Ghana Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (GVCA) hosted a landmark Pension Funds Risk and Investment Roundtable, bringing together leading figures from Ghana’s pension and private capital sectors.
For years, the debate in the pension industry has centered on if alternative investments are viable, but GVCA is shifting that conversation to how.
The exclusive roundtable brought together Ghana’s top pension funds, fund managers, and industry stakeholders to examine strategies for diversification, sustainable growth, and long-term economic transformation.
Industry leaders including Dr. Suzy Puplampu, Eric Ottoo, Yaw Korankye, and Kwabena Boamah shared compelling evidence that “Private Equity works” — delivering diversified, competitive returns for pensioners while building resilient local companies, creating jobs, boosting pension contributions, and driving growth in the real economy.
GVCA also announced its upcoming Community of Practice, aimed at providing practical peer support to pension funds, expanding GVCA’s record of convening and educating asset allocators, and showcasing the financial and impact potential of private equity and venture capital. The initiative targets the industry’s biggest challenge — converting skepticism into confidence.
GVCA member and partner Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P), represented by Investment Manager Thelma Kodowu, delivered a presentation on similar successful initiatives across Africa.
On the sidelines of the event, GVCA CEO Amma Gyampo stated:
“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 onboard 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.”
The event, delivered in partnership with British International Investment (BII) through the Ghana Investment Support Programme, the Chamber of Corporate Trustees, and EY, signaled a united front committed to strengthening Ghana’s private capital ecosystem.
The message from the convening was clear: Private Equity works. The era of Ghanaian pension funds watching from the sidelines is over — GVCA is charting the roadmap, and pioneering pension funds are already leading the charge.
