Africa’s capital markets have become more selective, not smaller — and selectivity puts the pressure on execution rather than on money. Oxford Saïd arrives at AFSIC 2026 as a headline sponsor betting on the input that takes longest to build: people. Foreign direct investment into Africa reached roughly $70bn in 2025, down from an exceptional...

Ask a hundred founders whether they are investor ready and ninety will show you a deck. Fifteen slides, a chart bending up and to the right, a market size with eleven digits. The document is clean. It proves nothing. A deck describes what a company wants to be. Investor readiness describes what it is —...

From IMF-endorsed growth to world-class infrastructure and landmark peace-and-prosperity accords, the Democratic Republic of Congo is sending investors, travelers and the international community one clear message: the country is open, moving, and determined to compete. A vision set at the very top Every transformation starts with a vision. President Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo has made the...

Every year, more money leaves Africa illicitly than the continent receives in development aid and foreign investment combined. That money has a face: it is the hospital that was never built, the teacher who was never hired, the road that never reached the border. In July 2026, standing on the unfinished Gabon-Cameroon transborder highway, President...