Systems Capital Africa 2026 · The COP31 Gateway

Programme

Three mornings in Antalya during COP31, each building on the last.

Arrival is from 07:30 each morning. Sessions run 08:00 to 10:00 on Days One and Two and 08:00 to 10:40 on Day Three, leaving delegates free for the COP31 programme for the rest of each day.

The Gateway mornings · Antalya

Programme at a glance

  1. Tue10 Nov

    Day One · 07:30–10:00

    From Opportunities to Transaction Pathways

    Screened transactions are matched with relevant institutions to identify deployment barriers and define the financing structures, de-risking interventions and next steps required to advance them. Transaction details are made available to participants in advance.

    • The open conversation on systems for capital deployment
    • Transaction Labs A and B: diagnosis, bankability and financing pathway
    Primary output
    The opportunities with the clearest path to execution, aligned capital providers, and the blockers carried into Day Two
  2. Fri13 Nov

    Day Two · 07:30–10:00

    Capital Mobilisation and Cross-Border Partnerships

    Working directly from the Day One constraints, each room produces a defined intervention, accountable owner, timetable and continuation pathway. The day sits on the COP31 Finance and Trade day.

    • Transaction-to-systems briefing
    • Systems Lab A: capital allocation and bankability
    • Systems Lab B: capital structure and risk sharing
    Primary output
    A single action register: for every transaction, the agreed intervention, accountable institution, next step and continuation pathway
  3. Sat14 Nov

    Day Three · 07:30–10:40

    From Transactions to Country Platforms

    Investment alignment and strategic partnerships. Country executives, domestic institutions and strategic partners convert selected priorities into country-platform mandates, anchor relationships and 90-day activation plans.

    • Country platform executive exchange and capital response
    • Country platform working tables: Nigeria, Kenya, Zambia, South Africa, Namibia and Mauritius
    Primary output
    Country-platform mandates, anchor relationships and 90-day activation plans for the 2027 Systems Capital programmes

Also on Finance & Trade Day

Nigeria Pavilion, COP31

  1. Fri13 Nov

    Roundtable · 60 minutes

    Exchanges, DFIs and mobilising Africa’s capital

    Hosted by Nigeria’s National Council on Climate Change and co-convened with the UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative, the roundtable brings exchanges, DFIs, securities regulators and asset owners to one table.

    Primary output
    Two or three pilot transactions and a Road to Addis agenda for COP32

Opening sessions and closing plenaries are held jointly across Rooms A and B; the labs and country working tables run in parallel, one per room.

Afternoon pathways

Around the COP31 day

Day One · 10 November

  • Sustainable Innovation Forum, 10 and 11 November.
  • The Secretariat coordinates introductions for delegates attending.

Day Two · 13 November

  • COP31 Finance and Trade day programming.
  • Targeted introductions and pre-arranged meetings continue through the day.

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The agenda sets out each morning session by session, including the parallel rooms.

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Systems Capital Africa 2026

Explore the programme

  • Agenda

    Session by session, Antalya, 10, 13 and 14 November 2026.

  • Speakers

    Institutions and executives contributing to the Gateway mornings and the Finance & Trade Day roundtable.

  • Partners

    The institutions convening the Gateway, and the ways to partner on it.

  • Exchanges & DFIs

    A 60-minute roundtable at the Nigeria Pavilion on COP31’s Finance & Trade Day.

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