25-27 November 2026 PrideInn Hotel, Mombasa, Kenya

BDCG Annual Conference 2026

Transforming African Market Systems: Innovating Local Solutions, Inclusive Finance, and Climate Resilience.

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25-27 November 2026 PrideInn Hotel, Mombasa, Kenya

BDCG Annual Conference 2026

Bring your ideas. Share your evidence. Connect with the people shaping Africa's market systems.

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25-27 November 2026 PrideInn Hotel, Mombasa, Kenya

BDCG Annual Conference 2026

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A shared agenda. Three days of exchange. New possibilities for African markets.

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Transforming African Market Systems: Innovating Local Solutions, Inclusive Finance, and Climate Resilience.

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About BDCG Conference 2026

Bring your ideas.
Share your evidence.

Connect with the people shaping Africa's market systems.

Join practitioners, governments, financial institutions, development partners, private-sector leaders, researchers, innovators, youth entrepreneurs and policymakers from Africa and beyond. Together, explore practical solutions that strengthen resilience, expand opportunity and turn local innovation into wider impact.

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Three Pillars

Shaping
the conversation.

A shared agenda connecting productive markets, inclusive finance and the conditions needed to scale what works.

Explore the three pillars
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Productive and Resilient Market Systems

Strengthen production, connect value chains and build resilience through climate-responsive approaches, stronger institutions and scalable technologies.

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Finance, Enterprise and Markets

Explore how inclusive finance, enterprise development and digital systems can unlock investment and market opportunities.

03

Governance, Inclusion and Scale

Advance the policies, partnerships and learning systems that help effective solutions reach more people and markets.

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participation options.

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Present your work

Bring research and practical lessons into the conversation through the call for abstracts.

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02

Access participation support

Explore scholarship opportunities and the approved application requirements.

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Build a partnership

Support evidence-based exchange, inclusive participation and investment engagement.

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Choose your delegate category and complete the registration. Fee and payment terms will be confirmed.

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Key Dates

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be part of the conversation.

Application and registration deadlines will be updated as they are confirmed, in East Africa Time (EAT, UTC+3).

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Call for abstracts opens 16 September 2026 Abstract submission deadline 16 October 2026 Abstract acceptance notifications 30 October 2026 Scholarship applications open 16 September 2026 Scholarship application deadline 16 October 2026 Scholarship award notifications 30 October 2026 Registration opens 16 September 2026 Presenter confirmation deadline 6 November 2026 Registration deadline 6 November 2026 Planned delegate arrival 24 November 2026 BDCG Conference 2026 25–27 November 2026
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