NAIROBI, Kenya, October/APO Group: The exponential growth in family offices and UHNW individuals across Africa has fostered fresh conversation on topics such as succession planning, generational wealth transfer, and investment diversification, posing as influential sources of capital, encompassing the first generation of African post-independence and post-liberalisation founders, set to be addressed during the inaugural Future Capital & Legacy Forum on November 10 in Nairobi.
As per Deloitte, family offices control assets is pegged at USD3.1 trillion and poised to reach USD5.4 trillion by 2030, while Africa’s UHNW population rose 23.7 percent to 3,440 in 2025, considered as the fastest of any region.
“Wealth preservation is one of the most pertinent issues facing Africa’s growing cohort of UHNW individuals and family offices, but it often fails due to poor succession planning and governance, amongst other issues. It is in this context that the inaugural Capital & Legacy Forum was created,” commented the Commercial Director at API Events, which will host the event at KOFISI Kaskazi, Murray Anderson.
“Together with our expert partners, we’re excited to create an exclusive platform for the frank and insightful conversations desired by these individuals and other influential private wealth players from across Africa. Most wealth conferences are built around products. The Capital & Legacy Forum is structured around people, decisions and what really lasts and drives economies,” he added.
The event was founded in partnership with private wealth experts DeaconCapital and Suntera Global.
The panel discussions, fireside chats and one-on-one insights for the event focus on four key, hands-on themes:
1. Harnessing Capital for Opportunity & Growth
How do you put capital to work with purpose, at home and globally? Tackling real allocation questions, from balancing liquidity, preservation, and growth to deploying opportunity capital, and asking where the next USD10M should actually go, and examining how private equity and family offices can overcome the friction between them and partner to build and fund growth.
2. From Wealth Creation To Wealth Preservation
Creating wealth and keeping it are different disciplines. The event explores the structures, governance, and succession thinking that protect it.
3. Building Brands and Businesses That Endure
Africa is no longer only a source of raw materials. It is a place where brands, ideas and enterprises are created and exported to the world. Hear from the leaders building these brands about what it takes to move from made in Africa to desired globally, and to build something that outlives its founder.
4. The Next Generation
Capital is only as durable as the people who inherit it. From heirs to stewards, the event examines how families prepare the next generation for ownership, decision-making, and responsibility, and what legacy means beyond money.
“The Capital & Legacy Forum brings to the table many of the practical issues families face as their wealth becomes more complex, from investment and structuring to international mobility, governance and preparing the next generation. These are increasingly important conversations for families and businesses thinking about how wealth is managed over the long term,” said John McDonald, Director of Nairobi and UK-based independent wealth advisory firm Waugh McDonald.
The Partner – Senior Relationship Manager at DeaconCapital Asset Management, Saif Ahmedi added:
“We’re pleased to be partnering with API Events for this inaugural event, which we believe will occupy an important space in the conversations around protecting generational wealth in Africa. Family offices and high-net-worth individuals have a unique set of needs, and this event presents a prime opportunity for peer-to-peer conversations and first-hand perspectives from their journeys of exploring wealth preservation and investment.”
