Over the past decade, the FT Africa Summit has established itself as the foremost platform for insightful discussions on Africa’s economic and political landscape.
The Peninsula , London: The Financial Times will hold the 11th edition of its FT Africa Summit between October 29-30, 2024.
Apart from being a global financial hub, London attracts international institutions like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and The World Bank, making the city fit to hold this year’s FT Africa Summit.
The highly anticipated annual summit is expected to bring together African Heads of State, policymakers, global investors, and business leaders; to engage in vital dialogues; seeking to identifying opportunities for Africa’s sustainable development.
Sustainable Development in Africa
The fact that Africa continues to attract global interest with its increasing innovative technology, a youthful population and dynamic markets, makes such developmental dialogues even more fundamental to the continent.
As such, the summit is poised to offer unparalleled opportunities for networking, learning, and collaboration towards Africa’s sustainable development.
In particular, the event will focus on ways for African nations to harness their strengths, navigate global volatility, address the climate crisis, and hence drive inclusive, sustainable growth.
Here, discussions will be facilitated by leading Financial Times editors; covering issues like geopolitics, finance and investment, industrialisation, technology startups, the energy transition, decarbonisation, and sustainability.
Speakers
- Speakers expected to brace the event include; President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr. of Liberia
- Aliko Dangote, CEO, Dangote Group
- Former Deputy Governor of the South African Reserve Bank, Mr Kuben Naidoo
- The CEO and President of the Africa Finance Corporation, Samaila Zubairu.
- Yvonne Ike, Managing Director & Head of Sub-Saharan Africa (Ex-RSA), Bank of America.
- Mo Ibrahim, the current Chair of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation.
Conclusion
“This year’s two-day Summit aims to provide both unparalleled intellectual stimulus about the big issues and drilling down deeper into individual topics to create a dynamic forum for policy innovation, networking, and actionable discussions.”- FT Africa Editor David Pilling
Alec Russell the Financial Times foreign editor, says that this will not only be the place to go for insight into, in Africa today but also in the future.