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12th November – 13th November, 2024
12th – 13TH NOVEMBER, 2024
2024 West Africa Deal Summit
7th Annual Convening on Impact Investing
- Lagos, Nigeria
400+ Participants
50+ Speakers
15+ sessions
2 days
Theme: Actions to Deepen Catalytic Capital in West Africa
About the Summit
Over two exciting days, West Africa’s impact investing community will convene in Accra, Ghana, and online to engage with global catalytic capital providers to take action on initiatives that can move the capital to transform the region and contribute to economic recovery. This flagship event will focus on action to move catalytic capital to fill the SME financing gap and contribute to economic recovery in Ghana and West Africa. It will promote knowledge sharing and collaboration, provide more visibility for locally-led businesses and funds and unlock more catalytic capital for Ghana and the region in ways that drive the attainment of the SDGs. The event will feature the launch of the Deal Source Africa initiative and Catalytic Capital Africa initiative.
The West Africa Deal Summit is a pivotal gathering of impact investment stakeholders that aims to
drive actions that deepen catalytic capital in West Africa, creating an enabling environment for
impactful investments that drive positive social and environmental change. The primary objective is to
galvanise stakeholders, foster collaborative efforts, and mobilise action to accelerate the deployment of
catalytic capital in the Africa sub-region.
Following the resounding success of the inaugural summit last year, we’re excited to announce the return of this premier event in 2024. With the theme Actions to Deepen Catalytic Capital in West Africa, the 2nd West Africa Deal Summit and 7th Annual Convening on Impact Investing are set to galvanise stakeholders, foster collaborative efforts, and mobilize action to accelerate the deployment of catalytic capital for positive social and environmental change.
As part of the summit facilitated impact fund showcases will introduce West Africa’s vibrant impact funds and ecosystem-building initiatives to catalytic capital providers, deal rooms will connect businesses with impact funds and a post-summit study tour to Nigeria will give delegates an opportunity to experience more of West Africa. Register above for the summit and sign up below for the deal rooms, impact fund showcases and study tours.
Organized By
The Ghana Impact Summit and West Africa Deal Summit are organised by Impact Investing Ghana and Impact Investors Foundation, along with Impact Investing Taskforces from Burkina Faso and Senegal.
And Impact investing Taskforces in Senegal, Burkina Faso, and Cote d'Ivoire.
Why You Should Attend
- Connect: Connect with impact-led enterprises.
- Gain Insights: Understand the investment interests of regional and national Limited Partners, Foundations and Family Offices.
- Discover: Discover primary providers of catalytic capital in West Africa.
- Network: Establish new relationships and strengthen existing ties with C-suite executives.
- Learn: Understand more about opportunities for impact and profit in West Africa.
- Celebrate: Celebrate outstanding organisations that are building impact into their business and investment strategies.
In Partnership With
The Ghana Impact Summit and West Africa Deal Summit are organized by Impact Investing Ghana and Impact Investors Foundation, Nigeria along with Impact Investing Task Forces from Burkina Faso and Senegal in partnership with:
Looking for Investment Opportunities in Africa?
Connect to high-potential, investment-ready businesses on Deal Source Africa
- Register on Deal Source Africa and specify investment criteria
- Search all opportunities
- Connect directly with impactful enterprises
- Attend deal pitching sessions
2023 Speakers
Mr Charles Abani
UN Resident Coordinator for Ghana
Mrs. Ibukun Awosika
Chairperson, Nigeria National Advisory Board For Impact Investing
Emmanuel Alex Aseidu
IIGh Board Chair and Head, Africa Region Investments, Standard Bank
Samuel Akyianu
Chief of Party Mastercard Foundation Africa Growth Fund
The impact so far...
Key takeaways from the inaugural summit
- Catalytic capital is an essential tool to close capital gaps and enable the flow of funds, especially to SMEs to support enterprise growth and wider sustainable development.
- Catalytic capital must be the fulcrum in addressing systemic barriers that will move and make markets more efficient, competitive, resilient and have direct impact on scaling up businesses.
- The capital is available, but the key question lies in how to liaise with catalytic investors and impact capital investors to help unlock these funds that are not being deployed in an efficient manner.
- Catalytic capital seeks strong governance structures or vehicles that can receive that capital and be able to channel it to those transactions that are looking for impact to be made.
- Mindsets are shifting as the right conversations are being held about how to mobilise domestic capital to solve financing problems.
- There are desperate needs to be met across almost all sectors of Africa’s social and economic spaces through visionary leadership, good governance and finances that can make an impact, in the form of catalytic capital.
- There are desperate needs to be met across almost all sectors of Africa’s social and economic spaces through visionary leadership, good governance and finances that can make an impact, in the form of catalytic capital.
- There is the need to increase the supply of adequate and suitable agribusiness financing which is long-term, has lower interest rates than the industry interest rates, allows disbursements to be made when the agribusiness needs funds, and delays repayments to enable the business recycle the funds and make profits
- Catalytic capital seeks strong governance structures or vehicles that can receive that capital and be able to channel it to those transactions that are looking for impact to be made.
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Book Your Seat Now
Registration deadline is 12th May 2023. Limited seats available.
Please click on the link below to register.
