25/05/2026
The Africa Business Ventures & Investment Group (ABVIG) Summit Platform is a strategic continental initiative established to mobilize global partnerships, capital, and technical expertise in support of Africa’s infrastructure development, climate resilience, and sustainable economic growth.
The platform originated as part of ABVIG’s strategic corporate programme in Accra, Ghana, where its maiden editions were convened between 2017 and 2019 under the West Africa Infrastructure, Energy, Mining, Trade and Investment Summit (WAIEMTI). These early engagements, endorsed by key regional institutions, in the ministry of trade of Ghana and the ECOWAS and the participation of the AU Energy Commissioner, provided a strong foundation for regional cooperation and investment dialogue across critical sectors including energy, mining, trade, and infrastructure development. The success of these editions underscored the urgent need for a structured platform capable of addressing Africa’s infrastructure deficit and unlocking investment opportunities at scale.
Building on this foundation, the platform expanded into Abuja, Nigeria, positioning itself within the country’s policy and investment ecosystem. This transition marked a strategic evolution from a regional forum into a continental mechanism aligned with national development priorities, regional integration frameworks such as the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), and global climate and development agendas.
The Africa Business Ventures & Investment Group (ABVIG) Summit Platform is anchored on a globally structured institutional framework, with the company duly incorporated under the laws of the State of Maryland, United States of America, in 2023. This international incorporation reinforces ABVIG’s credibility, governance structure, and operational capacity within global financial and investment ecosystems.
Further strengthening its global positioning, ABVIG successfully convened the AICIS 2024 United States Edition at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia, USA, which attracted over 250 participants, including representation from the Government of Nigeria, private sector leaders, diaspora stakeholders, and international partners. The event served as a strategic platform for advancing Africa-focused investment dialogue, strengthening diaspora engagement, and promoting cross-border partnerships.
Building on this momentum, the platform has continued to expand its global footprint through strategic engagements across the United States and participation in major international economic and development forums. These engagements have reinforced ABVIG’s positioning as a bridge between Africa and global capital markets, enabling effective collaboration with development finance institutions, multilateral organizations, private investors, and diaspora networks.
Over time, ABVIG has actively participated in and contributed to major global economic and development platforms, further strengthening its international credibility and institutional relevance. Notable engagements include participation in the Russia–Africa Summit held on 23–24 October 2019 in Sochi, Russia, co-hosted by President Vladimir Putin and President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, as well as involvement in Afreximbank Annual Meetings (AAM 2019, Moscow) and the Afreximbank Conference in Abuja (2016). ABVIG also participated in the Global Clean Energy Action Forum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (2022), and the United States–Africa Leaders Summit hosted by the White House in Washington, DC (2023) under the administration of President Joe Biden.
These global engagements have significantly contributed to positioning the ABVIG Summit Platform as a credible interface between Africa and the international investment community, advancing strategic dialogue across infrastructure, energy transition, trade, and climate finance.
At its core, the ABVIG Summit Platform is designed to complement African government development efforts by mobilizing financial resources, technical expertise, and human capital from across the globe. It serves as a structured interface connecting governments, development finance institutions, private sector investors, multilateral organizations, and development partners, with the objective of facilitating bankable project development and investment partnerships.
A defining feature of the ABVIG Summit Platform is its implementation-driven approach. Through structured pre-summit engagements, technical workshops, and stakeholder consultations, the platform identifies, prepares, and positions bankable projects for financing and ex*****on. In 2025, this approach was demonstrated through a high-level stakeholders’ symposium held in Abuja under the theme “Leveraging Green Climate Financing,” which convened over 200 participants from government, private sector, and international institutions. The session provided a foundation for project pipeline development and stakeholder alignment ahead of the AICIS 2025 Summit.
The platform operates through strategic partnerships with international development organizations and sectoral institutions. In collaboration with Aidez Small Project International (ASPI), ABVIG has engaged organizations such as USAID, Project C.U.R.E., the World Food Programme (WFP), and relevant ministries in Nigeria and Ghana. These partnerships reinforce the platform’s multi-sectoral approach, particularly in infrastructure development, healthcare systems strengthening, and climate-aligned investments.
The ABVIG Summit Platform is designed as a high-impact convening mechanism that brings together governments, institutional investors, business leaders, small and medium enterprises (SMEs), project developers, and multilateral organizations. It seeks to unlock Africa’s vast investment potential—estimated at over US$12 trillion—across infrastructure, green energy transition, climate finance, and emerging sectors such as digital and artificial intelligence infrastructure.
In addition to investment mobilization, the platform promotes trade development and regional integration by facilitating partnerships between African governments and the private sector, in alignment with AfCFTA objectives. It also supports industrialization, economic diversification, and entrepreneurship development, contributing to inclusive and sustainable growth across the continent.
A central focus of the platform is climate and infrastructure financing. By convening global financiers and development partners, ABVIG enables access to blended finance instruments, climate funds, and project preparation facilities required to transform development concepts into bankable and investable opportunities. This aligns with Africa’s broader commitments to climate resilience, sustainability, and low-carbon development pathways.
Ultimately, the ABVIG Summit Platform has evolved beyond a traditional conference model into an ex*****on-oriented mechanism for development. It is designed to translate policy into projects, partnerships into financing outcomes, and opportunities into measurable impact. Through its continued evolution and growing global engagement, the platform remains a catalyst for advancing Africa’s infrastructure development, climate action, and economic transformation agenda.
9.1 Pre-Summit Institutional Preparation (Q1–Q2 2025)
In preparation for the Africa Infrastructure, Climate Change, Security & Green Investment Summit (AICIS 2025), ABVIG implemented a structured pre-summit engagement program during the first half of 2025.
The objective was to strengthen institutional alignment, develop project pipelines, and mobilize stakeholder participation across government institutions, diplomatic missions, development finance institutions, and private sector actors.
These preparatory engagements focused on four strategic pillars:
• Institutional stakeholder consultations
• Policy alignment with federal government authorities
• International engagement and partnership outreach
• Identification of bankable infrastructure and climate project pipelines
Collaboration with Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nigeria. A major milestone in the preparatory phase was the Global Stakeholder Engagement and Press Briefing on the Multilateral Africa Infrastructure & Climate Change Summit 2025, convened by ABVIG on 23 June 2025 at the Rotunda Hall, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abuja. The event brought together government representatives, diplomatic missions, development partners, and media stakeholders to introduce the summit theme:
“Climate Change Action on Blue Economy and Green Investment.”
The engagement served as an early platform for raising awareness of the summit’s objectives and positioning AICIS as a policy-aligned investment dialogue supporting Africa’s climate transition and sustainable infrastructure development.
