Asset Owners

Sovereign Wealth Funds

Stabilisation, savings and strategic development funds managing national wealth.

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Overview

African sovereign wealth funds combine intergenerational savings mandates with domestic development objectives. Their dual mandate creates natural co-investment roles alongside pension funds and DFIs in infrastructure and strategic sectors.

Key issues

  1. 01Dual commercial and developmental mandates
  2. 02Co-investment and anchor roles
  3. 03Governance and Santiago Principles alignment
  4. 04Crowding-in domestic institutional capital

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  • Nigeria’s sovereign wealth fund. Its Head of Sustainability and ESG is an NgSFI thought leader.

    Nigeria · West Africa

    • Sustainability and ESG

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    Moving African organisations beyond the “talking shop,” turning high-level COP participation into tangible project implementation.

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    Three working mornings in Antalya during COP31 where African executives, asset owners and institutional investors meet Turkish private-sector investors to move screened transactions towards execution and convert priorities into 2027 country platforms.

    • Antalya, Türkiye

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