Africa's Green Economy Summit 2026

CLIMATE CARBON & NATURE FINANCING ACADEMY

Carbon Markets 101: Part 1

• Andrew Gilder, Director - Climate Legal, Chair – Southern African Carbon Markets Association (SACMA), South Africa
• Olufunso Somorin, Carbon Markets Coordinator, African Development Bank Group, Kenya

Carbon Markets 101: Part 2

• Olivia Tuchten, Principal Climate Change Advisor, Promethium Carbon and Director in the Promethium Group of Companies, South Africa
• Oliver Stotko, Head: Special Projects and Innovation, City of Cape Town

Workshop 3: Biodiversity Credits

• Candice Stevens, Founder & CEO, Sustainable Finance Coalition (SFC), South Africa
• Marianne Haahr, Executive Director, International Advisory Panel on Biodiversity Credits (IAPB), Denmark
• Simon Morgan, Science Lead, CreditNature, South Africa
• Marios Michaelides, Director, AMES Habitat Fund, Sweden
• Frank Damson, Biodiversity Credits & Sustainable Finance Specialist, WWF, Tanzania
• Keith Bohannon, CEO, Plan Vivo Foundation, United Kingdom

From Ambition to Action: Scaling Investment in Africa’s Green and Blue SolutionsKEYNOTE OPENING SESSION 1

Keynote Speech

• Iain Banner, Chairman, Go Green Africa, South Africa

The science underpinning Africa’s green and sustainable development

• David Obura, Director, CORDIO East Africa, and Chair, IPBES (Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services), Kenya

Lightning Talk 1: The 1000 SMEs Project

• Carl Reynolds, CEO, Kudos One, South Africa

FIRESIDE CHAT: How can country platforms become the key to delivering green growth at scale?

• Jonathan First, Climate Policy Initiative, South Africa

PLENARY SESSION 1

Green-light for green capital: Who is putting capital to work, and how?

• Barbara Buchner, Global Managing Director, Climate Policy Initiative, USA

Lightning Talk 2: Formula Student Africa

• Phoenix Tennant, Team Principal, FSA UCT, South Africa

Breakaway Session 1

Agribusiness & Sustainable Food Systems

• Ian De Jager, Director, I&F Engineering, South Africa

Breakaway Session 3

From Alternative Fuels to Zero-Emission Transport Systems

• Phoenix Tennant, Team Principal, FSA UCT, South Africa

The Human Capital Imperative: Building Skills for Africa’s Green Transition OPENING SESSION 2

Panel Discussion - The Human Capital Imperative: Building Skills for Africa’s Green Transition

• What does Africa need to do to maximize the number of good jobs created by the shift to the new green economy

• Teresa Labonia, Director, Systemiq, France

RECAP PROJECT LIGHTENING TALK

Lightning Talk 3: RECAP Project

• What does Africa need to do to maximize the number of good jobs created by the shift to the new green economy

• Blake Greenwood, Founder, Greenwave Media, South Africa

FROM LINEAR TO CIRCULAR:THE BUSINESS CASE FOR BETTER WASTELIGHTENING TALK

Lightning Talk 4: From Linear to Circular: The Business Case for Better Waste

What if waste wasn’t a cost centre — but a revenue stream?

• Pieter van Heyningen, CEO, Kulu Eco-Services, South Africa

THE NEXT PHASE OF CIRCULAR ECONOMY: SCALE, FINANCE, AND DELIVERYBREAKAWAY SESSION 5

Case Study 1: Laying the evolutionary tracks for a Systemic approach to Circularity

Identifying the pillars that underpin and need strengthening for full circularity in waste value chains

• Joseph Jordaan, Chief Operating Officer eWASA, South Africa

The Next Phase of Circular Economy: Scale, Finance, and DeliveryBreakaway Session 5

Case Study 2: A journey of Waste to Wear

Exploring how Sealand Gear turns waste into long-lasting, high-quality products; demonstrating the commercial potential of circular design rooted in environmental and social impact.

• Jasper Eales, Founder, Chief Creative Officer, Sealand Gear, South Africa