FSD Africa
Evans Osano is the Director of Financial Markets at FSD Africa, a position Evans has held since July 2016. Prior to that, Evans worked at IFC as the Head of Efficient Securities Markets Institutional Development (ESMID) Africa from March 2007 to July 2016. Additionally, Evans served as the Vice President and Head of Investments at AIG Global Investment Group from March 1999 to 2007. Osano holds a Masters of Philosophy (MPhil) in Development Economics and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from Maastricht School of Management, along with a Bachelor's degree in Economics & Business Studies from Kenyatta University. Evans also has additional education from Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and INSEAD.
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FSD Africa
FSD Africa is a specialist development agency funded by the UK’s Department for International Development working to make finance work for Africa’s future. FSD Africa sees itself as a catalyst for change, working with partners to build financial markets that are robust, efficient and, above all, inclusive. It uses funding, research and technical expertise to identify market failures and strengthen the capacity of its partners to improve access to financial services and drive economic growth. FSD Africa is also a regional platform. It fosters collaboration, best practice transfer, economies of scale and coherence between development agencies, donors, financial institutions, practitioners and government entities with a role in financial market development in sub-Saharan Africa. In particular, FSD Africa provides strategic and operational support to the FSD Network. FSD Africa believes strong and responsive financial markets will be central to Africa’s emerging growth story and the prosperity of its people.