Congratulations to Carlos Lopes , one of New African's Most Influential Africans 2024! 🏅 Your unwavering dedication to exposing political truths is shaping Africa's narrative. ✊ #Leadership #Politics #MostInfluentialAfricans 🔗 100.newafricanmagazine.com

The prevailing approach to financial-product development does not put nearly enough emphasis on access for the disabled, lament Carl Manlan and @adanna_dr of Visa. This represents not only a moral failure, but also a missed economic opportunity. bit.ly/404S8RI

People with disabilities represent nearly $13 trillion in disposable income. Ensuring that they can participate fully in the economy – including the financial system – is thus an economic imperative, argue Carl Manlan and @adanna_dr of Visa. bit.ly/404S8RI

.Carl Manlan and @adanna_dr of Visa urge fintech innovators to embrace a universally inclusive design approach, in which accessibility considerations shape solutions from the start. bit.ly/404S8RI

Looking forward to my upcoming talk at Worcester State University! I'll be sharing insights from the book I'm writing about how women entrepreneurs in Togo used their economic power to shape the country's politics. Please join us if you are in the greater Boston area.

Work accomplished. I am happy to have integrated the International Commission tasked by Spain, the 4th Financing for Development Conference host, to make bold ptoposals to stimulate the discussion. Our report is out. You can have access here: financing.desa.un.org/ICE/reports

“You can’t go back and make a new start, but you can start right now and make a brand new ending.” – James R. Sherman

Nice pair for the challenges ahead.

We are humbled to feature Carl Manlan - Vice President in charge of Social Impact & Sustainability at Visa Central & Eastern Europe,Middle East & Africa , as he shares various strategies on how to accelerate Financial Inclusion among Maginalised Communities in Africa. Episode 4 – youtube.com/watch?v=twPkPJ…

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In an opinion for @AllianceMag, I reflect on how data can inform the future of development finance: ⏭️ Adopting triple-bottom-line thinking 🔢 Embracing ruthless prioritization ⏺️ Moving data-driven decision-making to a strategic role Read more: alliancemagazine.org/blog/data-must…

Lola dedicated her life to championing leadership. Now, we invite you to help carry her legacy forward. Your support helps elevate voices like that of our Senior Fellow Carl Manlan, who rediscovered the power of his voice as a New Voices Fellow. as.pn/award

I am very honoured to have been selected by the #COP30 Brazilian Presidency to be the Special Envoy for #Africa. I will do my utmost to contribute to the necessary change in climate action.

Speaking at #DayOfTheAfricanChild2025 - how public finance can deliver for children across Africa. Investing in children is securing our future. 🗓 16 June | ⏰ 2–3:45 PM EAT 🔗 unicef.zoom.us/meeting/regist… #DAC2025 #InvestInChildren #ChildRights #AfricaRising UNICEF African Development Bank Group

Carlos Lopes urges leaders to stop lobbying for access to frameworks that do not serve their countries’ interests. project-syndicate.org/commentary/onl…

L’éducation financière: Une mission- L’innovation: Une passion - L’inclusion financière: Un devoir. 🇨🇩 #VisaPay

Je suis invité par le prestigieux Collège de France, l'instance phare du système académique français, pour donner 4 Conférences qui seront par la suite publiés par le Collège, en forme de livre. Si vous êtes à Paris vous pouvez me rejoindre, après inscription.

I recently joined a Q&A session at the University of Europe for Applied Sciences (UE) in Dubai. Hosted by Prof. Dahlia Mahmoud and moderated by fellow social impact leader Carl Manlan, the event gathered students and guests to explore the power of purpose in business. The

Ma nouvelle tribune: "Ce que les Africains attendent de la COP30". project-syndicate.org/commentary/afr…

The concept of an adaptive, inclusive, and moral political economy is a compass for thinking and policymaking in an age when the Global Majority is no longer mimicking Western modernity or waiting to be saved, writes Yuen Yuen Ang. bit.ly/4hC2elC