Access Holdings Plc will make the case for African financial institutions to translate their growing pan-African presence into greater economic impact as financial leaders converge on Luanda, Angola, for the Africa Financial Summit (AFIS) 2026 on November 3 and 4.
The Group, participating as a Diamond Sponsor alongside its flagship subsidiary, Access Bank Plc, will advocate stronger capital mobilisation, deeper regional trade and financial integration, and expanded access to financing for businesses and households across the continent.
The summit comes amid growing calls for African financial institutions to play a more decisive role in financing productive economic activities, supporting enterprise development and strengthening intra-African commerce.
Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, Access Holdings chairman, will lead the Group’s delegation, which includes Roosevelt Ogbonna, Access Bank managing director and chief executive officer, and Seyi Kumapayi, executive director, African subsidiaries.
Through Access Bank’s pan-African footprint, the Group is increasingly focused on connecting markets, facilitating regional commerce, supporting businesses and extending financial services to underserved populations.
This approach, described as its “Scale-to-Value” orientation, seeks to ensure that institutional expansion delivers measurable benefits for businesses, economies, communities and shareholders.
Speaking ahead of the summit, Ogbonna said businesses needed financial services capable of supporting their ambitions across national borders.
“Businesses need finance that moves across borders as easily as their ambitions do. At AFIS 2026, we will show how Access Bank is turning its pan-African scale into real value by connecting markets, supporting enterprise and widening access to financial services,” he said.
The Group is expected to contribute perspectives from its operations across African markets, with particular emphasis on mobilising domestic capital, strengthening regional trade and payments integration, broadening financial inclusion and deploying digital platforms to extend financial services to underserved businesses and households.
The discussions are expected to reinforce the importance of financial institutions in channelling capital towards productive sectors of the economy, particularly as African countries seek to deepen trade relationships, strengthen domestic investment and reduce barriers to cross-border commerce.
Industry collaboration will also feature prominently in the Group’s position, with Access Holdings emphasising the need for financial institutions, governments, regulators, investors and private-sector players to work together in building more integrated and resilient financial markets.
AFIS 2026, co-hosted by the International Finance Corporation and Jeune Afrique Media Group, is expected to attract more than 1,250 African and international financial leaders and regulators.
The summit, themed “Making Capital Count: Unlocking Growth Through African Finance,” will examine strategies for mobilising private investment, directing finance towards the real economy, converting African savings into domestic investment and deepening regional integration.
