Industry partnerships at the heart of AGES

Africa's Green Economy summit is more than just an sustainability driven event - it is a community that collaborates and innovates year-round to solve the most pressing green economy issues.

We work with these forward-thinking industry associations and institutions so we can have a strong mix of representatives that reflect, and can elaborate on, today’s African sustainability transition challenges. Find below our Industry Partners to learn how they are involved with Africa’s Green Economy Summit and how you can get in touch with them.

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The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) is a treaty-based international, inter-governmental organization dedicated to supporting and promoting strong, inclusive and sustainable economic growth in developing countries and emerging economies.

AP3 Capital is a specialist professional services and portfolio management firm specialising inadvisory, business assurance, and portfolio management. Our transaction advisory teams offer a full suite of Infrastructure Finance advisory services across the transaction lifecycle to DFIs, public sector clients and private companies in Africa and other emerging markets.

To deliver value and impact, we bring together world-class expertise and local knowledge to design and deliver practical solutions to help our clients achieve their objectives by leveraging the knowledge and expertise of our multidisciplinary experts, associates, and partners.
Some of his recent work has been with prominent tech startup accelerators in South East Asia and the Middle East, as well as working with well-known brands and organisations from Amnesty International to Stanford University.

CPI is an analysis and advisory organization with deep expertise in finance and policy. Our mission is to help governments, businesses, and financial institutions drive economic growth while addressing climate change. CPI has seven offices around the world in Brazil, India, Indonesia, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Frost & Sullivan is a global strategy consulting and market intelligence firm with a long-standing presence in Africa. Frost & Sullivan helps organisations advance by informing them of market dynamics, advising on how to respond to these dynamics, and connecting them to relevant stakeholders in Africa and beyond.

Established in 2015, the African Business Angel Network (ABAN) is the largest pan-African organization of angel investors. ABAN supports early-stage ecosystems across Africa by providing essential human and financial capital to startups, driving job creation continent-wide. Today, ABAN spans 72 members in 35 African countries and the Diaspora, representing over 5,000 angel investors.

AVCA – The African Private Capital Association is the nexus of private capital in Africa, championing and enabling private capital investment in Africa.
As the pan-African industry body, AVCA plays a significant role as an effective change agent for the industry and acts as the trusted independent source of information, insight, and intelligence inspiring investor confidence; making the case for both commercial returns and impact of private capital in Africa.
AVCA represents a community of capital allocators, investors, fund managers, advisors, entrepreneurs and professional services committed to our shared vision of a prosperous Africa that is sustainable, inclusive, and innovative.

Convergence is the global network for blended finance. We exist to increase private investment in emerging markets and developing economies to advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement.

Our global membership includes public, private, and philanthropic investors as well as sponsors of transactions and funds. We offer this community a curated, online platform to connect with each other on blended finance transactions in progress, as well as exclusive access to original market intelligence and knowledge products such as case studies, reports, trainings, and webinars. To accelerate advances in the field, Convergence also provides grants for the design of vehicles that could attract private capital to global development at scale.

EAVCA represents private capital providers supporting businesses and enterprise to achieve their goals, catalyzing development and creating meaningful jobs across the region.

Our membership represents development finance institutions (DFIs), private equity and venture capital funds, family offices, impact investors among others.

GreenCape is a not-for-profit company that drives the widespread adoption of economically viable green economy solutions from South Africa. GreenCape works with businesses, investors, academia and government to help unlock the investment and employment potential of green technologies and services, and to support a transition to a resilient green economy. GreenCape was established in 2010 to support the development of South Africa’s green economy.

The Global Trust Project is a multidisciplinary advisory and learning practice focused on enabling trust-rich pathways across personal, professional, and societal levels. Using scientifically validated methods to measure and build trust, it supports leaders, organisations, and communities to thrive through stronger, more resilient relationships.

The National Business Initiative (NBI) is a coalition of companies driving sustainable growth in South Africa since 1995. As a partner of global initiatives, NBI focuses on environmental sustainability, economic growth, social transformation, and strengthening government capacity through thought leadership and collective action. The NBI’s vision is that of a sustainable, equitable and thriving society that makes South Africa one of the world’s greatest places to live, work and conduct business in.

The SACEEC represents the capital equipment and project sector for new projects and the aftermarket. It is also the endorsed representative body for the consulting engineers and their associated bodies, merchant bankers – with reference to their involvement in financing capital projects, capital equipment suppliers and suppliers of services to the capital project sector.

The SACEEC is an indispensable part of the globalisation of the Southern African industry and provides a facilitating role in assisting capital equipment sector companies to grow their business through exporting.”

The Southern African Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (SAVCA) is a non-profit industry body representing over 230 members who collectively manage more than R237bn in assets across Southern Africa. It supports the growth of private equity, private debt, and venture capital by engaging with regulators and policymakers, producing relevant research and thought leadership, delivering training and capacity-building initiatives, and creating valuable networking opportunities for investors, industry players, and capital seekers.

The tax includes a provision under which carbon credits can be utilised to offset part of the emissions over which carbon tax must be paid by large emitters. This offset allowance provided a shot in the arm for South African carbon market which had gone almost dormant since the collapse of the global carbon market in 2008. In response to this upswing in demand for carbon credits from CDM, VCS and GS approved projects the Southern African Carbon Market Industry Association (SACMA) was established.

The Sustainable Finance Coalition FINDS, DESIGNS and MOBILISES tailormade finance solutions for nature. We find the right place, with the right people and connect them to the right finance solution.