AFRICA INVEST FORUM
The pan-African meeting place for investment, African integration, and business diplomacy. Investors, entrepreneurs, startups, decision-makers, and diplomats connect to accelerate high-impact projects.
13–14 novembre 2025 • Grand Théâtre de Dakar
Why participate in the Africa Invest Forum?
A high-level meeting to connect investors, executives, decision-makers and diplomats around concrete opportunities.
Investisseurs & opérateurs
Des investisseurs et opérateurs économiques de plusieurs pays africains seront présents pour réseauter, sourcer des deals et scruter des opportunités d’investissement à fort impact.
Chefs d’entreprise (CEOs)
Des CEOs d’ici et d’ailleurs prendront part au rendez-vous pour explorer des partenariats et accélérer des projets structurants.
Décideurs politiques
Des décideurs politiques et membres de gouvernements participeront pour faire avancer la diplomatie économique et les réformes pro-business.
Diplomats & representations
Several ambassadors and diplomatic representations will be present to strengthen cooperation and open investment corridors.
Forum Objectives
The Africa Invest Forum aims to drive transformation around investment in Africa by catalyzing the energies of public and private decision-makers, diplomats, investors, and experts.
💡 Strategic platform
Réflexion de haut niveau et mise en relation autour des investissements africains.
🤝 Reinforced dialogue
Accelerate public-private and inter-state dialogue on financing and pro-business reforms.
🌐 Promote the AfCFTA
Activate its instruments for trade and investment on a continental scale.
🚀 Opportunities for impact
Highlight projects with strong economic and social impact.
🌍 Cross-collaborations
Connecting states, businesses and institutions for concrete partnerships.
🎓 Strengthen capacities
Train executives, professionals, young leaders and economic diplomats.
Forum activity sectors
Key areas highlighted within the Africa Invest Forum.
Strategic themes of the Forum
The themes chosen for this edition cover the following issues.
Business climate & financing
Financing investment projects and improving the pro-business framework.
Economic integration & regional cooperation
Levers of transformation via value chains and cross-border corridors.
AfCFTA: mechanisms & opportunities
Leveraging AfCFTA instruments for trade and investment.
Leadership, private sector & innovation
Corporate governance, innovation and the role of the private sector in growth.
Diaspora, remittances & financial diplomacy
Mobilize diaspora savings and strengthen productive financial flows.
Territorial promotion & investment marketing
Attractivité des territoires, branding pays/régions et pipelines de projets.
Agroalimentaire & industrialisation locale
Local processing, upgrading and food sovereignty.
Digital economy, AI & financial inclusion
Digital transformation, artificial intelligence and access to financial services.
Forum organizer
CEDM – SONNI is a Think Tank focused on Africa based in Dakar in Senegal.
Dakar au Sénégal.
The CEDM – SONNI’s mission is to reflect on and propose solutions the CEDM – SONNI’s mission is to reflect on and propose solutions
de développement durable sur le continent en mettant un accent pointu sur
l’intégration économique comme gage d’une Afrique meilleure.
Operational partner
SONNI Group is a pan-African consulting and strategic influencing firm. Through its activities in strategic relations, institutional support and organization of high-level events, it ensures the operational coordination and strategic deployment of the Forum, as the parent structure of CEDM-SONNI.
