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.
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.
Anchor Speakers
Simon Stockley (Co-founder, SA Home Loans)
Mr. Kehinde Ogundimu (Managing Director, NMRC),
Sonnie Ayere (CEO, DLM Capital Group)
Suru Daniel (Moderator)
Four sessions. Four conversations.
Theme
Pension Funds & The Alternative Allocation Gap
Theme
Housing Finance as Infrastructure
Theme
DFI Capital & Nigerian Alternative Assets
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