Institutional Capital Forum

Africa Alternative Assets & Infrastructure Roundtable

A Chatham House-style, invitation-only quarterly forum for pension fund executives, DFI principals, sovereign wealth managers, and infrastructure investors. 60 participants maximum. No stages. No slides. No panels. Just the people who move Africa's institutional capital, in the same room, talking honestly about what works and what does not.

Lagos Protocol — Chatham House adaptedNo stages, no slides, no panelsQuarterly — LagosBy invitation only · 60 max
About the AAAIR

Why Africa needs its own Chatham House

The institutions that allocate the most capital to African infrastructure — Nigeria's pension funds, the IFC, the AfDB, DEG, and FMO — have historically had no forum in which to speak candidly about what is working, what is not, and what would change if they had a vote on the agenda.

There is a well-attended conference circuit: SuperReturn Africa, the AVCA Conference, Africa PPP. These are useful for awareness. They are not useful for the kind of frank, Chatham House-protected conversation that actually changes how institutional capital is deployed.

The AAAIR was built to fill that gap. No stages. No slides. No panel moderators managing airtime. Just the people who move Africa's institutional capital, in the same room, following the Lagos Protocol.

Format

Pension Funds & The Alternative Allocation Gap

Attendance

60 participants maximum. By invitation only.

Compere

Suru Daniel Inaugural Session

Inaugural session

August 2026 · Lagos

The Lagos Protocol

Participants may use information gained at AAAIR. No participant may be identified as the source of any statement. No recording devices. No digital communications about session content. Breach = permanent removal.

Session 1 — August 2026

Anchor Speakers

SS

Simon Stockley (Co-founder, SA Home Loans)

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Mr. Kehinde Ogundimu (Managing Director, NMRC),

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Sonnie Ayere (CEO, DLM Capital Group)

SD

Suru Daniel (Moderator)

2026–2027 Programme

Four sessions. Four conversations.

1
August 20, 2026 · Q3

Theme

Pension Funds & The Alternative Allocation Gap

2
TBC · Q4

Theme

Housing Finance as Infrastructure

3
TBC · Q1

Theme

DFI Capital & Nigerian Alternative Assets

4
TBC · Q2

Theme

Building Africa's Financial Institutions

Request an invitation

The AAAIR is by invitation only. Applications from senior executives at Nigerian pension funds, DFIs, sovereign wealth funds, and infrastructure investors are welcome.

Request an invitation