Eastern Africa Association Lecture & Conference 2026

The Architecture of African Capital: Pension Funds, Connected Exchanges and the Diaspora Capital

The 4th Eastern Africa Association Annual Lecture (The John Small Lecture) takes place on Monday, 12 October 2026, from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM at the Royal Overseas League, St James’s Street, London.

This year’s Lecture will examine how pension assets, diaspora capital and African exchanges can be better aligned to mobilise long-term, local-currency equity for infrastructure and economic growth.

The programme will feature a keynote lecture, responding panels and an Oxford-style debate, bringing together senior representatives from capital markets, pension funds, development finance institutions, regulators, exchanges, institutional investors and listed companies. Discussions will be held under the Chatham House Rule.

The Lecture will be followed by a private networking reception at the House of Commons, co-hosted with the Westminster Africa Business Group, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM.

Lecture & House of Commons Reception: £125 + VAT
House of Commons Drinks Reception only: £50 + VAT

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Slide

12 Oct 12th October 2026

12:30 - 13:00

Deal Room, bankable projects, available on the sidelines

13:00 - 14:00

Registration, working lunch and networking

14:00 - 14:30

Keynote Lecture

14:30 - 15:20

Responding Panel I (50 min): regulators, capital markets authorities, listed- company investors and exchanges

15:20 - 16:10

Responding Panel II (50 min): DFIs, pension funds and IFCs

16:10 - 17:00

Oxford-Style Debate. Motion: “This House believes that playing it safe is Africa's biggest risk”

17:00 - 17:10

Program Close

18:00 - 20:00

Drinks Reception

Guests proceed to Parliament, CPA Rooms, for the Drinks Reception co-hosted with the Westminster Africa Business Group, addressed by a former UK Minister of Defence and a former Vice President of Kenya, with guests including the Group's esteemed members