8th Annual SummitWindhoek, NamibiaMay 2027
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Bridging the Gap: From Promise to Performance
Scaling trusted pension systems across Africa requires balancing fiduciary duty to members with strategic investment in local infrastructure, expanding informal-sector coverage through digital micro-pensions, and establishing robust regulatory transparency, so that long-term domestic savings convert into sustainable continental growth.
- Dates
- May 2027
- Host city
- Windhoek, Namibia
- Venue
- Windhoek Country Club Resort
- Format
- Four days
The four days
Format held across 7 delivered editions
The shape below is the format the summit has followed edition after edition. Session times for 2027 are confirmed closer to the date and published here first; nothing on this page is a running order until it says so.
Day 01
Arrival and welcome
Registration, the opening ceremony and a welcome reception. The 2026 edition opened with a traditional performance before the first plenary.
- Registration
- Opening ceremony
- Welcome reception
Day 02
Plenary sessions
Keynote addresses and full-floor plenaries on the year's central question, followed by panels drawn from regulators, funds and asset managers.
- Keynote addresses
- Full-floor plenaries
- Panel discussions
Day 03
Breakaway & Training Sessions
Interactive workshops and roundtables designed as smaller working sessions on trusteeship, governance, and asset allocation.
- Interactive workshops
- Roundtables
- Training sessions
Day 04
Closing and site visits
Closing plenary, communique, and organised visits that put the host market in front of delegates directly.
- Closing plenary
- Communique
- Organised site visits
The floor, last edition
7th Annual Summit · Balaclava, Mauritius · 19-22 May 2026
Six pillars, four days
6 streams · 4 days
- 6
- programme streams
- 4
- days on the floor
- 7
- editions delivered since 2020
These are the streams the 2027 programme is built from. They run across the whole summit rather than sitting inside a single day: plenaries open a pillar on the main floor, and the breakaway sessions on day 03 take it apart in a smaller room. The allocation of each pillar to a session is published with the running order.
- 01
Leadership, regulatory & structural reforms
Overcoming regulatory hurdles, enforcing independent audits, tracking contributions accurately, and preventing political interference in fund governance.
- 02
Balancing national mandates & fiduciary duty
Reconciling high liquidity demand with long-term preservation, including South Africa's Two-Pot retirement system, and keeping fund domiciliation on the continent.
- 03
Partnerships & collaboration
Creating co-investment platforms that pool capital into large-scale infrastructure, and leveraging blended finance to de-risk participation.
- 04
Investment & infrastructure
Deploying pension capital toward bankable, climate-resilient projects and Public-Private Partnerships that meet fiduciary return requirements.
- 05
Informal sector coverage & inclusion
Expanding access through digital platforms, mobile money and targeted micro-pension schemes, building on models such as Kenya's Mbao Pension Plan and Rwanda's Ejo Heza.
- 06
Social impact, sustainability & digitalisation
Integrating credible ESG standards and transforming investment management through applied artificial intelligence.
The full agenda is published as sessions are confirmed.
Register your interest and you will receive the agenda, the speaker announcements and the delegate pack as they are released.
Programme enquiries: info@africapensions.com