Toni Weis is a Financial Specialist at the World Bank’s Africa Gender Innovation Lab (GIL). He (co)leads operational and analytical work on entrepreneurial finance and private-sector development in several African countries at GIL and in the Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation Global Practice. Toni has published peer-reviewed work on topics such as the adoption of global standards for financial regulation in Ethiopia, the African startup capital ecosystem, and the gender gap in banking careers. Toni joined the World Bank from the US Chamber of Commerce’s Center for International Private Enterprise where he led business advocacy campaigns across Africa. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Oxford, an MBA from the University of London, and an MA from Sciences Po Paris.