Sponsors

Platinum sponsor

Bank of America is one of the world’s leading financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small and middle-market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk management products and services. Bank of America is a global leader in wealth management, corporate and investment banking and trading across a broad range of asset classes, serving corporations, governments, institutions and individuals around the world. The company serves clients through operations across the United States, its territories and approximately 35 countries. Bank of America Corporation stock (NYSE: BAC) is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Gold sponsor

AFC is a multilateral financial institution, created by African sovereign states to provide pragmatic solutions to Africa’s infrastructure deficit and challenging operating environment.

We actively pursue these solutions by developing and financing infrastructure, natural resources and industrial assets for the enhanced productivity and economic growth of African states.

Silver sponsor

4G Capital is the next generation of business lending. A simple way to access funding and knowledge on your terms.

We grow businesses with working capital loans and enterprise training. Providing the right financial support, the right enterprise knowledge and the right digital solutions for growth and for good.

Disbursements and repayments are via mobile money with frictionless receipt, repayment and reconciliation.

Silver sponsor

BB Energy (BBE) is among the world’s leading independent energy trading companies, with twelve strategically positioned offices around the globe and over 50 years of trading experience.

BBE has consolidated experience in trading, operations, chartering, logistics, storage, refining, and financing, trading in excess of 25 million metric tonnes (MT) of crude oil, petroleum product, and gas.

BBE Renewables was established in 2021 to diversify from Oil & Gas by investing and financing in renewable projects, including the acquisition of Solarcentury Africa. In alignment with BBE’s focus on decarbonized energy sources, a Carbon Trading desk was also created.

BB Energy continues to benefit from a strong knowledge of the markets where it operates and is constantly evolving to meet new challenges.

Silver sponsor

Carnegie Mellon University Africa is part of CMU's top-ranked College of Engineering. Its vision is to advance Africa’s intellectual and digital development. CMU-Africa engages in collaborative research and delivers transformative educational programs to cultivate future technology leaders, entrepreneurs, and innovators from across the continent. CMU-Africa was established on the continent to respond to the critical shortage of high-quality engineering talent required to harness Africa’s tremendous potential. As part of its mission, CMU-Africa leads the African Engineering and Technology Network to drive inclusive digital growth on the continent through higher education and the power of collaboration. Afretec Network universities are focused on research, education, and entrepreneurship in areas such as artificial intelligence, robotics, cybersecurity, and information & communication technologies.

Silver sponsor

Karpowership is a global energy company that builds, deploys, and operates the world’s largest fleet of floating power plants, known as Powerships. Our Powerships are purposefully designed and multi-fuel enabled, providing fast, reliable, affordable, and cleaner energy solutions for communities and industries. Our company has a fleet of 40 Powerships around the world with a total installed capacity of over 7.000 MW, eight Floating Storage Regasification Units, LNG Carriers, and Support Ships, providing countries with a modular solution to harness their natural resources. Our innovative technology has enabled universal access to electricity for millions of citizens worldwide and helps meet both immediate and long-term energy needs.

Silver sponsor

Kosmos Energy is a leading deepwater exploration and production company focused on meeting the world’s growing demand for energy. Our key assets include production offshore Ghana, Equatorial Guinea and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, as well as a world-class gas development offshore Mauritania and Senegal. We also pursue a proven basin exploration program in Equatorial Guinea, Ghana and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Kosmos is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and London Stock Exchange and is traded under the ticker symbol KOS.

Silver sponsor

Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company.

With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.

Silver sponsor

Established in 2004, Mercuria is one of the world’s largest independent energy and commodity groups, bringing efficiency to the commodity value chain with technology, expertise, and low-carbon solutions. The Company established itself as a leader in the energy transition by pledging more than 50 percent of new investments toward renewables and transitional energy. The Group has made significant investments in projects such as renewable power, energy storage, grid optimization or critical transition minerals recycling, and environmental products such as carbon certificates. Mercuria’s business includes trading flows, strategic assets, and structuring activities that generate more than $120 billion in turnover. The Company has built upon a series of strategic acquisitions, including the physical commodities trading unit of JPMorgan Chase & Company, Noble Group’s U.S. gas and power business, and the Aegean Marine Petroleum Network, reorganized as Minerva Bunkering. Mercuria plays its part in the global energy transition, contributing to global efforts to combat climate change and helping the world achieve the goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Silver sponsor

Moniepoint Inc. is a global technology company with a focus on financial services in Africa and other emerging markets. Since 2019, Moniepoint Inc.’s technology has powered over five million businesses and their customers, offering all the payment, banking, credit and business management tools they need to succeed. It aims to power the dreams of businesses, their employees and customers by providing them with the financial technology tools they need to grow, no matter their digital literacy level.

Moniepoint Inc. currently processes the majority of the Point of Sales (POS) transactions in Nigeria through its subsidiaries, processing over $182 billion in annualised TPV. It is Africa’s largest fintech by transaction volume. It is profitable and, in 2022, became QED Investors’ first investment into Africa.

Silver sponsor

Proparco, the private sector financing arm of the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group, has been advancing sustainable economic, social, and environmental development for over 45 years. It provides tailored funding and support to businesses and financial institutions across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. Proparco’s efforts are concentrated in key development sectors, including infrastructure (with a strong emphasis on renewable energy), agribusiness, financial services, healthcare, and education.

Since 2015, Proparco has partnered with the European Commission, gaining access to additional resources that allow it to expand its service offerings for the private sector. This partnership helps foster sustainable economic growth, reduce poverty, and contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The funds delegated to Proparco enhance its capacity for additionality, enabling it to explore high-impact but riskier sectors and markets, while also boosting its non-financial contributions to the private sector, thus amplifying the overall impact of its financing.

Silver sponsor

Standard Bank Group is the largest African bank by assets, operating in 20 African countries, as well as in London, New York, Beijing, Dubai, Isle of Man and Jersey. Headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, we are listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, with share code SBK, and the Namibian Stock Exchange, share code SNB.

Standard Bank has a 162-year history in South Africa and started building a franchise outside southern Africa in the early 1990s.

Our strategic position, which enables us to connect Africa to other select emerging markets as well as pools of capital in developed markets, and our balanced portfolio of businesses, provide significant opportunities for growth.

The group’s headline earnings for the year ended 31 December 2023 were R42.9 billion (USD2.3 billion) and total assets were R3.1 trillion (USD166 billion). As at 31 December 2023, Standard Bank Group had over 18.8 million clients, employed over 50 000 people (including Liberty) and had over 1000 points of representation and 6 000 ATMs on the African continent.

The group’s largest shareholder is the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the world’s largest bank, with a 19.4% shareholding. In addition, Standard Bank Group and ICBC share a strategic partnership that facilitates trade and deal flow between Africa, China and select emerging markets.

Silver sponsor

Telecel is an Africa-focused telecommunication service provider and a leader in digital service. Our goal is to enhance business opportunities and contribute to a digitally empowered Africa. We achieve this by implementing technological solutions that positively impact lives, connect remote areas, and expand access to quality education. With our Pan-African vision and in-depth understanding of local nuances, we customize telecommunication solutions for the African market, fostering long-lasting alliances and partnerships.

Silver sponsor

TotalEnergies is a global integrated energy company that produces and markets energies: oil and biofuels, natural gas and green gases, renewables and electricity. Our more than 100,000 employees are committed to provide as many people as possible with energy that is more reliable, more affordable and more sustainable. Active in about 120 countries, TotalEnergies places sustainability at the heart of its strategy, its projects and its operations.

To meet growing global energy demand while reducing greenhouse gas emissions, TotalEnergies is developing an integrated and balanced multi-energy transition strategy based on two focus areas, namely hydrocarbons and electricity (Integrated Power).

TotalEnergies is active throughout the energy value chain, from production through to transportation and transformation into intermediate and finished products, including storage and distribution of those products to meet the needs of its business customers and consumers.