A curated dealmaking roundtable bringing together shipowners, ports, exporters, ECAs, DFIs, commercial banks, insurers, investors, and maritime advisors active across the global shipping and cruise markets.

The discussion focuses on live projects, financing opportunities, market trends, and commercial challenges across cruise shipbuilding, cargo shipping, LNG carriers, specialised vessels, ports, and maritime infrastructure.

Designed as an interactive forum rather than a traditional panel session, the roundtable encourages open discussion, networking, and practical collaboration between active market participants.

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By 2035, Africa will be home to one-third of the world’s youth and represent the planet’s last major growth engine. Yet the continent faces a paradox: a booming population alongside declining access to jobs, education, energy, and basic services - driving one of the largest internal and external migration waves in modern history.

This session presents a transformative vision: how $2 trillion in blended finance investment can reverse mass migration, regenerate both rural and urban economies, and power inclusive growth through coordinated infrastructure development across energy, water, agriculture, and social services.

As advanced economies enter demographic decline, AI displaces labour, and productivity gaps widen, the world’s long-term stability and prosperity increasingly hinge on Africa’s success. The discussion asks: how can ECAs, DFIs, sovereigns, institutional investors, commercial banks, insurers, and private innovators work together to deploy blended finance at scale, volume, and pace?