The first segment of the Continental Energy and Infrastructure Investment Forum (CEIIF) 2026 will be hosted in Zambia from 2nd to 5th February 2026, marking a historic milestone for the Forum, underscoring its expanding pan-African reach, relevance and strategic impact.
The CEIIF 2026 Zambia Programme will comprise two days of high-level structured business-to-government engagements, followed by two days of strategic site visits to priority energy and infrastructure assets across Zambia.
The programme is deliberately designed to move beyond dialogue, advancing bankable projects, concrete investment commitments and the implementation of strategic partnerships across Africa.
CEIIF has firmly established itself as a flagship pan-African investment platform, convening governments, investors, project developers, development finance institutions, and the private sector to advance energy security, infrastructure development, and regional industrialisation across the continent.
The 2026 edition takes place at a pivotal moment, as Africa accelerates efforts to close infrastructure gaps, scale energy access and unlock inclusive and sustainable economic growth.
A defining feature of CEIIF 2026 is the confirmed and anticipated participation of high-level African leadership, including His Excellency the President of the Republic of Zambia, the Commissioner for Energy, Infrastructure and Digitisation at the African Union, senior members of the Zambian Government, and invited Ministers from Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
This level of engagement reflects CEIIF’s strategic importance and its strong alignment with national, regional and African continental development priorities.
The CEIIF 2026 Zambia Programme will focus on having a pragmatic, Africa-led approach to coal and the introduction of nuclear energy into national energy mixes. It will also focus on skills development and institutional capacity building, strategic planning for the responsible extraction and beneficiation of Africa’s critical minerals and a flagship finance panel on “Unlocking Domestic Capital for Transformative Growth”.
There will be a number of priority projects across Africa to be profiled building on its proven track record of converting dialogue into action—where CEIIF 2024 identified 20 priority projects across seven countries valued at USD 2.6 billion, and CEIIF 2025 facilitated focused engagements on DRC priority projects valued at USD 463.8 million.
CEIIF’s VVIP-level programme is widely recognised for convening senior public- and private sector decision-makers alongside leading development finance institutions and commercial financiers, with a strong emphasis on advancing tangible and bankable investment opportunities across the continent.
