AIS 2025 Agenda

Opening Ceremony, Welcome Remarks & Key Notes

Mainstage Session. Setting the stage: Fundamentals of impact & conference rules

Mainstage Session. Deal Source Africa presentation & impact investing in action pitch

Mainstage Panel. Policy action to create an enabling environment for investing in SMEs and impact across Africa

BREAK

Mainstage Panel: How to unlock local funding at scale for profit and impact

Mainstage Panel. Building an investment-ready pipeline

Entreprenure session

Mainstage Session: Risk Reduction and Social Impact Fund (RRSIF) presentation

LUNCH

Breakout/Parallel Session

Breakout/Parallel Sessions

Policy roundtable (Invitation only session)

Climate finance that works for Africa, mobilising private sector financing funding for resilience, adaptation and mitigation for prosperity in Africa

Breakout/Parallel Session.

Breakout/Parallel Sessions

Entreprenure session

Investor Connect

Sector Spotlight

Investing to transform lives - opportunities and learnings from education and health

Mainstage Panel. Catalytic capital: Mobilising more risk capital to fill the SME financing gap

Mainstage Session. GSG Presentation

Mainstage Panel. Impact Measurement and Management that works in the African context

Entreprenure session

BREAK

Mainstage Panel. Fund-of-Funds an effective tool to mobilise funding at scale? Lessons from the field

Closing Plenary

Announcements

Official Networking Cocktail

AIIG & GSG community dinner | AIIG & GSG community only.

Catalytic Capital Breakfast: Moving millions into impact investment in Africa. What does it take?

Arrival to Ballroom

Day 1 Brief recap and welcome

Mainstage Panel. Exploring innovative financing mechanisms that have worked

Mainstage Session. Two impact investing in action pitches

Mainstage Panel. Collaborating across regions to build stronger impact investing ecosystems

Mainstage Session. Investing as a tool to shift power for gender equality and combating gender based violence

Mainstage Session. Mastercard Foundation Africa Growth Fund presentation of findings and launch of the full Domiciliation Study on Africa as a Jurisdiction for Domiciliation Investment Vehicles

BREAK

Breakout/Parallel Session.

Breakout/Parallel Sessions

Entreprenure session

Time with Mrs. Ibukum Awosika

From research to real-world impact: Commercialising innovation through industry-academia synergy

Breakout/Parallel Session.

Breakout/Parallel Sessions

Inside the Deal - AIS Edition

Systemic Design for Impact Measurement: A Made in Africa Case Study

LUNCH

Breakout/Parallel Session.

Breakout/Parallel Sessions

Entreprenure session

How to raise money from us.

How to avoid the crash: investing for systemic impact

Breakout/Parallel Session.

Breakout/Parallel Sessions

Investing to transform lives - opportunities and learnings from Agriculture and food security

Sector Spotlight

Using Fintech and AI to drive impact in Africa

Mainstage Session. Transforming Capital Systems: Why Africa Must Develop and Retain Family Offices

Mainstage Panel. Unlocking Inclusive Innovation Across Africa

Mainstage Session. Two impact investing in action pitches

Mainstage Session | Debate – The reduction in aid funding: A catalyst for self-reliance

Closing Plenary

Networking in lobby

AIIG & GSG CEOs and Board only. (Invitation only)

Convene

Company visit

LUNCH

Accra City Tour

Shopping

Hotel drop off