Partner-Led Sessions 1

Trade policy is now a core variable in site selection and investor planning.What moves the shortlist?What creates hesitation?

Digital infrastructure and regulatory readiness are becoming critical factors in investment attraction.What readiness matters most?How can gaps be closed?

A practical discussion on guarantees, blended finance, and project preparation tools.Which instruments mobilise capital?Where do gaps remain?

Free zones are evolving from enclaves into platforms for logistics, services, and green industry.What models are winning?What needs reform?

This session looks at how FDI can deepen productive capabilities and supplier ecosystems.How is upgrading accelerated?What support is needed?

Outward FDI from emerging economies is growing faster than traditional FDI, following different logics and structures.What drives South-South investment decisions?How [...]

Agriculture and food processing are rising as strategic sectors for resilience and growth.Where are the investable gaps?How are risks reduced?

Investment increasingly flows along geopolitical lines and into future-shaping industries, reconfiguring trade networks.What do the investment patterns reveal?How do they [...]

Turning the AfCFTA Protocol on Investment into practical outcomes via effective National Focal Points and coordinated investment facilitation.What makes investment [...]

A data-focused session on how policymakers should interpret FDI trends and distortions.What do headlines miss?What should IPAs track?

Labour standards and job quality are increasingly tied to investment quality and legitimacy.What do responsible investors expect?How can IPAs respond?

Investment trends highlight widening competitiveness gaps between Europe, the US, and China.What is the investor perspective on these divergent geographies?How [...]

Investment promotion is shifting from counting jobs to improving job quality and skills, and long-term employability.What metrics matter now?How are [...]

Invite-only. An interactive leadership discussion on how to ensure great FDI speaks for itself.What are examples of great FDI?How can [...]

Agricultural investment must now align with resilience, productivity, and rural inclusion.What models scale best?What protects small producers?

Investment at the service of sustainable and inclusive value chains and SME competitiveness.How can FDI lift local SMEs rather than [...]