Normal Financial institution Hosts 2nd African Markets Convention in Cape City: Mobilising World Capital at Scale for Africa’s Development and Improvement

Normal Financial institution Company and Funding Banking, will host the second version of its seminal African Markets Convention (AMC 2026).

The flagship occasion will happen on 22-24 February 2026 in Cape City, South Africa, bringing collectively international institutional buyers, sovereign wealth funds, and African policymakers to catalyse the stream of capital into the continent’s most important sectors.

Luvuyo Masinda, Chief Government of Company and Funding Banking at Normal Financial institution Group says AMC 2026 builds on the success of the inaugural 2025 convention, which reframed Africa’s narrative from threat to resilience.

“This yr’s engagement bridges the hole between coverage ambitions and market realities. Africa urgently wants sensible measures to deepen capital swimming pools, enhance market liquidity, and strengthen regulatory frameworks that give buyers confidence to deploy capital at scale. Mobilising capital isn’t just about funding initiatives; it’s about constructing the inspiration of a extra balanced and inclusive  international financial system,” says Masinda.

It’s estimated that by 2050, Africa will add one billion individuals, greater than half in cities, but it invests solely $75 billion of the $150 billion it wants yearly for infrastructure. Normal Financial institution goals to make use of AMC 2026 to make sure that African priorities stay on the centre of the worldwide monetary discourse.

The convention will likely be structured round 5 high-impact pillars designed to maneuver the needle on funding:

• Prioritising infrastructure as an Asset Class: Transferring past help towards public-private partnerships (PPPs) that flip essential initiatives into investable belongings for the non-public sector.

• Accelerating the Vitality Transition: Positioning Africa as a cornerstone of worldwide vitality safety by unlocking its renewable potential by revolutionary options.

• Deepening African Capital Markets and mobilising non-public capital: Enhancing home liquidity, enhancing regulatory transparency, and increasing entry for institutional buyers.

• Enabling intra-African commerce and flows of capital: Highlighting the significance of deeper regional integration for Africa to draw International Direct Funding (FDI)  within the present unsure international funding local weather. Leveraging the African Continental Free Commerce Space (AfCFTA) for a bigger, extra predictable market that encourages intra-African funding.

• Africa’s Sovereign Debt and Value Sustainability: Addressing the debt requirement in closing Africa’s developmental wants. The dialogue is reframed from entry to affordability, credibility and construction, with associated perceived threat premium and the event of capital markets.

AMC 2026 will host a high-level delegation of decision-makers, making certain that the dialogue results in tangible commitments. Confirmed members embrace:

• Finance Ministers, Ministers in Infrastructure improvement and Central Financial institution Governors from key African development hubs.
• World Asset Managers and Institutional Buyers searching for yield and sustainable impression.
• Improvement Finance Establishments (DFIs) and multilateral companies targeted on de-risking frameworks.
• Normal Financial institution executives, together with Sim Tshabalala CEO of Normal Financial institution Group, Luvuyo Masinda (CEO, CIB), Sola Adegbesan (Head of World Markets Africa Areas) and Alex Davidson (Head of World Markets SA), will lead technical classes on market liquidity.

The 2026 African Markets Convention represents a collective name to motion for the private and non-private sectors. It’s a platform the place the roadmap for Africa’s development will likely be charted, debated, and finally, accelerated.