Summit Day
How is the LP landscape across African private markets evolving, and where are investors focusing their attention today? How are sovereign wealth funds approaching participation in African private markets, and where could their influence become increasingly significant over the coming years? What role are fund of funds structures playing in broadening access to private markets and building confidence among newer institutional investors across Africa? How are foundations and catalytic capital providers beginning to influence the way private capital is mobilised, structured and scaled across African markets?
- Emre Karabekirogullari - Director of Investments, Sarona Asset Management
- Andrew Tarazid-Tarawali - Investment Director, Small Foundation
- Varun Divgikar - Investment Director, idi EM Partners
As LPs place increasing emphasis on DPI, liquidity and realised returns, how are fund managers adapting their fundraising strategies and positioning in response? How are changing expectations around sector focus, scale and differentiation reshaping the types of fund strategies gaining traction across African private markets? What does building a commercially driven, institutional-quality fund platform with a proven ability to deliver exits look like in Africa today?
- Payel Farasat - Chief Growth Advisor, FINCA International & Ventures
- Zachariah George - Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Launch Africa Ventures
As fundraising conditions tighten and DFIs step back from supporting first-time funds, emerging managers across Africa are being forced to rethink how they raise, structure and scale. From consolidation and strategic partnerships to innovative fund structures and evolving LP expectations, the traditional fundraising playbook is shifting fast.
This candid workshop will explore what investors are really looking for, the most common fundraising mistakes emerging managers continue to make, and why more managers are beginning to combine forces rather than go it alone.
The workshop will also examine whether current support ecosystems are truly preparing managers to raise institutional capital successfully, and how emerging managers can better position themselves in a market increasingly favouring scale, credibility and strategic alignment.
- Oguche Agudah - Founder & Managing Partner, HRISP Partners
Bitcoin mining is increasingly being viewed not simply as a digital asset story, but as a potential infrastructure and power-demand solution for underutilised energy assets.
In African markets where generation, transmission and demand profiles remain uneven, modular mining infrastructure may offer new ways to monetise stranded or excess power, improve project bankability and support early-stage energy economics.
This workshop will explore how private capital investors are evaluating the intersection of energy infrastructure, private credit and mining-linked demand models, including:
- Why power economics matter more than Bitcoin narratives
- How mining assets, hosting contracts and energy agreements can be diligenced
- Where private credit and equipment finance can fit into infrastructure-style transactions
- Why operational counterparty risk remains one of the key determinants of success or failure
- What African energy projects can learn from the global mining infrastructure cycle
Designed for infrastructure investors, private credit managers, energy developers and institutional allocators, the session will examine where these models may realistically fit within Africa’s evolving infrastructure and power landscape.
- Jesse Pielke - Founder & CEO, HashrateUp
If capital for infrastructure increasingly exists, what are the real constraints slowing project delivery and infrastructure rollout across African markets today? How are infrastructure investors and operators rethinking execution, operational value creation and platform-building in order to drive stronger long-term returns? What will determine whether newer infrastructure models, from decentralised systems to public-private partnerships, can scale more effectively across African markets?
As global competition for critical minerals intensifies, how are strategic partnerships and geopolitical alliances beginning to reshape capital flows, supply chains and infrastructure development across African markets? How are mining infrastructure and critical minerals projects evolving from traditional resource plays into broader private capital and infrastructure investment opportunities across Africa? How are investors evaluating the role of power infrastructure, PPAs and flexible energy demand models in improving the economics and bankability of mining-linked projects?
- Amyn Esmail - Founder & Managing Partner, Amal Sustainability Partners
- Bowale Odumade Adeoye - Founder & CEO, SeedTree Capital