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CANEX WKND 2026 Sponsors
At Soyini Tales, we transform bold ideas into cinematic narratives that leave a lasting imprint on markets and minds. Founded by Tahira Francis — a seasoned television executive, global storyteller, and the driving force behind acclaimed projects — Soyini Tales turns ideas into impact. Whether unscripted series, strategic and innovation consultancy, content creation, or corporate storytelling, we craft stories that connect, inspire, and last.
G. Elias is a leading Nigerian business law firm with a strong international outlook and a track record of doing complex work and delivering innovative solutions to complex matters. Through its diverse practice groups, the firm advises leading global and domestic clients across finance, corporate, dispute, intellectual property, tax and other core areas of business law.
FDH Bank Plc is a leading financial services provider offering corporate, investment banking as well as treasury and trade finance solutions. The Bank serves customers across Malawi through digital and physical channels, supporting financial inclusion and economic growth. FDH Bank Plc is expanding in the Southern African region with presence in Mozambique.
Beyond Limits is an organisation dedicated to advancing innovation, leadership transformation, and business growth across Africa. Through platforms such as DICE, Beyond Limits aims to strengthen Africa’s creative, technology, and business ecosystems, foster collaboration between African businesses and global markets, facilitate knowledge-sharing, catalyse investment, and create opportunities for sustainable economic growth.
Oakwood Green Africa is a multifaceted Pan-African investment and advisory group committed to Enabling Greatness across Africa. Through Trade Facilitation, Financial Advisory, Business Acceleration, and Technology Enablement, the group delivers integrated capital, strategic advisory, enterprise scaling, and digital solutions for governments, institutions, businesses, and SMEs. Supported by strategic partnerships with Africa-focused multilateral institutions and a presence in key markets including Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and The Gambia, Oakwood Green empowers communities, drives intra-Africa trade, and accelerates sustainable development.
NBS Bank is a fully-fledged commercial bank providing various financial services to individuals, small and medium businesses, large corporations and public institutions. In line with our philosophy of ‘taking banking to the people,’ the Bank boasts of having one of the widest service network in Malawi with 26 real-time Service Centres strategically located across the country. Our mission is to provide transformative financial solutions, unparalleled customer experience and create value for shareholders and all other stakeholders with our purpose of making banking easy.
Cardinal Torch Company Limited is a diversified group operating across Nigeria, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom. Its six businesses cover energy, upstream oil and gas, industrial processing, agri-commodities, consumer goods and international trade: Cardinal Energies, Cardinal E&P, Cardinal Industries, Cardinal Touch, Cardinal Treats and CTCL Dubai. Cardinal Torch links African production with global markets. Its operations span agricultural and mineral sourcing, processing, storage, trade and export, including sesame, cocoa, cashew, coffee and soya. Its agro-processing, consumer foods, energy and international trade businesses advance value addition and reliable supply at commercial scale.
Established in 1988, Fidelity Bank Plc is a full-service commercial bank serving more than 10 million customers across 251 business offices and digital platforms. The Bank combines strong corporate and SME expertise with a digital-led retail strategy, robust governance and international capabilities through its United Kingdom subsidiary, FidBank UK Limited.
Sunbeth Global Concepts Limited is an African agricultural commodities trading and processing company with activities spanning cocoa, cashew, sesame and soybeans. The company operates across agricultural sourcing, aggregation, processing and international trade, connecting African agricultural production with global markets. Through continued investment in infrastructure, supply chain capabilities and strategic partnerships, Sunbeth is building an integrated agricultural platform focused on creating sustainable value across Africa’s agricultural economy.
Dumare aims to give African content a dedicated home and build a stronger market for stories from across the continent. Through the Dumare App, its AI-powered streaming and community platform; Dumare NEXT25, its filmmaker accelerator; and a range of audience engagement initiatives, Dumare connects African stories with global audiences while empowering filmmakers to create, distribute, and grow.
The Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) was established by the Federal Government of Nigeria in collaboration with global development partners to address financing constraints faced by Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). Through eligible financial intermediaries, DBN provides sustainable financing, partial credit guarantees and capacity-building support to promote enterprise growth, job creation and inclusive economic development.
Marob Strategies is a DIFC-based strategic consulting, capital mobilisation and transaction execution firm focused on Africa, the Caribbean and the broader Global Africa. The firm advises governments, institutions and enterprises across strategic finance, capital markets, sovereign advisory, transaction structuring and investment mobilisation, from opportunity identification through to capital raising and execution.
The European Union is a partnership of 27 European countries committed to peace, prosperity and sustainable development. Through Global Gateway, the EU invests in digital transformation, infrastructure, energy, education, skills and innovation. In Nigeria, these partnerships support entrepreneurship, cultural cooperation, creative industries and economic opportunities, connecting people, businesses and communities.
ARISE Integrated Industrial Platforms (ARISE IIP) is a pan-African developer and operator of world-class industrial ecosystems across 15 countries. Through government-backed public-private partnerships, we design, finance, build, and operate integrated industrial parks and free zones that attract investment, enable local value addition, strengthen manufacturing, and drive sustainable economic growth.
CANEX WKND 2026 Partners
CANEX WKND is built with a community of partners who share our belief in Africa's creative economy. Some help us carry the story to the world; others help us shape what happens on the ground. Together they make four days in Lagos possible.
Programming Partners
Our programming partners help shape what happens on the ground at CANEX WKND. These are the organisations, institutions and platforms that co-create the programme with us — curating panels and masterclasses, staging performances and screenings, and leading sessions across the CANEX verticals.
Red Dish Chronicles Culinary School is positioned as West Africa’s No. 1 culinary school, dedicated to raising the next generation of skilled culinary professionals. Founded by renowned chef and culinary entrepreneur Chef Stone (Abiola Akanji), the institution provides practical, industry-focused culinary education that combines professional technique, creativity and entrepreneurship.
With campuses in Abuja, Lagos and Ibadan, Red Dish Chronicles offers hands-on training for aspiring chefs, bakers, food entrepreneurs and hospitality professionals. Having trained over 7,000 students, the school continues to nurture culinary talent and contribute to the growth and advancement of Africa’s food and hospitality industry.
Founded in 2016 by Anwuli Ojogwu and Dr. Eghosa Imasuen, Narrative Landscape Press (NLP) provides publishing services to publishing houses and self-publishing authors in Nigeria. The company has worked with institutions including the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library and expanded into traditional publishing in 2018. Its publishing portfolio includes the works of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, alongside ventures into other genres and educational books for school curricula.
The Caine Prize for African Writing is the foremost international literary prize for a short story by an African author.
For more than two decades the Caine Prize has discovered and championed writers from across the continent and its diaspora — bringing bold, original short stories to readers around the world, and opening doors that last a lifetime.
The Basketball Africa League (BAL), a partnership between the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and NBA Africa, is a professional league featuring 12 club teams from across Africa that concluded its sixth season in May 2026.
Headquartered in Dakar, Senegal, the BAL builds on the foundation of club competitions FIBA Africa has organized across the continent and marks the NBA’s first collaboration to operate a league outside North America. Fans can follow the BAL (@theBAL) on Facebook, Instagram, Threads, X, and YouTube and register their interest in receiving more information at BAL.NBA.com.
CIIFA (Creative Industries Initiative for Africa) connects people to information and opportunities across Africa’s creative economy. Founded over a decade ago by Godwin Tom, we run the Creative Business Academy for Africa and CIIFA SafeHouse, and have trained 9,000+ creatives alongside partners including Google, YouTube, Sony Music Publishing, The Orchard, Audiomack, Spotify, British Council, Afrieximbank and the French Embassy.
Founded in 2013, Paris’s annual NollywoodWeek Film Festival showcases contemporary African cinema. The five-day event spotlights diverse narratives across Africa and its diaspora through features, shorts, series, and animation. Catering to audiences and industry professionals, its curated panels, workshops, and screenings seamlessly connect African creators with European markets.
Media Partners
Our media partners carry CANEX WKND to the world. From newsrooms and magazines to broadcasters and digital platforms, they amplify the stories, the talent and the business taking place across four days in Lagos, reaching audiences throughout Africa and the global diaspora.
Music In Africa is easily the fastest growing information and exchange web portal dedicated to the African music sector, reaching millions of people every year. A non-profit initiative, Music In Africa aims to support the African music sector through knowledge exchange and fostering collaboration. With access to seasoned music journalists and researchers from across the world, we offer a unique range of quality and useful content about the sector.
Business Traveller is a globally recognised brand, delivering inspiring content through its award-winning magazine, TV show, online platforms, podcasts, events and more.
RED Côte d’Ivoire is a communications, public relations, events and production agency founded in 2022. Based in Abidjan, it connects brands and institutions with African audiences through storytelling, media campaigns and events. Its productions include African Woman 2.0 and the Forum de l’insertion professionnelle, promoting entrepreneurship, employment and women’s leadership.
Born out of necessity, GIDA is a print and digital platform, marketplace, and community connecting African creatives, writers, and thinkers with the world. Through its journal, GIDA celebrates Africa’s talent, heritage, stories, and craftsmanship, building on three volumes of continent-wide exploration and collaboration to amplify diverse voices and nurture the next generation of African creatives.
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