AVCA & PEVCA Fund Manager Enablement Clinic

As Nigeria moves towards the 2027 general elections, private capital fund managers are operating against a backdrop of heightened political uncertainty, macroeconomic volatility and increasing scrutiny from investors. Changes in regulatory posture, foreign exchange and liquidity conditions, public spending priorities and the wider operating environment can have significant implications for portfolio companies and investment strategies. For Fund Managers, the challenge is not simply understanding these risks, but determining how to anticipate them, assess their potential impact and translate that intelligence into portfolio decisions.

Join AVCA, PEVCA and Control Risks for a practical GP Enablement Clinic examining how fund managers can navigate Nigeria's evolving risk landscape through the pre-election cycle. Combining forward-looking political and macroeconomic analysis with practitioner perspectives and peer discussion, the clinic will explore how GPs can stress-test portfolios, strengthen scenario planning, manage LP expectations, and use governance as a tool for resilience.

Who Should Attend? This webinar is designed for fund managers, investment professionals and portfolio operations teams navigating investment and portfolio exposure in Nigeria.

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Why Attend?

Practical perspectives for navigating Nigeria’s pre-election cycle

Whether your firm is navigating existing portfolio exposure or assessing new investments in Nigeria, this session will provide practical perspectives to help investment and portfolio teams anticipate uncertainty, assess its potential impact and translate risk intelligence into portfolio decisions.

Anticipate the Risk Landscape

Gain a forward-looking perspective on the political, macroeconomic and regulatory developments that could shape Nigeria's investment and operating environment through the 2027 election cycle.

Translate Risk into Portfolio Action

Explore how political and macroeconomic scenarios can inform portfolio stress-testing, stakeholder planning, investment oversight and exit decisions.

Learn from Fellow Fund Managers

Hear how GPs are responding to uncertainty in practice, from LP communications and portfolio governance to managing exposure and preparing for different scenarios.

Strengthen Portfolio Resilience

Take away practical considerations to help investment and portfolio teams identify vulnerabilities earlier, prepare for potential disruption and support portfolio companies through periods of uncertainty.

Agenda

Tuesday, 22 September

1:00 PM – 1:05 PM

Welcome Remarks

1:05 PM – 1:25 PM

Navigating Nigeria's Pre-Election Risk Landscape

Control Risks will provide a forward-looking assessment of the political and macroeconomic landscape, examining key election scenarios and their potential implications for investors and portfolio companies. The session will consider movements in FX, inflation, liquidity, and regulatory posture; differences in exposure across sectors; and the wider West African political environment and potential cross-border implications. The session will establish the risk scenarios against which GPs can assess portfolio exposure and inform decision-making as Nigeria approaches the 2027 general elections.

1:25 PM – 1:45 PM

GP Perspectives: Managing Portfolios Through Uncertainty

This GP-led panel will explore how fund managers are preparing their funds and portfolio companies for different political and macroeconomic scenarios. The conversation will explore approaches to portfolio stress-testing, LP communications during periods of heightened uncertainty, assessing exit timing and strengthening portfolio-company governance as a risk-mitigation tool. The discussion will highlight practical experience of what GPs are doing now, where they see the greatest areas of exposure and how they are balancing near-term risk with longer-term investment objectives.

1:45 PM – 2:05 PM

Facilitated Discussion

Structured discussion among all participants, facilitated by Control Risks, AVCA and PEVCA, designed to surface shared challenges, practical responses, and peer learning.

2:05 PM – 2:15 PM

Closing Remarks

Webinar Hosts

About the Hosts

AVCA

AVCA - the African Private Capital Association is the pan-African industry association that champions and enables private investment across Africa. AVCA acts as the trusted independent source of information, insight, and intelligence inspiring investor confidence; making the case for both commercial returns and impact of private capital in Africa. As the voice of the industry, we represent a community of capital allocators, investors, fund managers, advisors, entrepreneurs and professional services committed to our shared vision of a prosperous Africa that is sustainable, inclusive, and innovative. Through research, market intelligence, industry convening, professional development and policy engagement, AVCA’s mission is to catalyse private capital investment on the continent.

PEVCA

The Private Equity and Venture Capital Association of Nigeria (PEVCA) is the industry association representing private equity and venture capital practitioners in Nigeria. PEVCA provides a platform for industry engagement, knowledge sharing and collaboration, bringing together investors, fund managers, advisers and other stakeholders across Nigeria’s private capital ecosystem.

Control Risks

Control Risks is a global strategic intelligence and security firm that is trusted by 80% of the Fortune 500 and over 60% of the Fortune Global 500. For more than 50 years we have helped organisations anticipate risk, protect people, assets and reputation, and pursue opportunity - from the boardroom to the most complex and high-risk environments. From advice to delivery, we operate seamlessly across the digital and physical domains, wherever our clients need us. At Control Risks, crisis management is in our DNA. We bring strategies to help you avoid crises and build the capability to confront them. And when crisis comes, no one matches our ability to help you respond and emerge stronger. We are a global team of experts, driven by a passion to help the world’s most dynamic and ambitious organisations succeed.