Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) (www.AfricAFC.org), the continent’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, is convening the 5th edition of its Country & Stakeholder Symposium (CSS) tomorrow, April 8, 2025, from 12:30 to 14:00 WAT.
This year’s theme, “Making Africa’s Institutional Savings Work Better for the Continent,” will spotlight the urgent need to bridge the financing gap in Africa by harnessing the power of domestic institutional capital to fund long-term development. The Symposium will serve as a vital platform to explore how Africa can better mobilize its own institutional savings and redirect them into high-impact, return-generating projects aligned with national development priorities.
The Symposium will showcase AFC’s innovative capital mobilization strategies and financial structuring expertise, with a focus on developing new financial products and asset allocation models that attract and retain institutional investors.
Discussions will also include potential regulatory enhancements needed to unlock domestic capital for productive investments, while maintaining strong protections for savers.
High-profile leaders and industry experts from the public and private sectors will be speaking at the symposium including:
- H.E. Vera Esperança dos Santos Daves De Sousa, Minister of Finance, Angola
- Dr. Brook Taye, CEO, Ethiopian Investment Holdings
- Kabelo Rikhotso, Chief Investment Officer, Public Investment Corporation (PIC), South Africa
- Armando Manuel, Chairman, Angola Sovereign Wealth Fund
- Ayaan Zeinab Adam, Senior Director and CEO, AFC Capital Partners
The event will be moderated by CNBC Africa Senior Anchor, Fifi Peters, and will convene key stakeholders from across the continent’s public and private sectors.
SOURCE
Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), LAGOS, Nigeria, April 7, 2025
