2026 Investor Insights Roundtables

Mobilising Africa’s $4 Trillion in Local Capital: Pension Funds, Banks & SWFs as Growth Partners

Turn domestic balance sheets (pensions, banks, SWFs) into long-term VC/PE and infrastructure LP capital via regulation, product design and risk-sharing structures.

Private Credit, Venture Debt & Revenue-Based Finance: The New Growth Capital Stack

Private debt is one of the fastest-growing asset classes in African private markets, with private debt deal values up double-digits year-on-year and multiple new dedicated private credit funds launching.

Cross-Border Scale & AfCFTA: Structuring for Multi-Market Expansion

Share real case studies on legal structuring, FX management, tax, data rules and go-to-market for startups and funds scaling across regions under AfCFTA.

Operational Alpha: Value Creation, Governance & Unit Economics Discipline

Compare post-investment value-creation playbooks, cost optimisation, governance, talent and pricing that drive 2–3x without relying on multiple expansion.

Blended Finance for Infrastructure: De-Risking Energy, Transport & Digital Connectivity in Africa

Break down how DFIs and catalytic capital use first-loss, guarantees, concessional debt and currency risk mitigation to mobilise institutional and commercial investors into large-scale infrastructure, renewables, transmission, transport, data centres, fibre, and logistics.

Cybersecurity Growth Markets: Where Investors Are Backing Africa’s Next Defenders

Map high-growth cybersecurity segments managed security services, SOCs, cloud-native security, fraud prevention, compliance automation and critical infrastructure protection and assess market readiness, customer demand and regulatory pressure across Africa.

Energy Transition in Africa: Confronting the Risks Investors Can’t Ignore in Mobility, Mini-Grids & Storage

Dissect the hardest parts of underwriting energy transition deals, reliability, demand forecasting, capex cycles, local assembly economics and share live examples of where deals have succeeded or failed. What are actually hitting profitability, how to price risk, and what policies or blended finance tools make returns viable

The Exit Lab: Where Will Liquidity Actually Come From in 2026?

Discuss real-world exit pathways: trade buyers, strategic M&A, GP-led secondaries and partial recaps—and debate which structures and buyer types will truly unlock liquidity in Africa’s reset market.

Angel Investing in Africa’s Tech Frontier: Structuring Deals, Syndicates & Follow-on Strategy

Discussion among angel investors, syndicates and early-stage funders on how to structure effective deals, build syndicates across borders, manage follow-on rounds and secure exits in Africa’s evolving ecosystem.

Diaspora Capital Engine: Unlocking Global African Wealth for Venture, SMEs & Digital Infrastructure

Concrete investment pathways, fund structures and co-investment models that can channel diaspora wealth and expertise into Africa’s venture, SME and digital infrastructure pipeline over the next 3 years.

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