AidEx Nairobi 2026 - Agenda Overview

The agenda is still under development. If you are interested in speaking on a session, please get in touch with us here.

*Please note: topics and speakers are subject to change.

  • Localisation that works – What has actually moved the needle and can it scale?

    • This session will include a dedicated interactive segment inviting short interventions from the floor. We are looking for localisation solutions with clear potential to scale. If you are keen to contribute, please submit your thoughts here. 

  • Breaking the Endless Cycle - Is anticipatory action and disaster risk financing ready to move East Africa beyond crisis response? 

  • Moving Beyond Transactions - How do we fully integrate the private sector in East African humanitarian response? 

  • Locally Led Pooled Funds – The solution to the funding and power imbalance crisis or another model that struggles to scale? 

  • Integrating WASH, Food Security and Climate Resilience – Scaling innovative solutions for a rapidly changing East Africa 

  • Supply Chain as “the” Strategic Pillar - Reimagining your biggest asset to achieve longevity, sustainability and operational resilience 

  • Redefining the Role of Philanthropy - Reshaping Humanitarian–Development partnerships in a changing East African landscape 

  • Connecting Development Finance and Humanitarian Action - How Development Bank–Humanitarian partnerships can unlock scale in fragile and conflict-affected contexts 

  • Humanitarian Access, but at what cost? - Balancing sustainable solutions and humanitarian principles in hard-to-reach contexts 

  • Operationalising and Financing the HDP Nexus in Fragile and Conflict Contexts - How do we break silos and make it work in practise?  

  • Coopetition in East African Supply Chains – Unlocking efficiency or adding complexity?

  • Economic Inclusion as Anticipatory Action - Building resilient livelihoods in fragile contexts

Plus many more to be come…