ISF Forum Gala · 28 November 2026
One night, 18 envelopes
The gala closes the two days of ISF Forum 2026. Every Scale Without Borders Award winner is announced live, and nothing is briefed beforehand.
28 November 2026 · 18:00 WAT · Black tie
International Conference Centre, Ibadan · Nigeria
Run of the night
Five hours, in order
Doors at 18:00. The awards themselves take about ninety minutes.
18:00
Reception
Guests arrive in the main foyer. Drinks, canapés and the only unstructured hour of the evening.
19:30
Dinner
Seated dinner opens with the closing addresses of the forum programme.
21:00
The awards
All 18 categories are read out, sector by sector. Envelopes are opened on stage.
23:00
After the room
Finalists, partners and forum members stay on. By invitation.
The room
Five hundred people who can act on what they hear
The gala seats founders, investors, bank and regulator leadership, and delegations from across the continent — the same room that has spent two days in sessions together. For a winner, the value is less the trophy than the fact that everyone who matters was present when the name was read.
Dress is black tie. Seating is at round tables of ten, arranged so that finalists are not seated with their own investors.
Venue
ICC Ibadan
The International Conference Centre, Ibadanis one of West Africa’s principal conference venues and has hosted heads of state, continental summits and the ISF Forum since its first edition.
International Conference Centre, IbadanUniversity of Ibadan RoadIbadan, Oyo State, NigeriaForum dates 27–28 November 2026. The gala falls on the second evening.
Attending
Seats, tables and invitations
A gala seat comes with a forum ticket. Tables of ten and corporate packages are booked directly — events@theisfforum.com. Finalists are invited and seated as guests.