09/09/2026
Everyone agrees Africa’s creative economy has talent and audience. What’s harder to prove is that money put in comes back, and comes back a second time.
Today at , our Managing Partner, Wakiuru Njuguna, joins Panos Panay (The Recording Academy), Clare Akamanzi (NBA Africa), Stephen Domingo (Okapi Sports), and Peter Griffin (Live Nation) to talk about exactly that. She brings the view of someone who has sat across the table from hundreds of creative businesses trying to raise capital that actually fits how they work.
At HEVA Fund, we have seen firsthand that creative businesses don’t always fit the assumptions built into conventional finance. We have learned that the gap is what surrounds the work: financing that fits how creatives actually earn, ownership that lets them keep what they make, policy that treats them as businesses rather than exceptions, and systems that allow more of the value created in Africa to stay in African markets.
That’s what today’s dialogue gets into directly: the cost of capital, who actually owns the IP, how licensing and revenue move, and the layer of businesses- production, distribution, venues- that sit around every creative product long before it reaches an audience.
These are the conversations that shape what comes next for creative businesses, and for the capital that backs them.
📍 Windsor Golf Hotel & Country Club, Nairobi
📅 9 September 2026
