Summit Overview

Adaptation Investment Summit for Africa 2026.

The Adaptation Investment Summit for Africa 2026 (AISA 2026) is a high-level Pan-African convening designed to accelerate climate adaptation finance, enterprise resilience, and sustainable investment across Africa. The Summit will bring together policymakers, development finance institutions, investors, fund managers, enterprises, innovators, researchers, and ecosystem actors to explore practical pathways for scaling climate adaptation solutions and unlocking resilient economic growth.

Convened by Kenya Climate Ventures (KCV), the Summit comes at a critical moment when Africa faces increasing climate vulnerability alongside a significant financing gap for adaptation. AISA 2026 seeks to bridge the gap between capital, policy, innovation, and enterprise by creating a platform focused on action-oriented dialogue, strategic partnerships, investment mobilization, and collaborative problem-solving.

The Summit will feature high-level plenaries, thematic dialogues, innovation showcases, enterprise exhibitions, networking engagements, and partnership roundtables centered around key areas including climate finance, artificial intelligence, sustainability reporting, climate governance, fragile markets, public sector leadership, and enterprise-led adaptation.

AISA 2026 is intentionally designed as a partner-centric platform focused on collaboration, market transformation, and shared learning, while also reflecting on a decade of climate-smart investing and ecosystem building in Africa.

Participants will gain access to strategic networking opportunities, emerging investment pathways, policy insights, climate adaptation innovations, and cross-sector partnerships aimed at shaping Africa’s next decade of climate resilience and sustainable development.

500+
Delegates Expected
25+
Countries Represented
75+
Investment Institutions
40+
Climate Enterprises
90%
High-Level Sessions

Programme Section

Summit Programme.

This is a Tentative Programme, The final programme will be uploaded soon.

6TH JULY 2026

CLIMATE ADAPTATION, LEGACY, IMPACT & MARKET TRANSFORMATION.

SEGMENTTIME/DATEAGENDA
Registration0700 - 0830 hrsRegistration/ Networking Breakfast
High Level Opening0900 - 1000Hrs
  • Opening Video
  • Welcome by MC
  • Welcome Statement 1: KCV CEO
  • Welcome Statement 2: KCV Board
  • Welcome Statement 3: Office of the Special Envoy for Climate Change
  • Keynote Speech 1: Embassy of Denmark, Nairobi _ Kenya
  • Keynote Speech 2: Ambassador _ Embassy of Israel, Nairobi _ Kenya
  • Keynote Speech 3: Director, Division of Climate Innovation and Montreal Protocol Technical Cooperation and Sustainable Industrial Development, UNIDO
  • Keynote Speech 4: Chief Guest

7TH JULY 2026
CLIMATE FINANCE, RESILIENCE & INNOVATION.

SEGMENTTIME/DATEAGENDA
Thematic Dialogues0830 - 1030Hrs

Keynote Address: Aligning macroeconomic policy for climate adaptation investment and inclusive green development: tax policy that allows for (green) public investment, structural transformation and global equity.

  • KenInvest

Plenary Fire Side Chat/ Panel: Greening the Tax Regime - Advancing dialogue on fiscal incentives, carbon pricing, and policy reforms that accelerate private sector climate investments.

  • Kenya Association of Manufacturers
  • Kenya Revenue Authority
  • FSD Kenya
  • Office of Envoy for Climate Change
  • Capital Markets Authority
  • Kenya Private Sector Alliance
-1030 -1100HrsNetworking Health Break

Featured Speakers

2026 Speakers .

Meet the leaders, innovators, and change-makers driving climate action across the continent and beyond.

Speakers Announced Soon

Our distinguished speakers for the The Adaptation Investment Summit for Africa 2026 (AISA 2026) will be announced soon. Please check back for updates

Pillars

Summit Thematic Pillars.

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Tiers

Partnership Opportunities.

Position your organization at the forefront of Africa’s climate adaptation and resilience agenda

Partnerships Include:

Sponsorship highlights | Visibility opportunities | Branding exposure | Speaking opportunities | Exhibition benefits