Ubuntu Tribe Brings Tokenization And Shared Ownership Debate To Africa CEO Forum 2026
In Brief
Ubuntu Tribe hosted a private event at Africa CEO Forum 2026 in Kigali, highlighting tokenization, shared ownership, and digital financial infrastructure for African economic growth.
Ubuntu Tribe announced that it has hosted a private cocktail gathering during the Africa CEO Forum 2026 to examine the role of trust, capital flows, and shared ownership in shaping Africa’s next phase of economic development.
The forum was held in Kigali on May 14 and 15 and brought together more than 2,500 participants, including business executives, policymakers, institutional investors, and corporate leaders from over 90 countries. The 2026 edition was organized by Jeune Afrique Media Group in partnership with the International Finance Corporation under the theme “The Scale Imperative: Why Africa Must Embrace Shared Ownership.”
Throughout the two-day event, African heads of state, multilateral organizations, and international business leaders discussed issues including cross-border investment, infrastructure development, regulatory coordination, and strategies for building large-scale African enterprises capable of competing globally. Participants included Paul Kagame, the prime ministers of Côte d’Ivoire and Mozambique, African Development Bank President Sidi Ould Tah, IFC Managing Director Makhtar Diop, and Yvonne Ike of Bank of America.
The same themes surrounding ownership structures, capital accessibility, and economic scale formed the basis of Ubuntu Tribe’s side event, titled “Trust, Capital, and Growth: Shaping Africa’s Next Economic Era.” The invitation-only gathering brought together more than 100 investors, institutional representatives, and business decision-makers for discussions focused on the structural transformation currently taking place across African markets.
Conversations at the event centered on regional trust between financial systems, the movement of capital across borders, and the leadership models expected to shape Africa’s economic trajectory over the next decade. Ubuntu Tribe organized the gathering in collaboration with the Africa CEO Forum as part of broader discussions taking place during the summit.
“Africa is one of the richest places on earth in resources, and one of the poorest in access to them,” said Mamadou Kwidjim Toure, chief executive and founder of Ubuntu Tribe in a written statement. “We are building the infrastructure that lets Africans own and grow that wealth, from a saver with a few dollars to a national bank,” he added.
Tokenization And Shared Ownership Take Center Stage
According to the company, the broader discussion around shared ownership extends beyond policy and into financial infrastructure. Ubuntu Tribe stated that systems enabling both retail savers and large institutions to access regulated, asset-backed financial instruments could become an important component of Africa’s long-term economic sovereignty.
Toure has spent more than two decades working on African infrastructure, mining, and technology transactions valued at over $25 billion during his career at firms including KPMG, BNP Paribas, IBM, and General Electric. He also founded the Africa 2.0 Foundation, which focuses on connecting emerging African leaders across more than 30 countries.
Ubuntu Tribe highlighted the issue of resource leakage from the continent, pointing to estimates that at least 435 tonnes of gold were smuggled out of Africa in 2022, representing more than 10% of global gold production during that year. The company argued that tokenization technologies could help address such challenges by making gold ownership fractional, traceable, and more accessible as a financial instrument for individuals, diaspora communities, and institutional investors.
The company’s flagship product, GIFT Gold, allows users to purchase fractional amounts of physical gold beginning at milligram scale through a mobile-based platform. According to Ubuntu Tribe, the product is backed by audited reserves and operates under European regulatory standards. The company said institutions can use the asset for treasury management and collateral purposes, while retail users are able to save and transfer gold-backed value digitally.
For Ubuntu Tribe, the Kigali gathering represented part of a broader long-term strategy aimed at developing financial infrastructure that extends beyond individual conferences or policy discussions. The company stated that its objective is to create systems enabling African savers, businesses, and institutions to hold a more direct stake in the continent’s economic output and resource wealth, aligning with the wider discussions around shared ownership that dominated this year’s Africa CEO Forum.
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