Speaker/Panellist/Chair/Moderator/Quickfire/Meet The… Information

Panellist Guidelines

• You will be provided with the contact details of your Panel Moderator, and fellow Panellists as per the online agenda.
• We have requested that the Panel Moderator gets in touch with you prior to AFSIC in order to discuss the structure and running order of your session. If, closer to the event, you have not heard from your Chair, please feel free to contact us so that we can connect you.
• Your Panel Moderator has been requested to advise arrangements for where and when you and your fellow Panellists should meet prior to your Panel Session at AFSIC.
• There will be an AV team in your room at all times. You may wish to introduce yourself to the AV team in your room prior to the start of the session especially if the Panel has any complex AV requirements in your presentation (e.g. sound cables). If this is the case we also ask that you advise us at least a month before so that we can ensure that your specific requirements can be addressed. The AV team can brief you on the operation of the roaming mike.
• Upon arrival and registration at AFSIC you will be provided with specific guidelines on where to proceed prior to your presentation/panel time.
• Both handheld and lapel mics are available as per your preference. The AV teams will facilitate this prior to your session.
• A bell will ring once 5 minutes from the end of your Panel’s time slot to indicate 5 minutes remaining, and twice to indicate that time is up.
• If your Panel finishes discussions before your time slot is over there may be time for questions at the discretion of your Panel Moderator. A roaming microphone and a member of the AFSIC team will be available in the room in case of questions. We request that you ensure that the Panel Discussion runs to time.
• Your audience will include sophisticated institutional investors, research analysts, dealmakers, African business leaders and members of the African press.
• Because of the diversity of companies presenting from a wide range of African countries, we strongly recommend that you convert any financial figures into USD for ease of attending investors.
• The conference organisers do not offer printing facilities on site, although these are available at the conference venue, and locally.
• You may wish to check that your Profile, BIO and Photo have been accurately reflected on the Speaker pages of the AFSIC website.
• Please do not arrange meetings during the session in which you are speaking.

Panel Moderator Guidelines

• You will be provided with the contact details of the panellists that you will be moderating as per the timetable above.
• We suggest that you discuss and structure the running order of your panel with the panellists prior to AFSIC.
• Panel Moderators are requested to make arrangements as to where and when your panel meets prior to your agenda slot. You may wish to collect cellphone contact details from panellists as part of this arrangement. The organisers will be available to assist if required.
• Prior to AFSIC you will be provided with bios and photos of your panellists. When introducing your panel, please note that there is no requirement to read the whole biography but rather just precis a short introduction from the biography provided.
• There will be an AV team in your room at all times. You may wish to introduce yourself to the AV team in your room prior to the start of the session especially if the Panel has any complex AV requirements in your presentation (e.g. sound cables). If this is the case we also ask that you advise us at least a month before so that we can ensure that your specific requirements can be addressed. The AV team can brief you on the operation of the roaming mike.
• Upon arrival and registration at AFSIC you will be provided with specific guidelines on where to proceed prior to your presentation/panel time.
• Both handheld and lapel mics are available as per your preference. The AV teams will facilitate this prior to your session.
• A bell will ring once 5 minutes from the end of your allocated time slot to indicate 5 minutes remaining, and twice to indicate that time is up
• If you finish before your panel’s time slot is over, there may be time for questions at your discretion. A roaming microphone and an AFSIC team member will be available in the room in case of questions. If you decide to take questions from the audience, please pay close attention that the session finishes on time.
• Your audience will include sophisticated institutional investors, research analysts, dealmakers, African business leaders, and members of the African press.
• Because of the diversity of companies presenting from a wide range of African countries, we strongly recommend that you convert any financial figures into USD for ease of attending investors.
• The conference organisers do not offer printing facilities on site, although these are available at the conference venue, and locally.
• You may wish to check that your Profile, BIO and Photo have been accurately reflected on the Speaker pages of the AFSIC website.
• Please do not arrange meetings during the session in which you are the Panel Moderator.

Session Chair Guidelines

• As a session Chair your role will be to introduce the “solo” speakers within your allocated time period and to introduce any panel moderators in your session. The panel moderators (not you) will be responsible for introducing their panellists. We ask that you are also responsible for the good timekeeping of all the sessions, including panels, within your allocated slot to avoid disruption of other sessions during AFSIC.
• Prior to AFSIC you will be provided with bios and photos of the speakers you will be introducing. Please note that there is no requirement to read the whole biography but rather just precis a short introduction from the biography provided.
• There will be an AV team in your room at all times. You may wish to introduce yourself to the AV team in your room prior to the start of the session especially if any of your session speakers has any complex AV requirements in your presentation (e.g. sound cables). However note that they will have been asked to do this themselves.
• Upon arrival and registration at AFSIC you will be provided with specific guidelines on where to proceed prior to your session.
• Both handheld and lapel mics are available as per your preference. The AV teams will facilitate this prior to your session.
• Laptops for loading on the presentations will be available at the venue. Due to the large number of companies attending, and the need to run on schedule, we ask that you ensure that all presentations be strictly kept to the time allocated.
• A bell will ring once 5 minutes from the end of a speaker’s allocated time slot. The bell will ring twice when the allocated time slot has ended. We request you ensure that the speaker finishes at that time.
• If a speaker finishes before the allocated time slot has ended there may be time for questions from the audience. This is at your discretion. A roaming microphone and AFSIC team member will be available in your room in case of questions. If you do allow questions please ensure that the sessions runs strictly to time.
• The audience will include sophisticated institutional investors, research analysts, dealmakers, African business leaders and members of the African press.
• Because of the diversity of companies presenting from a wide range of African countries, we strongly recommend that you convert any financial figures into USD for ease of attending investors.
• The conference organisers do not offer printing facilities on site, although these are available at the conference venue, and locally.
• You may wish to check that your Profile, BIO and Photo have been accurately reflected on the Speaker pages of the AFSIC website.
• Please do not arrange meetings during the session in which you are the Chair.

Multiple “Meet The …” Events (such as Meet the DFIs, Meet the Impact Investors) are built into the fabric of AFSIC.

These are opportunities to meet a wide range of companies, investors and dealmakers across Africa in a really short period of time. Break the ice, establish rapport, initiate business, trade and investment discussions, create new relationships and much more.

Speakers who are confirmed for these events do not require a formal presentation but will be offered a posing table for one hour in their dedicated session. These sessions are structured as free flowing networking events and other delegates will come to meet the “speakers” at the posing tables.

These are exciting, dynamic, rapid and focused presentations highlighting multiple investment opportunities. The presentations are designed to whet investors’ appetite, which can be followed up during AFSIC or in post AFSIC meetings and the pitch is limited to 3 minutes with 2 minutes of question time. You may use A PowerPoint presentation to present onsite during your pitch and Q&A. We recommend a maximum of 5 slides. This must be emailed to speakers@afsic.net by 9th SEPTEMBER 2025.

• Presentations to be in .ppt or .pptx format (we recommend maximum 5 slides).
• Presentations to be in 16:9 Widescreen format
• Your Quickfire slot is 3 minutes presentation time plus 2 minutes question and discussion time.
• Each Quickfire session is 1 hour long with approximately 12 presentations.
• Please arrive 10 minutes before the session and introduce yourself to the AFSIC staff.
• Each session is moderated by an investor who will introduce you and encourage feedback and questions and keep strictly to time.
• There will be AV and a technician in the room.
• Please make full use the AFSIC Event App which goes live early September to complete your profile and post to delegates to raise awareness about your capital raising and pitching session.
• If you have any amendments to your presentation after the submission date or if you fail to submit your presentation prior to the event, please bring your presentation on a USB stick to be loaded directly on to the laptop at the venue in the morning of your presentation from 8-8:30. The AV team will assist on a best endeavours basis but you may need to present without slides.

Within these summits you can expect panels,  investment pitching, and high level networking with many of the country’s most dynamic business leaders, and dealmakers. Investors with a mandate allowing them to invest in that country will attend with a view to developing new business relationships and uncovering business, trade and investment opportunities.

The structure of each country investment summit varies with the Country Investment Summit Sponsor choosing the way they run the session but as a country summit participant you may be asked to join a panel so no formal presentation is required.

These will be free flowing networking sessions, where there are no formal presentations are required.

The Country Networking Sessions are designed to facilitate the development of new business partnerships and to match business, trade and investment opportunities in the selected country.