● Partners
A shared ambition: accelerating African industrialisation
Focus SEZ 2026 does not stand alone. The Forum draws on institutions and industrial groups that already fund, shape and embody local transformation in Africa. Each brings a piece of the same undertaking: bringing capital, infrastructure and production together.
Afreximbank
Afreximbank supports the development of African trade, industrialisation and the connection between producers, investors and markets.
As part of the Forum, the Bank contributes its financing solutions, trade facilitation instruments, investment promotion expertise and the Africa Buyers Programme. The latter plays a particularly important role in Focus SEZ by connecting manufacturers and investors with regional and international buyers.
Panel session 1: Building Africa’s next generation of industrial hubs, 21 October.
Africa Buyers Programme: From Factory to Market, 21 October, afternoon.
Panafritex
Panafritex contributes to the textile strand of the Forum and to discussions on developing African value chains that are more focused on processing, investment and access to buyers.
Panafritex Holdings takes part in particular in the roundtable on connecting African cotton, manufacturers, investors and international demand.
Business roundtable: Connecting African Cotton, Investors and Global Buyers, 21 October.
Discussions on GDIZ’s textile capacity, 22 October.
GDIZ
GDIZ brings the operational dimension to the Forum: infrastructure, industrial units, production capacity, logistics and support for establishing operations.
On 22 October 2026, participants will experience this environment first-hand during the GDIZ Investment and Sourcing Discovery Tour.
Guided tour of the infrastructure and industrial demonstrations, 22 October.
Investment and sourcing consultations with the Zone’s teams and manufacturers.
Three complementary areas of expertise
Financing, market access and production capacity, brought together over two days.
Afreximbank
Financing for trade and industrialisation, and access to regional and international buyers.
Panafritex
Connecting African textiles to markets, investors and international demand.
GDIZ
The location, infrastructure and industrial capacity that make on-site production possible.
Meet them on 21 and 22 October
Investors, manufacturers, buyers, financial institutions and partners meet in Cotonou and at Glo-Djigbé Industrial Zone.