Already in its 9th year, The Africa Debate is London’s leading investment summit focused on Africa.

This year’s programme explores the future of African trade, discussing and debating the continent’s trade profile in the wake of COVID-19 and a multitude of global economic shocks.

The event will convene global businesses, private and public investment bodies, thought leaders, and policy makers for a series of important and thought-provoking conversations.

Africa’s trade outlook is at a crossroads. On the one hand, supply chain disruptions stemming from the pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and US-China competition paint a gloomy picture.

Indeed, a global permacrisis with the continent’s resource-intensive economies highly exposed in terms of debt risks and commodities shocks. However, the continent also finds itself perhaps more resilient to trade and economic shocks than ever before, with African countries aligning trade and investment policies behind the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).

Join Invest Africa, along with leaders from across the continent as we discuss African trade's future and explore how the private sector can best support and prepare for a more integrated – and more competitive – African trade environment.