Financial Markets Indaba

Financial Markets Indaba: Zimbabwe Diaspora Business Forum - London

We are pleased to announce that CBZ Holdings Limited will be participating at the Business Forum, a high-level platform designed to strengthen structured engagement between diaspora professionals and Zimbabwe’s public and private sectors.

CBZ Holdings is Zimbabwe’s largest and most diversified financial services group, with interests across banking, investment management, insurance, property, and mortgage finance. The group plays a significant role in financing key sectors of the economy, including agriculture, infrastructure, mining, manufacturing, energy, and housing.

Recognising the importance of the diaspora, CBZ offers a range of tailored banking, investment, mortgage, and remittance solutions that enable Zimbabweans abroad to invest, build wealth, and participate in the country’s economic development. Through these initiatives, CBZ continues to strengthen the link between diaspora capital and opportunities in Zimbabwe.

For more information and registration details visit the event link - https://www.indabaafrica.com/zimbabwe-diaspora-business-forum-london/

Financial Markets Indaba: Africa Infrastructure and Energy Conference - London

Speaker - Pradeep Pursnani, Chief Executive Officer, Konexa

Konexa is a UK-headquartered energy development and investment company focused on accelerating renewable energy access across Africa, particularly through innovative power trading, grid infrastructure, and clean energy solutions for commercial and industrial clients. The company operates a unique model that combines renewable energy generation, transmission and distribution upgrades, and private energy trading platforms to deliver reliable, affordable, and sustainable electricity in markets where grid constraints remain a major challenge. Its approach is designed to support both decarbonisation and improved energy access while strengthening national power infrastructure.

Konexa recently signed a Development Funding Agreement to support the expansion of renewable energy and grid infrastructure projects. The partnership includes the development of a 50MW solar photovoltaic plant, new and strengthened grid connections, and the continued rollout of Konexa’s renewable energy trading platform. The project is expected to unlock approximately US$80 million in further investment, create jobs, improve electricity reliability, and reduce carbon emissions by around 30,000 tonnes annually.

The company’s focus extends beyond generation assets to include transmission upgrades, distribution strengthening, energy trading platforms, and commercial-scale renewable power solutions. This integrated approach aligns with growing demand across Africa for bankable energy projects that can attract private capital while addressing power shortages, industrial productivity, and decarbonisation objectives.

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Financial Markets Indaba: Africa Infrastructure and Energy Conference - London

Speaker - Gilead Teri, Director General, Tanzania Investment and Special Economic Zones Authority (TISEZA)

The Tanzania Investment and Special Economic Zones Authority has emerged as one of East Africa’s most significant institutions focused on accelerating investment, industrialisation, and export-led growth. Established under the Investment and Special Economic Zones Act No. 6 of 2025, TISEZA consolidated the former Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC) and Export Processing Zones Authority (EPZA) into a single streamlined authority, creating a more coordinated and investor-friendly “One Stop Centre” for investment approvals, licensing, incentives, and Special Economic Zone administration.

Recent reforms have introduced a modernised investment framework aimed at improving efficiency, transparency, and investor confidence. The framework provides clearer approval timelines, investor protections, guarantees on repatriation of funds, and enhanced fiscal incentives including corporate tax holidays, VAT exemptions, customs duty exemptions, and relief on local taxes. These measures continue to strengthen Tanzania’s competitiveness as a manufacturing, logistics, and industrial hub in Africa.

Tanzania has also recorded strong investment momentum under the new framework, approving a record 915 investment projects valued at approximately US$10.95 billion in 2025. TISEZA has further expanded the country’s industrialisation agenda through the rollout of five new Special Economic Zones targeting sectors such as pharmaceuticals, textiles, agro-processing, automotive assembly, electronics, logistics, and green energy, reinforcing Tanzania’s growing role within regional and AfCFTA trade markets.

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Financial Markets Indaba: Africa Infrastructure and Energy Conference - London

Speaker - Phillip Stovold, CEO and Managing Director, Kaboni and Board Member at Africa Minigrid Developers Association (AMDA)

Kaboni is a renewable energy development company focused on building community-based electricity infrastructure across Africa. The company is developing solar PV and lithium battery-powered mini-grids designed to expand electricity access to underserved communities while creating sustainable local economic ecosystems.

Kaboni Energy’s model combines renewable energy infrastructure, productive-use enterprises, and community ownership structures through its “Community Energy Cooperative (CEC)” framework, which aims to transfer ownership of energy assets to local communities over time. The company’s investment and operational focus is on decentralised energy infrastructure, particularly mini-grids, rural electrification systems, battery storage solutions, and productive-use energy projects that support local businesses and economic activity.

Kaboni Energy has indicated plans to connect more than 30,000 households and businesses through commercially viable renewable energy systems, positioning itself as an innovative player within Africa’s growing distributed energy market. Kaboni Energy brings strong technical expertise in renewable energy deployment, sustainable development, and community-centred energy models.

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For the fifth consecutive year, Financial Markets Indaba is proud to participate as a Conference Partner at the African Natural Resources and Energy Investment Summit - AFNIS taking place from 23-25 June 2026, at the State House Conference Centre in Abuja, Nigeria.

Over the past four years, AFNIS has emerged as one of Africa’s most influential platforms for advancing strategic dialogue around the development of the continent’s natural resources sector in a manner that delivers meaningful and sustainable benefits to African economies and communities. The summit continues to convene Heads of State, policymakers, industry leaders, investors, and global institutions committed to accelerating Africa’s industrial and economic transformation.

As a premier pan-African platform, AFNIS brings together stakeholders from the mining, energy, power, infrastructure, and financial sectors to foster cross-sector collaboration capable of unlocking Africa’s vast natural resource potential. Through high-level engagements, investment discussions, and policy dialogue, the summit promotes innovative and practical solutions that strengthen regional integration, enhance value addition, and drive sustainable economic growth across the continent. This collaborative approach continues to position AFNIS as a catalyst for investment mobilisation, industrial development, and long-term resource governance.

The 2026 edition of AFNIS, convened under the theme “One Africa, One Resource Vision,” represents a defining moment in Africa’s development journey. Building on previous discussions around local content and value addition, the summit seeks to advance the agenda toward continental resource sovereignty through harmonised policies, integrated regional value chains, and coordinated investment frameworks. Supported by the Federal Government of Nigeria, AFNIS continues to serve as a strategic platform where critical conversations are translated into tangible economic outcomes, reinforcing Africa’s position as a globally competitive and indispensable player in the natural resources and energy sectors.

For more information and registration details visit the event link - https://afnisummit.com/

Financial Markets Indaba: Africa Infrastructure and Energy Conference - London

Speaker - Vivek Mittal, Chief Executive Officer, Africa Infrastructure Development Association (AfiDA)

The Africa Infrastructure Development Association (AfIDA) is a pan-African industry association focused on advancing infrastructure and energy project development across the continent. AfIDA brings together project developers, investors, development finance institutions, legal advisers, infrastructure funds, and technical specialists to strengthen Africa’s infrastructure ecosystem and improve the pipeline of bankable projects available for investment.

AfIDA plays an important role in helping bridge Africa’s infrastructure financing gap by creating an enabling environment for private capital mobilisation into sectors including power, renewable energy, transport, water, telecommunications, logistics, and urban infrastructure. Through its industry platform, AfIDA facilitates continuous dialogue between developers, financiers, governments, and institutional investors with the objective of accelerating project bankability and improving investment outcomes. The association also supports project development through initiatives such as accelerator and ecosystem programmes designed to improve the speed, scale, and quality of infrastructure transactions on the continent.

AfIDA through its membership base collectively represents significant investment and project development capacity across Africa’s infrastructure and energy sectors. AFIDA’s ecosystem includes leading project developers, infrastructure investors, DFIs, financiers, and advisory firms actively involved in originating, structuring, financing, and executing major infrastructure and energy projects across Africa.

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Financial Markets Indaba: Africa Infrastructure and Energy Conference - London

Speaker - Cathy Oxby, Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer, Africa GreenCo

Africa GreenCo is a leading renewable energy trading and services company focused on advancing integrated and sustainable electricity markets across Southern Africa through innovative energy trading, market aggregation, and credit enhancement solutions. The organisation plays an important role in supporting private sector participation in renewable energy while strengthening energy reliability, regional market integration, and cross-border power trading across the continent.

The company has developed a strong regional presence across Zambia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Namibia, with a renewable energy project pipeline exceeding 10GW and more than 1TWh of electricity traded. Africa GreenCo has also established strategic partnerships with key regional stakeholders, including ZESCO Zambia through Full Grid Access Agreements, while supporting the development of large-scale renewable energy generation and battery storage infrastructure projects across Southern Africa.

Among its recent landmark projects, Africa GreenCo played a central role in the 100MW Chisamba Solar PV Project in Zambia, recognised as one of the largest grid-connected solar developments in the country. The company has also advanced innovative merchant power trading structures and renewable energy aggregation models that support industrial users, utilities, and independent power producers across Southern Africa. Through its strategic partnerships with DFIs and institutional investors, and growing regional energy trading platform, Africa GreenCo continues to demonstrate significant capacity to support and scale renewable energy investment and infrastructure development across Africa.

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Financial Markets Indaba: Africa Infrastructure and Energy Conference - London

Speaker - Selim Basak, Co-Founder and Partner, Gemcorp Capital

Gemcorp Capital is a leading emerging markets investment and asset management firm with a strong focus on infrastructure, energy, private credit, and strategic investments across Africa.

The firm has built a strong track record in mobilising institutional and private capital into high-impact sectors that support economic growth and long-term development. With investments exceeding US$9 billion across emerging markets and a significant operational footprint, Gemcorp plays an important role in structuring and financing scalable infrastructure and energy projects across the continent.

The firm has been actively involved in major infrastructure and energy initiatives across Africa, including renewable energy, logistics, oil and gas infrastructure, and industrial development projects. In Angola, Gemcorp has strengthened its strategic presence through partnerships with the Fundo Soberano de Angola (FSDEA) to establish a Pan-African Infrastructure Fund targeting approximately US$500 million for infrastructure investments.

Gemcorp’s participation as a Conference Partner at the Africa Infrastructure & Energy Investment Conference (AIEC) brings significant value through its expertise in project origination, institutional capital mobilisation, and infrastructure financing. The firm’s experience in collaborating with governments, pension funds, DFIs, and global investors positions it as a key stakeholder in advancing bankable infrastructure and energy projects across Africa while supporting innovative financing structures that can accelerate project ex*****on and financial close.

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Financial Markets Indaba is pleased to announce the 5th edition of the annual Capital Markets – High Schools Quiz Competition, a flagship financial literacy initiative that has become an important pillar on the national financial sector calendar.

The programme continues to play a significant role in promoting awareness and understanding of capital markets among young people, while highlighting the critical contribution that capital markets make towards economic development, investment mobilisation, and the preservation and growth of household savings. Through this initiative, students are introduced to the importance of savings, investing, and long-term wealth creation, while helping to demystify misconceptions often associated with participation in financial and capital markets.

In an increasingly digital and rapidly evolving global economy, where artificial intelligence and technology are transforming industries and financial systems, early financial literacy has become more important than ever. The Capital Markets – High Schools Quiz Competition provides a dynamic and engaging platform that motivates, inspires, and rewards secondary and high school students in their pursuit of knowledge. The competition not only celebrates academic excellence on a high-profile national stage, but also helps nurture a generation that is financially conscious, informed, and equipped to participate meaningfully in modern financial systems and future economic opportunities.

Running concurrently with the Quiz Competition is a virtual trading challenge hosted in partnership with the Financial Securities Exchange through the C-Trade platform. The simulated trading competition gives students practical exposure to securities trading and portfolio management by allowing them to engage with real market data and execute virtual trades in a controlled environment. This innovative hands-on approach bridges the gap between theory and practice, while strengthening critical thinking, analytical, data interpretation, and decision-making skills that are valuable across many professional disciplines.

The programme is being held with the technical support from:
• Securities and Exchange Commission of Zimbabwe
• Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE)
• Victoria Falls Stock Exchange
• Zimbabwe Mercantile Exchange
• Chengetedzai Depository Company Limited
• Capital Markets Association of Zimbabwe

Financial Markets Indaba is hosting the AIEC in London from 9-10 July. AIEC is a high-impact, transaction focused investment platform designed to connect African infrastructure and energy project promoters with UK and European financial institutions, institutional investors, and global capital providers.

The conference is uniquely positioned as a deal-driven platform centred on investment pipeline delivery, where African project sponsors present bankable infrastructure and energy opportunities directly to capital allocators, underwriters, and development finance institutions.

By convening stakeholders in London, the conference aligns Africa’s growing project pipeline with the world’s most sophisticated financial ecosystem, ensuring that projects are positioned within globally competitive investment frameworks.

For more information and FREE Registration to attend visit the event link - https://www.indabaafrica.com/aiec-london/