Day 1
Building New Opportunities
Exploring the regional and global markets where African businesses can grow with confidence. Identifying products to build, technologies to use and the new financial architecture needed to support scale.
The African Hidden Champions Summit
Africa@Scale 2026: African Business Competitiveness in a New Global Economy
Where Africa's homegrown business leaders redraw the map of global business. Over three days in Cairo, the builders of Africa's most ambitious companies sit shoulder-to-shoulder with the institutions that believe in them.
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5–7 November 2026 Cairo, Egypt
Why Africa@Scale Exists
Africa is actively shaping the global economy. Yet the narrative surrounding African business too often focuses on potential rather than performance, and on start-ups rather than scale-ups.
Africa@Scale is the definitive gathering for the continent's Hidden Champions, the mid-to-large-sized African companies driving real economic growth. It is a space for honest conversations about expansion, a platform for cross-border deals and a direct line to the capital required to compete globally.
If we Africans don't participate in growing our economies, nobody will do it for us... The biggest challenge is for us to have confidence in our own economies. If we have confidence in our own economy, then we can do much better.
The 2026 Theme
Competitiveness in a New Global Economy
The rules of global trade are being rewritten. From carbon markets to AI, from supply chain resilience to new financial architectures, the 2026 Africa@Scale Summit focuses on how African businesses can move from compliance to true global competitiveness.
We are moving beyond the question of “Can we build it here?” to “How do we build it to win everywhere?”
Programme Structure
Three days designed for impact, deals and leadership.
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Day 2
Partnering on Projects and Deals
Moving from discussion to signature. Focusing on deal pipelines, DFI perspectives, Pan-African pitch rounds and showcasing investable opportunities within the AHC network.
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Day 3
Putting People First
Examining the leadership mindset required to guide businesses through complexity. Focusing on leading self, building resilient cultures and the capital leadership challenge.
Venue The historic Mena House
Why Cairo?
Cairo stands at the crossroads of Africa, the Middle East and Europe. It is a city that has always understood scale, from ancient monuments to modern megaprojects. As African businesses look outward, there is no better backdrop than a city that has been a global hub for millennia.
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Host resort The Westin Cairo Golf Resort & Spa -
Modern megaproject The Grand Egyptian Museum -
At the foot of the Pyramids The historic Mena House
Who Should Attend?
Africa@Scale 2026 is designed for leaders shaping the next chapter of African business competitiveness.
- 150 +
- CEOs
- $ 50 B+
- Represented
- 20 +
- Countries
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Founders & CEOs of mid-to-large cap African enterprises with $20M+ revenue
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Institutional Investors & DFIs actively deploying capital on the continent
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Policymakers & Regulators shaping the business environment
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Global Thought Leaders in technology, trade and leadership
Attendance at Africa@Scale is highly curated to ensure the quality of conversations and the viability of deal-making.
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Applications for the 2026 Summit are currently being reviewed by the steering committee.