TAKUKA
2026
AFRICA DECIDES
Why attend Takuka 2026
TAKUKA 2026 is designed for professionals who want to understand, influence and participate in the next chapter of African dispute resolution.
Delegates will have the opportunity to:
A Five-Day Journey
5-9
October, 2026
Diamond Leisure Lodge, Diani, Kenya
Day 1
Monday 5th October
Pre-Conference Day
The conference opens with two full-day programmes running concurrently:
- AfAA/SOAS Training Programme
- Young AfAA x CIArb Kenya YMG Conference
The Young Practitioners' programme, themed “Africa's Next: The Unfiltered Conversation About Building an ADR Career on the Continent,” provides a candid platform for practitioners under 40 to explore career opportunities, financial realities, access to appointments and the structural challenges facing the next generation of African ADR professionals.
Day 2
Tuesday 6th October | Who Decides?
The Sovereignty Question in African Dispute Resolution
Day One examines Africa's role in shaping its own dispute resolution architecture.
Key conversations will explore:
- The relationship between the judiciary and arbitration in Africa
- Why African disputes continue to leave the continent for foreign seats
- Investment arbitration, sovereignty and the right of African states to regulate
- The future of African dispute resolution institutions and seats
A signature highlight is the Chief Justice Fireside, bringing together senior judicial voices to discuss the future relationship between courts, arbitration and dispute resolution across Africa.
Day 3
Wednesday 7th October | Deciding Differently
Innovation, Technology and the Tools of Tomorrow
Day Two looks ahead at the forces transforming dispute resolution.
Sessions will examine:
- Artificial Intelligence in African dispute resolution
- Third-party funding and access to justice
- Ethics, regulation and emerging dispute resolution technologies
- ESG disputes, natural resources and Africa's energy transition
The programme challenges practitioners, institutions and policymakers to move beyond reacting to change and instead shape the rules, standards and systems that will govern the future.
Day 4
Thursday 8th October | Deciding Together
Access to Justice and the African ADR Ecosystem
The final joint conference day focuses on collaboration, access to justice and building stronger African ADR systems.
Discussions will cover:
- The Singapore Convention and cross-border mediation
- Med-Arb, Arb-Med and hybrid dispute resolution processes
- Institutional collaboration across Africa
- The future of the African ADR ecosystem
The day concludes with the Conference Declaration, bringing together the key commitments and outcomes of the conference and formally capturing what Africa has decided to do next.
Day 5
Friday 9th October | Specialized Streams
The final day features two concurrent streams designed to provide deeper, practical engagement.
- Stream A: Construction Adjudication and Dispute Avoidance
- Stream B: Access to Justice Systems – Kenya's Constitutional Frontier
