In Cape Town, at the Global Banking & Markets Africa Forum (GBM Africa 2026), a clear observation emerged: financing Africa is no longer a liquidity problem. It is a transformation problem.
As a Silver Sponsor of this edition, Horus Investment Capital, a brokerage firm specializing in Financial Advisory, financial intermediation, and brokerage, has embraced this demanding market analysis by advocating an approach focused on the structuring and execution of operations.
At the opening of discussions on infrastructure and energy financing, Stéphane DEFO, Chief Executive Officer of Horus Investment Group, highlighted the magnitude of the challenge: more than $100 billion in annual needs, with a still significant financing gap. But beyond the numbers, it is the mechanics of projects that are questioned.
“The capital is there. What is lacking is alignment, preparation, and the ability to execute,” he emphasized.
This diagnosis, widely shared during the forum, reflects an increasingly visible reality in African markets: short windows of opportunity, demanding investors, and projects that are often insufficiently structured at the time of presentation.
For Ibrahim OUMAROU SANDA, Senior Representative, the stakes are clear:
“Africa does not lack capital, it must strengthen its execution capacity. Our role is to support institutions in structuring bankable operations, ready to be executed within market deadlines.”
In this context, financing solutions themselves are evolving. Blended finance, mentioned by Stephen TEMATIO, Head of Structured Finance, is gradually emerging as a structuring lever. “By combining public, concessional, and private capital, it becomes possible to reduce risks and attract investors to projects that would otherwise remain off-market,” he explained.
But again, the tool is not enough. It all depends on the quality of structuring upstream.
Beyond the panels, Horus Investment Capital’s participation has translated into a series of exchanges with investors, financial institutions, and technical partners, with a clear objective: to transform these discussions into concrete operations, particularly in Central Africa.
Because that is where the next step is played out. No longer convincing that Africa is investable, but demonstrating that it is executable.
In this equation, actors capable of bridging projects, structuring, and capital play a central role. Horus Investment Capital intends to be part of this dynamic, assuming a strategic intermediary role in the service of more efficient, faster, and more credible financing of African economies.
