Director, Middle East, Africa & India Jersey Finance
We Are Thrilled to Welcome You Back for the 8th Edition of the EAVCA Annual Private Capital Conference
HAPPENING IN
150
+LPs in
attendance
attendance
3000
+delegates
*consisting of GPs and Advisors
200
+ Entrepreneurs
What to expect
This year’s annual conference takes a forward-looking stance, looking at the trends that are shaping and that will shape East Africa’s private capital industry in the coming years, including growing interest in East African frontier markets such as Uganda, among others such as DRC, Rwanda, and Tanzania. The latter recognises rapidly changing global, regional, and country-specific macro contexts, which, in some cases, may necessitate a doubling down of strategies that have worked before and, in others, drawing up lessons and learnings from those that may require rethinking and retooling and moving forward as a means of adapting to a changing industry, and through the thought leadership discussions, charting the course for the next stage of private capital investing in East Africa.
Besides serving as the regional platform for knowledge sharing and thought leadership, delegates should also expect an opportunity for networking.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
SPEAKERS
when & were
AGenda
Tuesday 12 September
12th June 2024, Wednesday, Full Day
08:00 – 05:00 pm
Alternative Investments Conference,
Serena Hotel, Kampala, Uganda
Serena Hotel, Kampala, Uganda
Partner Roll-over conference
05:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Welcome Reception:
“Empowering East African Enterprises for Sustainable Impact”
(Sponsored by African Venture Philanthropy Alliance (AVPA) and Norfund)
Side Event
13th June 2024, Thursday, Morning Session
07:30 – 08:50 am
Delegate Arrival and Registration
Main Stage addresses
08:50 – 08:55 am
Guests Welcome
Christine Maina, Chief Executive Officer, EAVCA
Main stage Plenary
08:55 – 09:00 am
Welcome Remarks
Main stage Plenary
09:00 – 09:10 am
Keynote Speech
Main stage Plenary
09:10 – 09:30 am
Plenary Opening Remarks
Main stage Plenary
09:30 – 10:00 am
Fireside Discussion I
Country Spotlight and Best Practice Benchmarks-
Holding down the Fort: The role of Funds with a Local Footprint and Understanding of local Nuances in expanding the Availability of nuanced Funding for High-risk Opportunities in East Africa
Main stage Plenary
10:00 – 10:30 am
Coffee break
10:30 – 11:15 am
Main plenary I
Navigating the evolving LP/GP relationship
- LP perspectives- bypassing the middleman: limited partner (LP) co-investments and direct plays in east africa.
- GP- perspectives- delivering exits and returns for limited partners (LPs): east africa’s fund cohort of 2015/16- how is it going so far?
Main stage Plenary
11:15 – 11:35 pm
Fireside Discussion II: Leveraging Local Capital: Charting the Landscape of African LPs
Main stage Plenary
11:35 – 12:20 pm
Main plenary II
Changing Fund Structures and Strategies
- Are Debt Funds the Future of Investing in East Africa? If so, where does that leave equity strategies?
- Rethinking the fixed-end private equity fund- The Evergreen Fund- Case Studies, Risks and Opportunities.
- The new missing middle: Chasing the early-stage and mid-private equity opportunity—Is there still investor appetite for growth-stage deals?
- What next for venture capital investments in East Africa amid shifting global market dynamics?
Main stage Plenary
12:20 – 1:00 pm
Case studies
Chasing Fund Track Records To Live Another Day:
Case Studies of Established Fund Managers with 2+ Successor Fund
Main stage Plenary
1:00 – 2:00 pm
Lunch Break
13th June, 2024, Thursday, Afternoon Session
2:00 – 2:45 pm
Preparing for and effecting an exit in East Africa
- Exit routes and innovative value creation strategies: are Continuation Funds the emerging standard?
- Macro-Complexities – Navigating Currency and Political Risks: how can businesses strategize to mitigate macro-complexities in exit planning?
- Adapting exit strategies to address changing tax and regulatory frameworks
* Sponsored by Bowmans
SIDE STAGE 1
2:00 – 2:45 pm
Responsible Investing:
All the lenses: gender lens, refugee lens, and ESG lens investing—monikers or real opportunities and challenges
* Sponsored by UDB
* Sponsored by UDB
SIDE STAGE 2
2:45 – 3:30 pm
International Finance Centres: Recent Changes and Dynamics.
The On-shore Opportunity and Off-shore Reliability.
- EA. as a jurisdiction for domiciliation of investment vehicles and funds
SIDE STAGE 1
2:45 – 3:30 pm
Financing East Africa’s Green Economies
- The Race to Net Zero: Private Capital and Climate Finance – Feasibility, Challenges and Opportunities in Green Economy deals.
- Regulatory frameworks for green economy: Sector and National Taxonomies.
* Sponsored by BII
SIDE STAGE 2
3:30 – 4:00 pm
Coffee break
4:00 – 4:45 pm
Expanding Horizons: Navigating Deal Origination Complexities in East African Frontier Markets:
The role of commercial banks and private capital market intermediaries in deal origination.
* Sponsored by AHL Venture Partners
* Sponsored by AHL Venture Partners
SIDE STAGE 1
4:00 – 4:45 pm
Founder Perspectives: Learnings and Case Studies on Investing in East African Opportunities-
Cracking the Code of Achieving Investor/ Business Owners Alignment in Private Capital Investments.
* Sponsored by Dentons
* Sponsored by Dentons
SIDE STAGE 2
NETWORKING COCKTAILS AND CLOSING REMARKS
Conference Special Features, Standalone (Invite Only)
Working Lunch Session
Closed Door Roundtable Discussion convening representatives from Uganda’s private sector and government to strategise on enhancing the policy, legal, and regulatory landscape to enhance private capital investment in Uganda
Wednesday 13 September
SPONSORS & PARTNERS
PLATINUM
SILVER
BRONZE
MEDIA PARTNERS
NETWORKING SPONSOR
KNOWLEDGE PARTNERS
MEMBER
$464
Non Member
$696
Entrepreneur
$58
Entrepreneur tickets are exclusively available to businesses in existence for less than 3 years and seeking funding from investors
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