Who: The African Development Bank Group and the African Airlines Association
What: Airlines, Capital and Connectivity Forum
When: 25–26 February 2026
Where: Mercure Hotel, Upper Hill, Nairobi, Kenya and online
The African Development Bank Group will co-host the Airlines, Capital and Connectivity Forum on 25–26 February 2026 in Nairobi and online to mark the launch of the Integrated Aviation Transformation Program (IATP) for Africa.
The IATP is a continental modernisation and financing platform is aligned with the African Union’s Continental Aviation Infrastructure Investment Plan, which targets mobilising $30 billion. The IATP will be anchored in $7 billion Aviation Financing and Connectivity Facility (AFCF) that will mobilise private and institutional capital at scale to build an integrated, safe, competitive, and climate-aligned African aviation ecosystem.
Bank Group Director for Infrastructure and Urban Development Department, Mike Salawou, will address the forum. The Bank Group’s Director General for the East Africa Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery Office, Alex Mubiru, will also attend. In! addition to representatives of the Bank Group, the Forum will bring together Ministers of Transport, officials from the African Airlines Association, airline executives, export credit agencies, cargo operators, trade corridor logistics companies, insurers, and other stakeholders.
It will also:
- Present the structure of the Integrated Aviation Transformation Program (IATP), including the Pan-African Aviation Financing Platform and its financing and risk-sharing tools.
- Bring African airlines and investors together to better understand operational needs, risks and financing requirements.
- Identify and move forward with priority pilot projects to demonstrate practical, scalable aviation financing solutions.
- Strengthen cooperation across Africa’s aviation sector to improve connectivity, competitiveness and regional integration in line with the African Continental Free Trade Area and Single African Air Transport Market objectives.
