Standard Bank Corporate and Investment Banking will host the second edition of its African Markets Conference from 22 to 24 February 2026 in Cape Town, bringing together global institutional investors, sovereign wealth funds and African policymakers with a shared objective: accelerating the flow of capital into the continent's most critical growth sectors.
Building on the inaugural conference in 2025, which sought to reframe perceptions of Africa from risk to resilience, the 2026 edition places a sharper focus on execution. According to Luvuyo Masinda, Chief Executive of Corporate and Investment Banking at Standard Bank Group, the emphasis this year is on translating policy intent into investable opportunity.
Masinda argues that Africa's challenge is no longer a lack of opportunity, but the need for practical mechanisms that deepen capital pools, improve market liquidity and strengthen regulatory frameworks. These, he says, are the foundations required to give investors the confidence to deploy capital at scale.
