AT50 Lagos Market Open · Nigerian Exchange

Market Open & Institutional Dialogue

Following London, Johannesburg and Cairo, the AT50 Index comes to the Nigerian Exchange on Wednesday, 18 November 2026.

Nigeria represents the largest national cohort in AT50, with 16 constituent companies. The AT50 Lagos Market Open brings company leaders together with exchanges, regulators, institutional investors and Nigeria’s investment banking community to examine the connection between private-company scale, long-term capital and public-market readiness.

Hosted by Nigerian Exchange Group and convened by Indexa Exchange Group, with Standard Bank as Lead Partner.

Confirmed Contributors

Public markets, private scale and institutional capital

Nigerian Exchange Group
Temi Popoola
Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
Securities and Exchange Commission, Nigeria
Dr Emomotimi Agama
Director-General
Indexa Exchange Group
Gbite Oduneye
Chair
Nigerian Exchange Limited
Jude Chiemeka
Chief Executive Officer
Flutterwave
Olugbenga ‘GB’ Agboola
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Paga
Tayo Oviosu
Founder & Group Chief Executive Officer
LemFi
Ridwan Olalere
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Kuda
Babs Ogundeyi
Co-Founder & Group Chief Executive Officer
OmniRetail
Deepankar Rustagi
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Africa Mobile Networks
Michael Darcy
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Yellow Card
Osaro Jackson
Country Manager – Priority Markets in Africa
ETK Group
Bolaji Sofoluwe
Chief Executive Officer
Chapel Hill Denham
Bolaji Balogun
Chief Executive Officer
Development Partners International (DPI)
Ashley Lewis
Managing Partner & Head of DPI Venture Capital
First Securities Brokers
Dr Fiona Ahimie, FCS
Managing Director; President & Chairman of Council, Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers
Future Africa
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji
Partner
Standard Bank
Chris Godman
Head, International Equity Capital Markets & Technology Advisory
Rand Merchant Bank
Chidi Iwuchukwu
Executive Director & Head of Investment Banking, Nigeria and Broader Africa
Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie
Yinka Edu
Partner
Stanbic IBTC Capital
Oladele Sotubo
Chief Executive Officer
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Christian Mulamula
Country Director, Nigeria
Indexa Exchange Group
Sarah Divan
Chief Commercial Officer
Goodwin
Ariel White-Tsimikalis
Partner & Head of UK Capital Markets and Public Company Practice
Vetiva Capital Management
Damilola Ajayi
Deputy Group Managing Director & Chief Operating Officer
British International Investment
Benson Adenuga
West Africa Regional Director & Head of Office, Nigeria
African Securities Exchanges Association
Lina Tonui
Project Manager, African Exchanges Linkage Project

Also Contributing

Wale AgbeyangiGroup Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Cordros
Idris Ayodeji BelloFounding Partner, LoftyInc Capital
Yemi KeriPresident, African Business Angel Network
Mark SmithsonCountry Director, Nigeria, UK Department for Business and Trade

Registration

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Why This Market Open Matters

What Comes After Private-Market Scale?

The discussions will focus on a question increasingly important for Africa’s most scaled private companies: what comes after private-market scale?

How companies access deeper pools of long-term institutional capital
What investors increasingly require around governance and institutional readiness
How stronger pathways can be built between private growth and the public markets