Invest Africa CEO Chantelé Carrington Joins ACG Africa Advisory Board to Scale Infrastructure Funding

African Collaborations Group has appointed Invest Africa CEO Chantelé Carrington to its advisory board, a strategic move designed to deepen engagement with institutional investors and international businesses. Announced on October 12, 2026, the appointment positions the organization to accelerate its pipeline of major infrastructure and mixed-use development projects across the continent. Carrington brings more than 20 years of experience in financial services, investment advisory, and cross-border transactions, operating across Africa, the United States, the Middle East, Asia, and Europe. Her leadership is expected to directly support the advancement of the organization's Victory District initiative, which focuses on developing large-scale sports and entertainment districts.

Carrington assumed the role of CEO at Invest Africa in January 2024, following a distinguished career that includes senior positions at PwC. During her tenure at PwC, she served as Strategic Head of International Markets for the UK, supervising investment activities across global markets. She also spent five years as Chief Operating Officer of PwC UK's Africa Group for the UK-Africa Alliance, managing financial services, infrastructure, government projects, and advisory services. Her professional background also includes membership on the UK Government's Investors Group for Africa and the External Advisory Board of the UK-Africa Investment Summit, alongside previous leadership of the Technical Assistance Facility Advisory Group for the 2020 summit.

According to Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard, Founder and Executive Chairman of ACG Africa, Carrington provides the direct institutional access required by infrastructure origination platforms. As head of Invest Africa, she oversees a network of over four hundred member organizations encompassing private equity firms, foreign direct investors, and multinationals capable of funding large-scale projects. Her political and institutional linkages through the UK Government's Investor Group for Africa allow ACG Africa to bridge the gap between bankable developmental proposals and liquid international capital markets. This alignment is structured to help bridge the funding divide that frequently stalls ambitious construction and real estate ventures across emerging markets.

ACG Africa operates at the intersection of governments, institutional investors, development finance institutions, sports organizations, and infrastructure partners. The organization builds financially sustainable sports and entertainment districts that integrate diverse commercial and public-facing activities into cohesive development hubs. By integrating Carrington into its governance and advisory structures, the firm seeks to broaden its access to institutional capital and fortify the cross-border collaborations required to transition its proposed real estate and entertainment developments from blueprint to operational reality.

Why This Matters

Large-scale infrastructure projects across Africa frequently face structural bottlenecks in capital formation, often struggling to translate ambitious conceptual designs into fully funded operational assets. By securing leadership talent with deep roots in international advisory networks and government investor groups, project originators can better navigate the complex due diligence and compliance frameworks demanded by foreign institutional allocators. This mechanism directly addresses the persistent friction between regional development needs and global capital deployment, turning abstract policy discussions into actionable financial commitments.

Furthermore, aligning regional infrastructure initiatives with established international investment platforms strengthens long-term economic resilience by diversifying funding sources beyond traditional domestic public sector budgets. As urban centers expand and consumer demand for integrated sports and entertainment hubs rises, securing cross-border private sector participation ensures that large developments remain financially viable and operationally sustainable. This partnership model offers a blueprint for how African enterprises can systematically tap into global private equity and multinational networks to drive structural transformation.

Opportunities

• Institutional Financiers: Direct access to co-investment opportunities within large-scale mixed-use developments and sports infrastructure projects across the continent.
• Infrastructure Contractors: Engagement pipelines for executing complex engineering and construction works linked to the Victory District and related initiatives.
• Commercial Integrators: Partnerships to deploy retail, technology, and public-facing services within integrated entertainment and commercial hubs.
• Advisory and Legal Firms: Mandates to structure cross-border transactions, regulatory compliance, and governance frameworks for international capital deployment.

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