Nume Ekeghe
Coronation Group is about to advance discussions on mobilising home capital and increasing institutional buyers’ participation in infrastructure financing on the Africa Financial Summit (AFIS) 2026, as two of its senior executives put together to share insights on unlocking non-public funding for the continent’s improvement.
Slated to carry from 3 to 4 November 2026 in Luanda, Angola, AFIS will convene senior monetary companies executives, policymakers, regulators and buyers underneath the theme “Forging Africa’s Financial Powerhouse”.
Coronation’s participation displays its dedication to strengthening African monetary markets and connecting capital to productive alternatives that assist sustainable wealth creation.
Managing Partner of Coronation Capital, Kayode Akindele, will share perception on the panel themed, “The Growth Reset: Crowding in Private Capital as the Era of Easy Globalisation Unwinds.”
Moderated by Ntaoleng Lechela of Business Day TV and SAfm, the dialogue will characteristic Mustafa Rawji of Rawbank, Dr Agostinho Kapaia of OPAIA Group, Sergio Pimenta of Africa50 and Victor Cardoso of BAI.
The panel will study how African economies can appeal to non-public funding amid international alternate restrictions, regulatory complexities and fragmented monetary markets. Discussions will discover capital market reforms, local-currency devices, collaboration throughout monetary establishments, macro-economic imperatives and measures to facilitate cross-border funding.
Commenting on the problems the panel will tackle, Kayode Akindele, mentioned: “Africa’s problem isn’t merely to draw extra and sustainable capital, however to construct monetary markets that may successfully mobilisedomestic financial savings and channel them into productive, long-term funding. This requires stronger establishments, deeper and extra environment friendly capital markets and funding devices that may act as a retailer of worth in native currencies.
“By improving the way capital is raised, allocated and deployed especially for the longer term we can create a more conducive environment for businesses to grow, jobs to be created, infrastructure to develop and African economiespowered majorly by domestic capital.”
Also Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Coronation Insurance, Olamide Olajolo will take part in a strategic roundtable, “Beyond a 1 per cent Infrastructure Allocation: How Can Insurers Join the Blended Finance Mix?” Moderated by Asmae Kaddouri of Africa Business+, the session will characteristic Sameh Wahba of the International Finance Corporation, Richard Lowe of Activa Group, Helena Chicuba of ENSA and Stéphane Defo of Horus Investment Group.
The roundtable will study how insurers can improve their participation in infrastructure financing via blended finance, strategic partnerships and funding constructions that steadiness danger and return. It can even contemplate the regulatory and market circumstances wanted to make infrastructure investments extra viable for long-term institutional capital.
On the potential function of insurance coverage capital in infrastructure improvement, Olajolo, mentioned: “Insurers have the potential to play a greater role in financing Africa’s infrastructure because their long-term investment horizons can help support projects with extended funding needs. Unlocking this potential will require more than a willingness to invest. Infrastructure opportunities must offer appropriate risk-adjusted returns, supported by sound project preparation, enabling regulation and structures that allocate risk effectively. Through collaboration among insurers, governments, development finance institutions and private investors, blended finance can help make more projects investable and broaden the pool of capital available for Africa’s development.”
Together, the 2 discussions tackle a essential precedence for Africa’s monetary ecosystem: mobilising capital is just a part of the problem; making certain that it reaches viable companies, infrastructure and different productive investments is equally necessary.
