Africa’s Position in the Next Capital Market Order – Ndubuisi Ekekwe

At a time when the global order is being redesigned, ushering fragmentation of power with new rules quietly emerging, the Abuja Conclave brings together a select group of thinkers and operators to interrogate one central question: “What must Africa control, align, or deliberately forgo today to avoid becoming a permanent rule-taker in the next global system?”

Join me and other speakers at the Conclave as we examine this question with clarity and rigor. I will approach it through the lens of the capital market, that foundational construct upon which nations organize capital, coordinate production, and build enduring prosperity. Across human history, no system has been more effective in aggregating resources and scaling development than a well-structured capital market.

The wealth of nations is anchored on its capacity to combine and recombine elemental factors of production, and the capital market is the fulcrum upon which everything happens.

Take a case study and consider this paradox: in a nation like Nigeria where more than 80% of printed money sits outside the banking system, what does that imply? It means capital is not compounding. It means value is idle. It means billions are forfeiting returns that could have been earned through simple sovereign instruments. It means people are operating at MONEY level instead of CAPITAL level. Money delivers largely poverty, capital anchors abundance as money does not have generative production capacity.

So, how does Nigeria, and indeed Africa, reposition in a new capital market order, especially as AI reshapes how value is created, priced, and exchanged? This is the conversation, and why you need to attend.

Date: March 30–31, 2026 | Abuja, Nigeria

Register free here: https://events.16thcouncil.uk/gsn-abuja-conclave/

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