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The stakes are clear: enabling the continent to move beyond a\u00a0 patchwork of still overly fragmented markets to become a truly integrated economic power, capable\u00a0 of producing world-class companies, mobilizing its own capital, and asserting greater influence in the\u00a0 new global value chains.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Held under the theme <\/span><b>\u201cScale or Fail: Why Africa Must Embrace Shared Ownership\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, this edition\u00a0 placed at the heart of the debates the imperative of critical mass and the concept of shared ownership\u00a0 as an essential condition for the continent\u2019s economic competitiveness. In a world marked by the\u00a0 fragmentation of trade, the reshaping of capital flows, the rise of new economic blocs, and the\u00a0 questioning of multilateralism, participants reaVirmed a central conviction: Africa must overcome the\u00a0 dispersion of its markets, its capital, and its regulatory frameworks in order to build continental\u00a0 champions capable of weighing in on global value chains.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This 2026 edition once again confirmed the central role of the Africa CEO Forum, which now stands as\u00a0 a platform for accelerating and mobilizing high-impact investments. During the Forum, nearly USD 2\u00a0 billion in agreements, partnerships, and memoranda of understanding were signed by several major\u00a0 players, including the Rwanda Development Board (RDB), Equity Bank, VISA, Spiro, Elsewidy, UNICEF,\u00a0 APIEX (Benin), BNETD, Access Bank, BOAD, Shelter Africa Development Bank, Baobab, NMB Bank,\u00a0 and Zaria Group.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IFC played a leading role in the announcements made in Kigali, committing more than USD 1 billion in\u00a0 investments through operations and partnerships with Equity Bank, Access Bank, Shelter Africa\u00a0 Development Bank, Baobab, NMB Bank, BOAD, and Zaria Group; these commitments cover a wide\u00a0 range of sectors, including infrastructure, energy, finance, agriculture, industry, and digital, and aim to\u00a0 accelerate productive investment, facilitate cross-border projects, strengthen market integration, and\u00a0 mobilize African capital to drive continental growth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis Forum confirms that Africa\u2019s moment has come. Confidence in the continent\u2019s ability to lead,\u00a0 innovate, and deliver results is growing rapidly. The talent is there. The capital exists. The ambition is\u00a0 undeniable,\u201d said Makhtar Diop, Managing Director of IFC, co-host of the Africa CEO Forum. \u201cWhat will\u00a0 define this decade is our ability to execute at scale: turning energy into industries, industries into jobs,\u00a0 and investments into tangible improvements in people\u2019s lives. From infrastructure to agribusiness,\u00a0 through health, housing, sport, and the creative industries, the way forward is clear: develop bankable\u00a0 projects, mobilize capital, and deliver results. At IFC, we are ready to work with our partners to\u00a0 structure transactions, catalyze investment, and help turn Africa\u2019s potential into sustainable growth at\u00a0 the scale of the continent.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over two days, heads of state, ministers, business leaders, investors, financial institutions, sovereign\u00a0 wealth funds, banks, industrial groups, and entrepreneurs debated the ways to transform a mosaic of\u00a0 national markets into a truly integrated economic power. The discussions focused in particular on\u00a0 three structuring levers: Shared Equity, to accelerate cross-border equity stakes and further mobilize\u00a0 African institutional capital; Shared Infrastructure, to connect markets and integrate regional value\u00a0 chains; and Shared Frameworks, indispensable to the free movement of capital, goods, services, and\u00a0 talent on a continental scale.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amir Ben Yahmed, CEO of Jeune Afrique Media Group and President of the Africa CEO Forum,\u00a0 declared: \u201cThe real challenge for Africa is no longer simply to bring forth national champions, but to\u00a0 build continental players and an economic power capable of weighing in on a world dominated by the\u00a0 logics of size and influence. This Forum has shown that, by further pooling our capital, our\u00a0 infrastructure, and our interests, Africa can create the scale eVect needed to turn its potential into a\u00a0 lever of power.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By concluding its work in Kigali, the Africa CEO Forum 2026 has charted a clear roadmap: to scale up,\u00a0 African capitalism will need to further pool its capital, its infrastructure, its ambitions, and its rules of\u00a0 the game. An essential condition for the emergence of regional and global champions, accelerating\u00a0 the productive transformation of the continent, and strengthening Africa\u2019s place in the world economy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A highlight of this edition, the Africa CEO Forum 2026 hosted the inaugural Africa NextGen Economist\u00a0 Prize, created by Jeune Afrique and The Africa Report, in partnership with the African Development\u00a0 Bank. Awarded in Kigali, the prize was given to Abdoulaye Ndiaye, a 37-year-old Senegalese\u00a0 economist, Assistant Professor at New York University\u2019s Stern School of Business and aViliated with\u00a0 the Finance for Development Lab. 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