The eighth edition of the largest international gathering of the African private sector will be held from 9-10 March 2020 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Event News
African tech firms invited to join UK-led growth project

Africa is home to a rapidly growing tech sector and it is great to welcome leading figures from across the continent to the UK-Africa Investment summit. (Image source: Itennis88/Pixabay)
Application process underway as government ministers and business leaders attend first-ever UK-Africa Investment Summit, with some of Africa’s most innovative start-ups being invited to take part in a global tech project
International forum focuses on energy transition and oil revenue

New horizons: The Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum discussed energy transition. (Image source: Vera Kratochvil)
The fourth annual Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum, a pre-World Future Energy Summit event wrapped up several days of high-level discussions on the energy agenda for 2020 and the decade ahead
African youth to guarantee a sustainable economic growth, says AfDB chief economist

AEC will debate on educating African youth and improving their jobs, skills and capacity in light of recent continental and global structural changes. (Image source: H6 Partners/Flickr)
The youth of Africa must be empowered to be competitive to play a more meaningful role in the continent’s economic transformation drive, urged African Development Bank’s (AfDB) acting chief economist and vice-president for economic governance and knowledge management Charles Lufumpa
Mining Indaba continues to unlock mining opportunities
Building on from the success of the 2019 Mining Indaba, industry experts from across the value chain will tackle topics including the industry’s role in addressing climate change and decarbonisation as well as sustainability measure for investment in the next decade