Accra, Ghana//-Ghana Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (GVCA) hosted a landmark Pension Funds Risk and Investment Roundtable, convening experts from Ghana’s pension and private capital ecosystems.
For years, the conversation in the pension industry has been stuck on “if” alternatives are a good idea but GVCA has aggressively moved it to “how” through its convenings and platforms.
The exclusive roundtable saw Ghana’s leading pension funds, fund managers, and industry partners dissecting strategies for diversification, sustainable growth, and long-term national impact. The association curated the session to put proof on the table.
Experts, pension fund trustees and seasoned industry pioneers like Dr Suzy Puplampu, Eric Ottoo, Yaw Korankye and Kwabena Boamah shared compelling experiences proving the case that “Private Equity works” – delivering diversified, competitive returns for pensioners while simultaneously building resilient local companies, creating jobs, increasing pension contributions and driving economic transformation.
At the event, GVCA announced its upcoming Community of Practice designed to provide practical peer support to Pension Funds, build upon GVCA’s track record of convening and educating asset allocators, while showcasing the vast financial and impact potential of PE/VC.
This initiative is designed to solve the industry’s biggest hurdle: converting skepticism into confidence. GVCA member and partner Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P) represented by Investment Manager, Thelma
Kodowu, gave an illuminating presentation highlighting the firms work on similar initiatives across Africa.
Amma Gyampo CEO of GVCA remarked on the sidelines of the event: “Our objective is to provide even more hands-on, peer-to-peer learning, demystifying the asset class and building upon our deep, practical expertise to drive forward allocations to equities and the real sector. We are seeing more pension funds committing to allocation targets and more coming on board as signatories to GVCA’s Pension Industry Compact.
This Community of Practice is a crucial step toward unlocking billions in local capital that has traditionally remained fixated on government bonds. GVCA is not alone in this push. This roundtable was delivered in partnership with British International Investment (BII) through the Ghana Investment Support Programme, the Chamber of Corporate Trustees, and EY. This signals a unified front, ready to provide continued collaboration and support to advance Ghana’s private capital ecosystem.”The message from the convening was clear: Private Equity works – the era of Ghanaian pension funds observing passively from afar is over. GVCA is building the roadmap, and the pioneering pensions active in private equity are already leading the way.