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The Nature Finance Tipping Point: What Will It Take to Move Capital at Scale in Africa?

Location: Main Room

Organizers: FSD Africa

Exploring how investors, financial institutions, regulators, philanthropy and market builders can turn Africa’s natural capital, emerging nature markets and innovative finance models into scaled investment opportunities.

Africa is approaching a critical nature tipping point. The continent’s economies and livelihoods are deeply dependent on natural systems increasingly threatened by biodiversity loss, climate change and ecosystem degradation. Yet Africa also has an opportunity to create a positive tipping point for nature finance. Growing recognition of nature-related financial risks, emerging nature markets, innovative financing models and Africa’s vast natural capital could combine to shift investment from niche to mainstream. This roundtable asks: what will it take to trigger that shift in Africa? Investors, financial institutions, regulators, philanthropy and market builders will explore the actions needed to unlock capital at scale for Africa’s nature-positive future.