The Africa PPP Infrastructure Finance Investment Partnerships Summit is set to take place in Nairobi this November. It will be hosted by Kenya’s Public Private Partnerships Directorate and organised by AME Trade Limited. Government officials investors financiers and developers from more than twenty countries will gather to discuss ways to attract private capital for infrastructure across the continent. The event marks the second time Kenya has hosted the summit following the successful edition held in 2011.
The summit will run from November eleventh to thirteenth twenty twenty six at the JW Marriott Hotel in Nairobi. It will be held under the theme Building Africas Prosperity Transformative Infrastructure Investment and Partnerships to Accelerate Economic Development. Kenya’s evolving public private partnership framework will add a local perspective to the talks alongside debates on domestic capital mobilisation blended finance risk management and stronger project pipelines. The gathering comes at a moment when African governments face pressure to deliver infrastructure while public finances are tight.
Africa needs between one hundred thirty billion and one hundred seventy billion dollars for infrastructure each year but current financing falls short by between sixty eight billion and one hundred eight billion dollars annually. Despite this shortfall the continent holds more than four trillion dollars in domestic savings and assets including funds held by banks pension funds insurance companies and sovereign wealth funds. The summit will examine why these pools of capital are not flowing into infrastructure at the required scale and what governments and project sponsors can do to change this.
The discussions will centre on transaction readiness bankable projects blended finance domestic capital mobilisation and commercially sustainable approaches to infrastructure delivery. Participants will also explore how governments and private investors can better manage risks such as currency volatility political and regulatory risk demand uncertainty construction risk changing interest rates and weak project preparation. Finally the summit will look at how improved infrastructure links can support intra-African commerce strengthen regional value chains and accelerate economic development as part of the broader continental agenda.
Notable speakers include Hon. John Mbadi Ng’ongo Cabinet Secretary National Treasury and Economic Planning Kenya and Hon. Dean Macpherson Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure South Africa. Robert Lisinge Director Technology Innovation Connectivity and Infrastructure Division United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Eng. Tarik Hamane Group CEO National Office for Electricity and Drinking Water Morocco.
Mesfin Tasew Group CEO Ethiopian Airlines Mary Porter Peschka Regional Director for Eastern Africa International Finance Corporation David Sawyerr Head for East and Southern Africa Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency Wyckliffe Shamiah Chief Executive Officer Capital Markets Authority Kenya. John Paul Okwiri Chief Executive Officer Konza Technopolis Development Authority Kenya Eng. Dr. John Deng Diar Diing Executive Secretary Northern Corridor Transit and Transport Coordination Authority Sara Mbago-Bhunu Director East and Southern Africa Division International Fund for Agricultural Development. Representatives from government project owners financiers investors developers advisers and stakeholders from across Africa and beyond will also attend the summit.