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World-class speakers
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Unlocking investment, accelerating industrialisation and delivering sustainable growth
Join heads of state, CEOs, policymakers and investors at the FT Africa Summit to explore the decisions shaping the continent’s economic future. Across two days, discover how shifting geopolitical alliances, competition for capital and growing infrastructure needs are influencing investment, industrialisation and sustainable growth, with direct access to the decision-makers driving Africa’s next chapter.
About the Africa Summit
Now in its 14th year, the FT Africa Summit brings together heads of state, business leaders, policymakers and institutional investors to address the opportunities and challenges shaping Africa’s economic future.
Through candid interviews and expert discussions moderated by senior Financial Times journalists, the Summit examines the forces transforming the continent’s economy — from global trade and capital deployment to infrastructure, energy, technology and industrialisation. Bringing together influential voices from across Africa and beyond, the Summit explores how investment, innovation and strategic partnerships can unlock long-term growth and build a more resilient, prosperous future.
What key themes will we discuss?
Geopolitics and macroeconomics: Assessing Africa’s place in a shifting global order and the reforms needed to build a resilient macroeconomic base.
Finance and investment: Boosting investment through domestic capital mobilisation, de-risking mechanisms, new roles for Development Finance Institutions, and strong regional partnerships.
The tech economy: Enabling Africa’s tech sector to deliver higher-value growth, by harnessing data policy, cloud computing and AI to create an infrastructure for the digital era.
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Energy and natural resources: Capitalising on major offshore discoveries, shifting from raw extraction exports to domestic processing and catalysing Africa’s renewables potential.
Scaling industrialisation and urbanisation: Turning fast-growing cities into productive industrial centres through improved infrastructure, job creation and growth stimulus.
Trade: Adapting to a post-tariff world by diversifying exports and strengthening the infrastructure that underpins Africa’s regional trade and supply chains.
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