

Enabling CROSS BORDER FUNDING for Africa
CATALYZE 2025 CONFERENCE - TRACK 3
Show how to unlock global capital for African startups by rethinking risk, reframing narratives, and building practical investment bridges.
Unlocking capital for African founders requires new models of collaboration and smarter investment approaches. This track focuses on practical ways to overcome the barriers that limit funding flow—highlighting how investors and operators are designing cross-border capital bridges, dismantling risk narratives, and creating context-driven pathways to back African ventures at scale.
Outcomes:
A clearer understanding of capital bottlenecks and how to overcome them
Exposure to innovative funding vehicles and structures
Inspiration and tools for investors and ecosystem players to support cross-border deployment