SITA à Genève 2026
Leapfrogging the System
Building the next African systems beyond inherited limits. A salon for innovation and transformation in Africa — conceived and led by Africa.
SITA Geneva 2026 brings together institutional leaders, investors, and African operators to create investable ecosystems. This fourth edition focuses on leapfrogging traditional development models through technology, local assets, and integrated systems.
October 15–16, 2026
Geneva, Switzerland
International Environment House 2
Bilingual event
English • French
A bridge of trust between two worlds
Investors still struggle to access Africa securely. Structuring projects lack visibility and African voices remain underrepresented in investment decisions.
SITA translates realities, aligns expectations and creates a secure path between opportunity and decision. We bring together private capital, public actors and African operators around investable ecosystems.
Secure Investment Pathways
Due diligence, KYC/AML compliance, and transparent data rooms create trust between investors and African projects.
African-Led Decision Making
African voices drive investment decisions, ensuring projects align with local priorities and sustainable development goals.
Integrated Ecosystems
Projects connect to form investable ecosystems, mutualizing demand and securing supply chains.
"This is not a conference about Africa. This is a conference by Africa."
— Sarah Massandjé Bayoh, founder and CEO, Bafing ProjectsSITA 2026 aims to:
- Mobilise investment and strategic partnerships for African development projects.
- Connect African governments, institutions and project owners with investors, development finance actors and private-sector partners.
- Explore innovative and sustainable financing mechanisms capable of unlocking capital for African projects.
- Strengthen cooperation between Africa, Switzerland and Geneva’s international ecosystem.
- Create greater visibility for investment-ready and high-impact African initiatives.
- Encourage practical dialogue around infrastructure, housing, agriculture, healthcare, energy, climate resilience and economic transformation.
- Facilitate B2B and institutional connections that can continue beyond the two-day event.
- Promote development approaches that strengthen African resilience, economic sovereignty and long-term local capacity.
A deliberately selected community of decision-makers
SITA brings together investors, institutions, project owners, partners and professionals around a shared goal: transforming African potential into investable action. Select your profile to discover why SITA is relevant to you.
- Visitors
- Partners
- Diaspora
- Project Owners
- Institutions
- Investors
Two days for those building what's next
Entrepreneurs and professionals
Understand investability, meet operators and discover the systems shaping African growth.
Students and young talents
Access morning sessions or participate online with the Knowledge Pass and a valid student ID.
Businesses and trade actors
Identify suppliers, buyers, technologies, products and partnerships in West African value chains.
Decision-makers and curious minds
Follow the debates on risk, formalization and sustainable agriculture, then transform analysis into useful contacts.
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Register for SITA 2026A targeted platform with concrete results
SITA 2025 demonstrated the effectiveness of our approach, bringing together key stakeholders and initiating tangible partnerships that continue to drive African investment forward.
10 countries
A voluntarily selected audience in Africa and Europe, prioritizing exchange quality over volume.
5 B2B meetings
Projects presented included Bafing 2040, Cocoa Houses and SIRA, with follow-up ensured by Bafing Projects.
3 UN organizations
Public institutions, two investment funds, six companies and diaspora organizations participated.
Partnerships initiated
Memoranda of understanding with the Ivory Coast Chamber of Commerce and embassies of Niger, Nigeria and Ghana.
Why leapfrogging changes investment
Africa does not have to reproduce every step of inherited models. SITA identifies how technology, local assets and integrated ecosystems can bypass blockages and create investable scale.
From isolated projects to ecosystems
Interconnected projects mutualize demand, secure inputs and reach the ticket size required by institutional investors.
From perceived risk to visible challenge
Due diligence, KYC/AML, data rooms and real-time reporting transform uncertainty into actionable information.
From aid cycles to sovereign investment
Guarantees, incentives and profitable public interest projects create sustainable and autonomous prosperity.
Don't miss the full program experience
Book Your PlaceTwo days of decision and action
The programme below presents the planned sessions and activities for SITA à Genève 2026. Session sequencing and timings may be adjusted as the final programme is confirmed.
- Day 1 — Thursday, 15 October
- Day 2 — Friday, 16 October
Registration & Welcome Coffee
Arrival, accreditation and informal networking.
Opening Ceremony
Official opening of SITA à Genève 2026 and introduction to the conference theme and objectives.
High-Level Opening Dialogue
Leapfrogging the System: From Crisis Response to Resilience and Sovereign Development — An opening discussion examining how African economies can move beyond recurring crisis-response models towards long-term resilience, productive investment, stronger local capacity and sustainable economic sovereignty.
Networking Break
Panel I — Mobilising Sustainable Finance for Africa's Next Phase of Growth
Exploring how sustainable finance can mobilise capital for infrastructure, healthcare, agriculture, energy, climate resilience and other strategic development priorities across Africa.
Networking Lunch
Panel II — Unlocking Capital Through Blended Finance and Impact Investment
Examining how public and private capital can work together through blended finance, catalytic capital, guarantees, first-loss mechanisms, impact investment and other approaches to de-risk and finance projects in emerging markets.
Networking Break
Panel III — Infrastructure, Resilience and Sovereign Development
A discussion on financing and delivering resilient infrastructure across housing, energy, transport and essential services while strengthening local economies and long-term development capacity.
Investment & Project Showcase — Session I
Selected African development and investment opportunities presented to investors, institutions and potential strategic partners.
B2B Meetings & Strategic Networking
Targeted exchanges between project owners, investors, institutions, businesses and development partners.
Close of Day One
Welcome Coffee & Networking
Panel IV — Agriculture, Food Systems and Local Value Creation
Exploring investment opportunities across agriculture, agro-processing, food security and local value chains, with particular attention to increasing local production, transformation and value capture.
Networking Break
Panel V — From Projects to Investment: Building Bankable African Opportunities
A practical discussion addressing what investors require from projects, including project preparation, governance, risk allocation, financial structuring, partnerships and pathways towards bankability.
Networking Lunch
Investment & Project Showcase — Session II
Presentation of selected investment opportunities and scalable projects seeking financing, technical expertise and strategic partnerships.
Focus On: Investment & Trade Opportunities
A dedicated session highlighting investment environments, priority sectors, emerging opportunities and pathways for international cooperation and market entry.
Networking Break
Deal Room & B2B Meetings
Structured meetings connecting investors, project owners, institutions and potential partners around specific opportunities presented during SITA.
Closing Dialogue — From Dialogue to Delivery
A forward-looking discussion focused on translating the connections, projects and commitments developed during SITA into concrete partnerships, investment and implementation.
Closing Remarks
Closing Networking Reception
Be part of SITA à Genève 2026
Two days of panels, showcases and B2B meetings in Geneva. Secure your ticket and join the decision-makers shaping African investment.
Book Your PlaceProgramme Notice
This is the preliminary programme for SITA à Genève 2026.
The programme structure, session titles and activities may be refined as final arrangements are completed. Speaker and participant announcements will be published separately as confirmations are finalised.
From visibility to measurable execution
Select and structure
Bafing Projects collects, evaluates and strengthens projects, while securing suppliers, buyers and investment documentation.
Meet and decide
SITA creates targeted meetings through presentations, country spaces, B2B meetings, Deal Rooms and institutional dialogue.
Invest and track
SIRA enables direct investment, controlled data room access, KYC/AML and real-time financial and impact reporting.
- Visitors
- Partners
- Diaspora
- Project Owners
- Institutions
- Investors
A clear path for every participant
Choose the path matching your goals. Access to confidential spaces remains subject to verification and accreditation.
- Panels and keynotes
- Focus On sessions
- Exhibition access
- General networking
- Lunch depending on ticket
Hybrid
Student · digital
Targeted access · Online participation or morning session on-site with student ID · Lunch not included
Qualified
Depending on access
Meet the ecosystem · Companies, institutions, diaspora, projects and investors gathered around real opportunities
Protected
By accreditation
Confidential access · Deal Rooms for investors and invited projects · Data rooms reserved for verified investors
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