Africa PPP 2026
Africa PPP is the continent's leading infrastructure partnerships summit, organised by AME Trade Limited in collaboration with the Public Private Partnerships Directorate of the Republic of Kenya and supported by the State Department for Public Investment & Asset Management, National Treasury, Kenya. The 16th Africa PPP Infrastructure Finance, Investment & Partnerships Summit takes place from 11 to 13 November 2026 at the JW Marriott Hotel Nairobi, Kenya, under the theme "Building Africa's Prosperity: Transformative Infrastructure, Investment and Partnerships to Accelerate Economic Development".
The summit brings together governments, PPP units, project owners, development finance institutions, investors, developers and advisers to address the full infrastructure project cycle, from national planning and project screening through risk mitigation, financing, procurement and implementation. Confirmed participants include the PPP Directorates of Kenya, Ethiopia and Tunisia, Zambia's PPP Office, British International Investment, African Trade & Investment Development Agency, the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa, Kenya National Highways Authority, Ghana Railway Development Authority, Zambia's Roads Development Agency and the Tana and Athi Rivers Development Authority, together with the African Legal Support Facility, Weircapacity and PPP Training Online.
The 2026 agenda covers a high-level ministerial roundtable on moving from projects to productive economies, PPP units at the frontline turning national plans into bankable projects, mobilising pension, insurance and capital market funds for infrastructure, de-risking the pipeline with MDBs, DFIs and regional development banks, Kenya as a continental and East African infrastructure and industrial hub, power and regional power trade, social infrastructure including affordable water, health, housing and waste PPPs, ports and air connectivity as trade infrastructure, agro-infrastructure for food security, and industrialisation powered by reliable energy, digital backbones and productive zones. Practical formats include a pre-conference workshop on project preparation, a business breakfast briefing on Kenya's priority projects, the Africa PPP Deal Room for curated closed-door transaction discussions, post-event technical site visits and project showcases.
The 2026 edition marks the summit's move to Kenya for the first time, with a focus on Kenya's Nairobi-Nakuru-Mau Summit corridor and the country's pipeline across roads, ports, energy, urban infrastructure and industrialisation. The summit is held under the aegis of the Kenya PPP Directorate with the State Department for Public Investment & Asset Management, National Treasury. Organiser contact: APPP Team, [email protected], +44 207 700 4949.
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Nairobi - JW Marriott Hotel Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya