Two organisations. One division of labour.
UAYDF is co-convened by Moments LLC and the Gulf Africa Investment Nexus. The pairing has genuine logic rather than two logos on a page.
Moments LLC
Convening, programme and platform
Moments convenes and delivers the Forum, owns the programme architecture and runs the post-Forum engine — participant selection, Collaboration Labs, the Fellows network and the annual Impact Report.
Gulf Africa Investment Nexus
Capital, markets and enterprise connectivity
GAIN brings Gulf–Africa enterprise connectivity: investment ecosystems, market access, cross-border partnerships, entrepreneurship and business networks. Its natural contribution sits in Pillar 02, Enterprise.
GAIN builds the commercial corridor. UAYDF builds the human one.
Structures with decision rights, not letterheads.
Co-Conveners
Moments LLC and GAIN, under a signed memorandum of understanding specifying decision rights, financial split, intellectual property, brand ownership, liability and dispute resolution.
Steering Committee
Senior representatives of the convening organisations and selected strategic partners. Holds strategic direction and accountability.
Youth Advisory Council
8–10 young leaders with genuine influence over programme design, not consultation theatre. Meets three times before the Forum.
Institutional Advisory Council
7–9 senior figures across business, academia, development, government and civil society, balanced between the UAE and Africa.
Secretariat
The professional delivery team: programme, participant operations, partner management and the post-Forum engine.
Council membership is announced in tranches once appointments are confirmed. No name appears on this site before it is confirmed.
Duty of care, in writing.
No institutional partner signs without these, and no participant should have to ask for them.
Age policy
All participants 18 or over. Edition One does not include under-18 participation.
Code of Conduct
Published, agreed at registration, with a named reporting officer on site.
Grievance mechanism
A confidential channel, live before, during and after the Forum.
Media and image consent
Explicit, opt-in, and a separate checkbox from registration. Never bundled.
Data protection
UAE Federal Data Protection Law compliance, with GDPR-equivalent handling for EU-resident participants and a named data controller.
Insurance
Public liability, event cancellation and participant travel cover.
Medical and emergency
On-site provision, a documented protocol and emergency contacts held for every participant.
Visa sponsorship
Invitation letters issued from a UAE-registered entity, with a documented process and published participant guidance.
Write to the secretariat.
- Partnerships and institutional enquiries
- partnerships@momentsgroupllc.com
- Applications and participation
- partnerships@momentsgroupllc.com
- Press and media
- partnerships@momentsgroupllc.com
- Forum
- 17–19 November 2026 · Dubai, United Arab Emirates