Afe Babalola, founder of Afe Babalola University, have commended the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS) for its maiden International Academic Conference, describing it as a strategic platform for collaboration between capital market stakeholders and academia to strengthen Africa’s financial markets and deepen financial literacy.
The conference, themed “Capital Markets, Sustainable Finance and Economic Transformation in Africa,” held at ABUAD, Ado-Ekiti, brought together academics, regulators, investors, policymakers and capital market operators to explore ways of strengthening Africa’s financial ecosystem, promoting sustainable finance, and mobilising long-term investment for economic development.
Speaking on behalf of Governor Oyebanji, the Commissioner for Industry, Trade and Investment, Tayo Adeola, said African capital markets must drive the continent’s economic transformation through infrastructure financing, enterprise growth, and sustainable development.
Oyebanji lauded the initiative and highlighted Ekiti State’s infrastructure financing model, including its N32.5 billion, 20-year infrastructure bond issued in April 2025 to fund a 17.84-kilometre dual carriageway toll road project, which forms part of a broader road network.
