TUE. 21 MARCH 2023-theGBJournal | In its 21st year, the Annual AVCA Conference and VC Summit is returning to Cairo on 1 – 5 May 2023.
The major international gathering will be the latest edition of AVCA’s flagship forum and adds to successful global gatherings in Abidjan, Accra, Addis Ababa, Cape Town, Dakar, Lagos, Marrakech.
The pan-African industry association continues to showcase opportunities for business and investment in the most promising markets in Africa. World-class investors, business leaders, and public figures charting growth through private investment will explore the current state and future of private equity and venture capital across high-potential economies and sectors.
Capital allocators, policymakers and the wider private capital in Africa ecosystem will meet in Cairo in person as international participants join virtually.
Organised and hosted by AVCA, with the theme, Retrospection & Prospection: Transforming Africa through Private Capital, participants at the 2023 summit will discuss prospects for the region’s economic development, industrialisation and the GP-LP landscape influencing current and future deal-making during a time of ongoing energy and food crises.
The agenda incorporates topical debate, market-shaping perspectives and strategies from organisations including Adenia Partners, African Development Bank, African Infrastructure Investment Managers, AfricInvest, Clifford Chance, DEG, FSD Africa, International Finance Corporation, Old Mutual Alternative Investments, Proparco, Sahel Capital, and Verod Capital Management.
The landmark event will be opened by His Excellency Mostafa Madbouly, the Prime Minister of Egypt. It will also feature other keynote addresses, panel discussions, investor and portfolio company spotlights, roundtable discussions and networking opportunities with and beyond 130+ speakers, including the following:
Wale Adeosun, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Kuramo Capital Management
Samuel Akyianu, Chief of Party, Mastercard Foundation Africa Growth Fund
Runa Alam, Co-Founding Partner & Chief Executive Officer, Development Partners International (DPI)
Amine Allam, Managing Director, Admaius Capital Partners
Hany Al-Sonbaty, Managing Partner, Sawari Ventures
Albert Alsina, Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Partner, Mediterrania Capital Partners
Stephane Bacquaert, Managing Director, Adenia Partners
Isabelle Bébéar, Director – Head of International & European Affairs, Bpifrance
Idris Bello, Founding Partner & Portfolio Manager, LoftyInc
Carola Bose , Director and Head of Africa Private Equity & Global Climate Investments, DEG
Okey Enelamah, Chairman & Co-Founder, African Capital Alliance (ACA)
Tariye Gbadegesin, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, ARM-Harith Infrastructure Investment Limited
‘Tokunboh Ishmael, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Alitheia Capital
Chumani Kula, Co-Head Private Equity, Old Mutual Alternative Investments
David Moore, Principal – Funds & Co-investments – Africa, Blue Earth Capital AG
Mezuo Nwuneli Managing Partner, Sahel Capital
Femi Ogunjimi, Partner, Cardinal Stone Capital Advisors
Colleen Ostrowski, SVP Treasurer and GM Treasury as a Service, Visa
Skander Oueslati, Deputy MD & Chief Investment Officer, AfricInvest Group
Luc Rigouzzo, Managing Partner, Amethis
Nieros Soerensen, Partner & COO, Verod Capital Management
The conference will unpack investment opportunities across the continent and examine rising themes and new stages of maturity for private capital in Africa. Prospects and learnings from progress in PE and VC activity will be discussed, including how to create value for successful exits in Africa, the avenues for funding climate adaptation, resilience and opportunities in private credit and Africa’s secondaries market.
Topical streams include maximising return on investment in Healthcare, Real Estate development in Africa, the investment opportunities beyond Solar, in Bioenergy, Hydropower, Wind, and Geothermal sources, strategies for leveraging capital to achieve innovation and more secure Food and Agricultural Systems, and Creative Economies as sources of growth and commercial return – expert insights from many investors driving innovation in Africa’s thriving private capital industry.
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