Sustainable Infrastructure Finance

Dr. Ashenafi Fanta is an associate professor and head of Ph.D. development finance program at the Stellenbosch Business School. Prof. Fanta holds a doctoral degree from Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria (2010) and a master’s and a bachelor’s degree with distinction from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.Before joining the School, Prof. Fanta was Data Analysis and Segmentation Expert at FinMark Trust where he was involved in developing segmentation models. Before FinMark Trust, Prof. Fanta had been teaching at higher learning institutions in Ethiopia for 12 years. Prof. Fanta has published in several scholarly Journals and delivered papers at international conferences. He received the Best-Paper award from Taylor & Francis at the International Academy of African Business and Development (IAABD) Conference held in Atlanta, the USA for his paper published in the Journal of African Business. His research interests include financial development, infrastructure finance, SME finance, and financial inclusion.