Shidan Ragavoodoo 2026 speakers

“I’m an entrepreneur, philanthropist and PhD researcher in Law developing Constitutional Climate Finance (CCF)—an approach examining how constitutional principles and enforceable legal instruments can embed accountability, fiscal discipline and ecological limits into financial governance. My research focuses particularly on Small Island Developing States such as Mauritius, exploring how law can provide a stronger foundation for credible climate investment.

Alongside this research, I founded The Philanthropic Foundation and lead The African Circuit, a pan-African platform connecting capital, policy and investment. Following our Mauritius edition, we are building the Nairobi edition and preparing further engagements across African markets. Our focus is practical: bringing investors, financial institutions, policymakers and project promoters into conversations that can lead to partnerships, financing structures and transactions.

My current work includes supporting the development of investment platforms, connecting promoters with fund managers, administrators, banks and legal advisers, and exploring ways to finance real estate, social infrastructure and SMEs. Across these initiatives, the priorities are consistent: clear responsibilities, credible governance and a workable route from opportunity to capital.

At AFSIC 2026, I’m seeking conversations with DFIs, institutional investors, family offices and strategic partners interested in co-investment, capital mobilisation and African project pipelines. I’m also engaging with research and policy partners to develop and test the CCF framework.

The objective is to connect legal integrity with commercial execution—and turn the relationships built in the room into investment that reaches the real economy.”