Systems Capital Africa 2026 · The COP31 Gateway

Speakers

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

Day One · Tuesday 10 November

The open conversation on systems for capital deployment

A candid exchange on what is preventing institutional capital from moving into bankable African opportunities, and the institutional actions required to unlock capital at scale.

  • Portrait of Stanley Austin

    Stanley Austin

    Programme convenor

    Africonomie · Asset Owners Africa

  • Green Climate Fund (GCF)

    Climate finance

  • Global Environment Facility (GEF)

    Climate finance

Finance & Trade Day · Friday 13 November

Exchanges, DFIs and mobilising Africa’s capital

Ten to twelve speakers at CEO or senior-executive level: African stock exchanges, DFIs and guarantors, securities regulators, pension funds and other asset owners. A fast roundtable, not a series of keynotes, closing with one commitment from each speaker.

  • UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative (SSE)

    Moderator

Day Three · Saturday 14 November

Country platform executive exchange

Senior country representatives set out institutional priorities and intended 2027 platforms; asset owners, DFIs, climate-finance institutions, Turkish investors and project-preparation partners respond.

  • Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA)

    Nigeria

  • Industrial Development Corporation (IDC)

    South Africa

  • Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)

    South Africa

  • East African Community

    Kenya

  • Development Bank of Namibia (DBN)

    Namibia

  • Country representatives

    Zambia and Mauritius

Further speakers and session contributors are confirmed on a rolling basis and communicated to confirmed delegates as they are secured.

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Strategic partners take a speaking role in the Day Three capital response and can lead or co-lead a systems lab or country table.

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