Absa Group

Listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, Absa is one of Africa’s largest diversified financial services groups with around 38 000 employees, across 12 African countries, the UK and the US. Absa’s purpose is to bring your possibilities to life. We are inspired by the people we serve and Africanacity – the unique way people find to get things done. We offer local solutions to local challenges and provide a range of retail, business, corporate and investment, wealth management and insurance solutions.  We are determined to be an organisation that is respected globally and that Africa can be proud of. For our people, we create a culture that appreciates, unifies and differentiates us from our competitors. For our customers, we create seamless experiences to engage and delight. For society, all our employees lead with a conscience… doing the best for people and the planet. For more information please visit www.absa.africa

Anchor Group

Anchor Group has grown to become one of SA’s top wealth and management businesses, since being founded nine years ago. The Group manages and advises on over R85bn (GBP4.2bn), with a focus on global investment. Anchor has delivered impressive and consistent investment returns since inception and its global equity fund is one of the top funds in the world. Anchor is in the business of providing a broad range of local and global investment solutions for individuals, families, institutions and financial advisors, by creating innovative opportunities for entrepreneurial clients.

DLA Piper

DLA Piper is a global law firm capable of taking care of the most important legal needs of clients wherever they do business. With offices throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, we represent more clients in a broader range of geographies and practice disciplines than virtually any other law firm in the world. Our lawyers have wide experience in arbitration, banking, competition and trade, as well as corporate crime and corporate finance. We have strong practices in employment, energy, hospitality and leisure, insurance, intellectual property, litigation, mergers and acquisitions and have developed key teams in pensions, private equity, real estate, tax, and technology.

Standard Chartered Bank

As a leading international bank, we strive to help people and businesses prosper across Asia, Africa and the Middle East. We offer banking services that help people and companies to succeed, creating wealth and growth across our markets. Our heritage and values are expressed in our brand promise – Here for good.

Afreximbank

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is the foremost Pan-African multilateral financial institution devoted to financing and promoting intra- and extra-African trade. The Bank was established in October 1993 by African governments, African private and institutional investors, and non-African investors. Its two basic constitutive documents are the Establishment Agreement, which gives it the status of an international organization, and the Charter, which governs its corporate structure and operations.

Aon

Aon plc (NYSE:AON) is a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions. Our 50,000 colleagues in 120 countries empower results for clients by using proprietary data and analytics to deliver insights that reduce volatility and improve performance.

Jersey Finance

We're proud to work with key partners to represent and promote Jersey as a forward-thinking international finance centre. We champion the competitive position of Jersey's finance industry, both locally and internationally, supporting the highest regulatory standards and the most attractive products and services to suit the needs of global investors. Jersey's relationship with Africa is broad, deep, and based on shared interests. Over many decades, we have built strong connections with Africa by supporting both inbound and outbound investment for private and institutional investors. Through sourcing overseas capital securely and efficiently, Jersey can play a vital role in supporting economic growth and job creation in Africa. What's more, our Island offers the right environment to act as an investment gateway for African investors to the UK, European and global markets.

Crown Agents Bank (CAB) is a UK regulated provider of wholesale foreign exchange and cross-border payments services connected across developing, emerging and frontier markets. We offer cross-border transaction banking solutions to meet the needs of governments, development organisations, banks and non-bank financial organisations, encompassing FX, payments, pensions, payroll, as well as deposits and trade finance.

Economic Development Board Mauritius

The mandate of EDB is to, inter alia, provide strong institutional support for strategic economic planning and ensure greater coherence and effectiveness in economic policy formulation; promote Mauritius as an attractive investment and business centre, a competitive export platform as well as an International Financial Centre (IFC); act as the main institution responsible for country branding for investment promotion; and facilitate both inward and outward investment and ensure a conducive business environment.

 Moody’s Investors Service

Moody’s Investors Service (MIS) is a leading global provider of credit ratings, research, and risk analysis. A rating from Moody’s enables issuers to create timely, go-to-market debt strategies with the ability to capture wider investor focus and provides investors with a comprehensive view of global debt markets through our credit ratings and research. Moody’s trusted insights can help decision-makers navigate the safest path through turmoil and market volatility.

Olam

We are a leading food and agri-business, supplying food ingredients, feed and fibre to thousands of customers worldwide, ranging from multi-national organisations with world famous brands to small family run businesses. Each customer depends on us to provide goods and services that are safe, on-time and in line with required specification. They also rely on us to help them create new opportunities. Established in 1989, we are listed on the Singapore Exchange. Our team of more than 81,000 employees have built leadership positions in many of our businesses such as Cocoa, Coffee, Cotton, Nuts and Spices. Our 6 values shape our actions towards our work, our customers, our suppliers, each other and our culture.

Prudential

Prudential plc is a British multinational life insurance and financial services company.

Prudential has 24 million life customers. It owns Jackson National Life Insurance Company, which is one of the largest life insurance providers in the United States, and M&G Investments, a Europe-focused asset manager.

Prudential has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. Prudential has secondary listings on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, New York Stock Exchange and Singapore Exchange.

Control Risks

Control Risks exists to make our clients succeed. We are a specialist risk consultancy that helps to create secure, compliant and resilient organisations in an age of ever-changing risk. Working across disciplines, technologies and geographies, everything we do is based on our belief that taking risks is essential to our clients’ success.

Development Bank of Southern Africa

The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) is a leading development finance institution (DFI) in Africa. Established in 1983, the DBSA participates across the entire infrastructure value chain and provides planning, project preparation, financing, and implementation support for economic and social infrastructure in South Africa, SADC and the rest of the African Continent. The institution’s mission is to improve people’s lives, boost economic growth and promote regional integration through infrastructure development.

KPMG

The Private Infrastructure Development Group (‘PIDG’) is an innovative infrastructure development and finance organisation delivering pioneering infrastructure in the poorest and most fragile countries.

MUFG

MUFG (Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group) is one of the world's leading financial groups. Headquartered in Tokyo and with over 360 years of history, MUFG has a global network with over 2,700 locations in more than 50 countries including the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Asia and Oceania.

The Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG)

The Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) mobilises private investment in infrastructure in frontier markets, with the aim of boosting economic growth and combating poverty. PIDG is a multilateral organisation governed by donors from seven countries and the World Bank.

4G Capital

4G Capital has supported micro-enterprises in Africa since 2013, providing financial literacy training with working capital loans to help small businesses grow sustainably.

VertoFx

Verto is a global B2B payments solution that helps businesses send money to anyone, anywhere. Using a purposefully built tech infrastructure and payment rails, you can instantly send and receive money in over 200 countries. Today, Verto helps 1000+ customers from startups, SMEs to large corporate companies convert $millions per year. Using our liquidity and price discovery marketplace solution, new customers can convert between 39 currencies, open bank account or wallets in seconds and make payments on a single platform.