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Bridging the
world's two
fastest-growing
economies
Attendance is curated and approval-based.
Building the Infrastructure for the Next Global Growth Corridor.
Join founders, investors, enterprise leaders, policymakers, and technology innovators from China and Africa for a curated executive breakfast exploring the future of trade, payments, AI, digital commerce, and cross-border growth.
- DateThu, 13 Aug 2026
- Time08:00 – 13:30 CST
- VenueShenzhen, China
- LanguageEnglish & Mandarin
About Kyshi Bridge
The platform convening the people building Africa's digital economy
Kyshi Bridge is Kyshi's flagship thought leadership platform, bringing together the people building the future of Africa's digital economy. Each edition convenes founders, investors, policymakers, enterprise leaders, and ecosystem builders to discuss the opportunities, challenges, and infrastructure shaping growth across key industries.
Previous editions have explored
Seamless Trade in Africa: Solving Fashion & Logistics Challenges
Edition 1
The first Kyshi Bridge convened founders and operators across fashion, logistics, and cross-border commerce to unpack what actually slows African trade down.
The Creator Economy in Africa: Scaling Media and Gaming for Global and African Platforms
Edition 2
Edition 2 brought together media executives, gaming studios, and creators shaping how African creativity reaches global audiences.
Edition 3
China ↔ Africa: Building the Next Global Trade, Tech & Payments Corridor
Hybrid — in person + global livestream · 5.5 hours · 200 curated attendees
Why this conversation matters
China has been Africa's largest trading partner for more than fifteen years.
Chinese companies have helped shape Africa's telecommunications, manufacturing, consumer technology, and digital infrastructure. At the same time, Africa is emerging as one of the world's fastest-growing digital economies, creating new opportunities across payments, commerce, AI, entertainment, and technology.
Yet businesses operating across both regions continue to face challenges around payments, compliance, logistics, foreign exchange, and market entry.
Kyshi Bridge 3.0 brings together the leaders building solutions to these challenges — and the decision-makers shaping what comes next.
Why Shenzhen?
Shenzhen is where Africa's digital future gets designed — whether Africa knows it or not.
Transsion. Huawei. DJI. BYD. Tencent.
The companies reshaping African telecoms, energy, mobility, and commerce all have roots here.
If you want to understand what's coming to Africa next, you don't fly to London or New York. You come to Shenzhen.
Why attend?
The China–Africa digital corridor is the most important emerging commercial relationship of the next decade
The companies that understand both sides early will be significantly better positioned to build, invest, and grow. At Kyshi Bridge 3.0, you will:
Walk into a room that doesn't normally exist
Chinese operators, African founders, cross-border investors, fintech leaders, gaming executives, and payment infrastructure builders — all in one place, in Shenzhen, for one day.
Hear what the headlines don't tell you
Not theory. Pattern recognition from founders and operators who've already navigated the mistakes you're about to make — on both sides of the corridor.
Discover where the real opportunities are
E-commerce, fintech and payments, gaming and digital entertainment, cross-border trade, AI and digital infrastructure. The industries shaping the next chapter of China–Africa commerce, examined by people inside them.
Leave with introductions that matter
Every seat at Kyshi Bridge is curated. The people across the table are the people you've been trying to reach. The conversations that start here don't start cold.
Be in the room before the room gets crowded
This is the inaugural China Edition of Kyshi Bridge. First-mover advantage in a room like this is real, and it may not be available at the next edition.
The future of China–Africa business won't be built online.
It'll Be Built in the Room
Discussion themes
Six conversations shaping the corridor
This edition's conversations will explore:
E-Commerce & Retail
Building products that succeed across African consumer markets.
Fintech, Payments & Crypto
The infrastructure powering cross-border business.
Gaming & Interactive Entertainment
The future of gaming, monetisation, and digital experiences across Africa.
Digital Media & Creator Economy
Scaling African creativity for global audiences.
Cross-Border Trade & Logistics
Removing barriers to commerce between China and Africa.
AI & Digital Transformation
How collaboration can shape the next generation of intelligent products and services.
Who should attend
Curated and approval-based
If you are building across this corridor — or you are about to — this is the room you should be in first.
Register Your Interest- Chinese technology, e-commerce, and fintech companies exploring or already operating in Africa
- African founders and operators scaling regionally or globally
- Investors and VCs with a China–Africa thesis or active Africa portfolio
- Payment providers and fintech operators on either side of the corridor
- Gaming, digital entertainment, and media companies
- Cross-border logistics and supply chain operators
- Enterprise, cloud, and AI infrastructure providers
- Government officials and ecosystem stakeholders
The experience
An executive experience, not a traditional conference
Every attendee is intentionally selected to encourage meaningful conversations and long-term business relationships.
- 1k+Businesses
- 100K+Customers
About Kyshi
The experience
Kyshi is a UK-based cross-border payments and trade enablement platform helping businesses expand into and across Africa. Operating across multiple African markets, Kyshi enables businesses to:
- Collect payments in local African currencies
- Settle globally across 100+ destinations
- Manage foreign exchange seamlessly
- Simplify local compliance and operational complexity
- Scale confidently across fragmented markets
Kyshi is backed by Google Black Founders Fund, Techstars, and leading institutional investors, supporting thousands of businesses and more than 100,000 consumers
Visit Kyshi.coPrevious editions
The conversations that got us here
Kyshi Bridge has already brought together some of Africa's most influential founders, policymakers, investors, and industry leaders to discuss the future of trade, logistics, media, gaming, and digital growth.
View Speaker Highlights 2.0
Partner with us
Direct access to decision-makers in Shenzhen
Sponsorship positions your brand not as an advertiser, but as an active contributor to the future of digital trade and innovation between two of the world's most dynamic regions.
Register your interest
Kyshi Bridge 3.0 — China Edition
- DateThu, 13 Aug 2026
- VenueShenzhen, China
- LanguageEnglish & Mandarin
Attendance is intentionally curated to ensure meaningful conversations and high-value networking. If you're building, investing, or expanding across the China–Africa corridor, we'd love to hear from you.
Register Your Interest