NAIROBI, Kenya, June 15 – Kenya will host the inaugural Africa Capital Markets Week later this year as regulators and financial institutions step up efforts to mobilise investment and deepen capital markets across the continent.
The event, scheduled for 31 August to 4 September 2026 in Nairobi, will be convened by the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) Capital Markets Authority, the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) Nairobi Securities Exchange, the Nairobi International Financial Centre (NIFC) Nairobi International Financial Centre, and the Vision 2030 Delivery Secretariat Vision 2030 Delivery Secretariat.
The announcement followed a high-level breakfast meeting in Nairobi that brought together senior government officials, development partners, and private sector players to coordinate preparations for the forum.
Among those present were Principal Secretary for Economic Planning Bonface Makokha Bonface Makokha and senior officials from the public investment and financial sectors.
Organisers say the week-long forum will bring together investors, fund managers, development finance institutions, sovereign wealth funds, regulators, and policymakers from across Africa and beyond.
According to officials, the discussions will focus on ways to strengthen capital markets, improve cross-border investment flows, and develop instruments that can help bridge Africa’s infrastructure financing gap, estimated at hundreds of billions of dollars annually.
Kenya is positioning itself as a host and case study, pointing to ongoing capital markets reforms and its pipeline of infrastructure, energy, housing, and digital economy projects under Vision 2030 and the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda.
Speaking at the meeting, officials said the forum is expected to include policy dialogues, technical sessions across asset classes, investor matchmaking, and site visits to investment-ready projects.
Private sector participants, including development partners and financial institutions, also indicated readiness to mobilise capital for viable projects across the continent.
