Aje Telo Summit 2026

A meeting place for the coast

A curated summit for people shaping business, investment, public priorities and community life along the East African Coast.

Aje means Prosperity. Telo means Leadership.

Where local ambition meets the people who can move it forward. Aje Telo brings enterprise, capital, government and community into the same room. The summit gives credible projects a stage, creates purposeful introductions and follows promising conversations beyond the event.

Flagship platform

Aje Telo Summit

A recurring business and cultural convening connecting local enterprise, investors, new market entrants and professional communities around scalable opportunity.

The Summit combines talks, curated B2B connections, opportunity discovery, hospitality and culture—then continues through content and commercial follow-up between editions.

Kilifi in motion

Why Kilifi · Why now

The coast is more than a destination. It is a market taking shape.

Tourism, the blue economy, agriculture, infrastructure, culture, sport and new enterprise meet here. Aje Telo makes those connections visible and investable.

The summit in four movements

Ideas on stage. Decision makers in the room.

Each part of the programme is designed to surface a real opportunity, connect it to the right people and create a clear next step.

Enterprise

Founders and established businesses present what they are building, where they want to grow and the partnerships they need.

Capital

Investors, financiers, buyers and market leaders meet opportunities with commercial potential and credible local grounding.

Public leadership

Government and institutions set out priorities, projects and the enabling conditions for responsible growth.

Community

Impact organisations connect their work to investment, enterprise and new possibilities for the people they serve.

Business stakeholders meeting with the intention of doing business together

Curated connections

The right room can change the direction of a business.

Aje Telo will identify promising opportunities before the summit, understand what each participant is looking for and shape introductions around a real basis for conversation.

01Business and investor meetings

02Project and market entry presentations

03Partnership development after the summit

Aje Telo · Prosperity & Leadership

Building the rooms where opportunity moves.

Aje Telo creates convening platforms that bring people, enterprise, capital, culture and market opportunity into the same ecosystem—then extends those relationships beyond the room.

Summit feature

A listening party for the coast.

Music, story and place come together in an evening experience that lets the summit breathe. It is where relationships continue beyond the conference room and Kilifi becomes part of the conversation.

Part of the Aje Telo story

From financial literacy to a broader idea of prosperity.

In 2023, Aje Telo hosted peer-to-peer conversations on financial literacy and financial freedom under the theme Hela Storytellas. As the project grew to embrace business, leadership, culture, investment and the wider future of the coast, its scope became Aje Telo: Prosperity and Leadership for the East African Coast.

Hela Storytellas gathering — Hela Storytellas

An earlier Aje Telo gathering — The first editions

Destination & venue partner

Meet at the water's edge.

Mnarani Beach Club gives the summit a setting made for focused conversation, generous hospitality and an experience rooted in Kilifi.

Culture & hospitality

Come for the opportunity. Remember the place.

December 2026 · Kilifi

Choose how you want to enter the room.

Applications will help the Aje Telo team understand what you bring, what you are seeking and who you should meet.

Prosperity and leadership for the East African Coast.