Consulting
Sapience provides Climate and ESG/vanilla capital market consulting and advisory services to development finance institutions in Africa, Asia and emerging Europe.
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We are pleased to have Artyom Sitnikov and Galina Wells join Sapience as Associates in the ESG/Sustainability spaces. Both Artyom and Galina bring a wealth of banking and consulting experiences as well as a passion for development finance!
Expertise
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Debt Capital Markets
Sapience undertakes capital market diagnostics, research and stakeholder engagement as part of its project work.
Specialising in Emerging and Frontier market development projects Sapience delivers awareness, banking industry expertise + proven market knowledge.
Projects have included work for the European Commission and the International Finance Corporation.
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Local Currency and Capital Market Development
Local capital market development is a long term and uneven process. Sapience has operated since 2021 and is acutely aware of the challenges of keeping market reforms and initiatives on the agenda given the many competing priorities. Stakeholder respect and engagement is key to success in these endeavours.
Sapience has assisted both the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB 2022-23) and the African Development Bank (AfDB 2024) in building their local currency franchises
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ESG and Climate Finance
We know that ESG and Climate finance needs to continue to scale. Sapience actively consults and teaches in these fields.
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Projects include Climate Finance in Egypt (IFC 2022) under the 30x30 programme, Green bond assessment in Rwanda (Euro Comm 2024) and an upcoming Green Bond consulting project across several countries in SE Asia (ADB 2024-25).
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