Africa Collective

We thank Business Insider Africa , one of our esteemed media partners, for featuring our announcement about the expanded Africa-focused program for Davos 2025 🗞 With African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) as our host partner and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat as our Patronage Partner, we are poised to amplify Africa's presence on the global stage. 🌍 Stay tuned for more updates from Business Insider Africa as we approach our 2025 Davos agenda! 🚀 Read the full announcement here: https://lnkd.in/dMTKGPA3 #AfricaCollective #Davos2025 #Afreximbank #AfCFTA #BusinessInsiderAfrica

We're thrilled to share our latest interview in the 𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗼𝘀 - 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀!🎙️ In this conversation, Kola A., Founding Partner of Ventures Platform Fund, dives into how innovation and investment drive prosperity across Africa. Kola shares valuable insights on the power of market-creating startups, cross-sector partnerships, and sustainable growth opportunities across the continent. 🚀🌍 Here’s the link to the interview🔗 https://lnkd.in/gCmB_8mU Ventures Platform is a proud Supporting Partner of Africa Collective Davos 2025. 🤝 If you have any questions about the Africa Collective Davos 2025 programme, please feel free to reach out via email at mail@africacollective.com. Please follow the link below to express interest in attending our Networking Cocktail, co-hosted with Afreximbank. Space is limited, and Africa Collective sessions are by invitation only. Approved participants will receive a formal invitation.📧 https://lnkd.in/dWv3g6vu #AfricaCollective #Davos2025 #Innovation #VenturesPlatform #AfricaRising #InvestmentOpportunities #LeadershipVoices #Entrepreneurship #Insights  #Thoughtleadership   

We’re thrilled to unveil details about Africa Collective Davos 2025 activities on the margins of the World Economic Forum from 20-24 January 2025. 🗓️ This year, with Host Partner African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and Patronage Partner African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, we’re bringing an expanded Africa-focused agenda that includes: 🤝 𝗡𝗲𝘄: Startup-Investor Lunch 🍸 Networking Cocktail 🎤 Thematic Sessions with Lead Partners Novartis & Standard Bank Group 🍽️ Closing Luncheon featuring high-level dialogues! We're honoured to be supported by esteemed partners, including Old Mutual Investment Group and Ventures Platform Fund, as well as media giants CNBC Africa and African Business Magazine and Business Insider Africa who share our vision of elevating African topics on the global stage.🙌 Click here for more details https://lnkd.in/dgdtX3vQ To express your interest in attending our Networking Cocktail, co-hosted with Afreximbank, please follow the link https://lnkd.in/dWv3g6vu. Please note that space is limited, and Africa Collective sessions are by invitation only. Approved participants will receive a formal invitation. If you have any program-related questions, please email at mail@africacollective.com.    #AfricainDavos #AfricaCollective #Davos2025 #GlobalCollaboration #Partnership

Have you read our latest interview in the Africa Collective Road to Davos - Leadership Voices Series yet?💡 We had the privilege of speaking with Boitumelo Mosako, CEO of the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), who shared invaluable insights on propelling Africa's development through collaboration and financing transformative infrastructure projects.  🏗️🌱🤝 👉 https://lnkd.in/dc6wd4Kn If you find the conversation inspiring, please share it with your network! 🔁 #Thoughtleadership #Leadership #AfricaCollective #Davos2025 #RoadtoDavos #AfricainDavos

Last week, during her closing remarks at the second edition of the Biashara Afrika forum, Cynthia E. GNASSINGBE-ESSONAM, Senior Advisor to H.E., the Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, delivered her profound summation drawn from the three-day event themed "Dare to invent the future of the AfCFTA."📝 Africa Collective was proud to be present at this pivotal event, which brought together 1473 delegates and over 120 exhibitors for robust discussions on driving intra-African trade.📅 Here are some inspiring points from Cynthia's closing remarks drawn from the forum:💡 - AfCFTA is unlocking unprecedented opportunities with crucial strides toward full economic integration.🧩🌍 - Three African trading companies from Kenya, Ghana, and Egypt signed MOUs, showcasing the immense potential of cross-border collaboration.🔗🤝 - The private sector must lead innovation and investment, with governments providing an enabling environment.🚀 - SMEs must embrace aggregation to boost trade volumes and economies of scale. 📈 - Prioritising digital payment systems to reduce business costs for women was a recurring theme.📲 - The need for tailored trade finance solutions for MSMEs/SMEs and establishing an African Financial Capital Market is essential.🏦 - Long-term infrastructure investment is necessary to support sustainable growth across the continent.🏗️ - Harnessing technology to bridge infrastructure gaps is crucial. 📱💻 - Creating platforms that link local SMEs to national value chains will enhance competitiveness and growth.⛓🏭 In closing her summation of the event, Cynthia shared this powerful reminder: "As we move beyond this Biashara 2024, let us take the energy, optimism, and sense of purpose and urgency we have shared. The AfCFTA is more than a policy framework; it is a catalyst for change, and we all have a role in turning this vision into reality."👏 We congratulate the AfCFTA Secretariat team for a job well done!👌 #Biashara2024 #BA24 #AfCFTA #AfricaCollective #TradeOpportunities #AfricaRising #IntraAfricaTrade

We're excited to present the latest interview in the Africa Collective Road to Davos - Leadership Voices Series! 🚀🎙️ This time, we feature Boitumelo Mosako, CEO of the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)🏦. In this illuminating conversation, Boitumelo shares an inspiring example of how a partnership between DBSA, the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), and the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) is transforming the continent. 🌍💡 Through their collaboration, over 540 cross-border projects have been developed, driving the construction of roads, railways, and energy networks to boost trade and investment. 🚉⚡💪 🔗 Read the full interview here: https://lnkd.in/difhcwmt

The Africa Collective team attended the 30th edition of the Nigeria Economic Summit in Abuja, themed: Collaborative action for growth, competitiveness, and stability. 📅 The three-day event, which featured 50+ sessions and 200+ speakers, was opened by H.E. Kashim Shettima, Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG)—a platform for consistent multistakeholder dialogue in Nigeria, bringing together business, government, civil society, and international partners—is Nigeria's most important advocacy group focused on propelling its economic transformation and a unique gathering of business and thought leaders.💼 Special recognition to the whole #NESG team under the leadership of its Chairman Niyi Yusuf, and its CEO, Dr Tayo Aduloju, for organizing such a powerful event 🙌 Some of the key takeaways from the summit:💡 📈Recently introduced drastic policy reforms in the country (such as the free-floating of the currency or the abolishment of the fuel subsidies) have caused a shock in the system, with the most vulnerable population, the poor, being the most affected. 📊Leadership & urgency: staying the course and increasing policy consistency is essential. 🎯Supporting the most vulnerable: Poverty has further increased in the country, and targeted interventions at scale are needed. 🏭Growth across sectors: Despite the importance of the Oil & Gas sector, Nigeria’s primary growth must come from the non-oil sectors. 📍Import substitution and export-led growth: the weaker Naira will boost the competitiveness of local production for the local, regional and global markets. 🤝Collaboration: It is essential to further increase collaboration in the ecosystem between all parties: business, government, civil society, academia, local investors, philanthropic institutions, and donors. 🚀The level of entrepreneurship in Nigeria is remarkable, but it needs to lead to the creation of more Small and Medium-Sized Companies, which are the backbone of the economy. 🌍Nigeria in the world: Seeing the size and importance of Nigeria in a regional and continental context, Nigeria’s path will have a significant impact on Africa’s path. And since the world cannot solve its most pressing challenges without Africa, it will not be able to solve them without Nigeria at the table either 💪 #AfricaCollective #AfricaCollectiveinNigeria #NigeriaEconomicSummit #NES30 #EconomicGrowth #Collaboration #AfricaRising #Entrepreneurship #NonOilGrowth #PolicyReforms #Leadership #SMEs #ExportGrowth #Nigeria

Members of the Africa Collective team are currently in Kigali, Rwanda, for the second AfCFTA Business Forum, Biashara Afrika, organised by the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat.🌍🤝 Held under the patronage of His Excellency Paul Kagame, president of Rwanda, the event kicked off at the Kigali convention centre under the leadership of Secretary General of the AfCFTA, Wamkele Mene. Dignitaries and other key stakeholders from the African public & private sectors, SMEs, as well as multinationals gathered to discuss the future of intra-Africa trade under the AfCFTA.🌍🚀 Here are the 5 key takeaways from Day One: 1. Guided Trade Initiative (GTI): Now in its second phase, the GTI aims for meaningful trading while testing the trade environment. To date, 39 countries have signed up under this initiative, and both large and small producers are now being issued Certificates of Origin.📜 2. Local Production Call: A strong call was made for local production and regionalisation of value chains. 🏭⛓️ 3. Collaboration Opportunity: Aggregating expertise and resources will prove instrumental in moving intra-Africa trade forward.🖇️🚀 4. Lowering non-tariff barriers: Tackling Africa's high freight and logistics costs could be a game changer, and there’s an urgent need for simplified customs exporting conditions, especially for SMEs.📦🚛🛃 5. Government Support: Governments can strengthen AfCFTA by creating more enabling environments for trade and going beyond ratification by implementing key provisions. 🔧🌐  #AfCFTA #BiasharaAfrika2024 #IntraAfricaTrade #AfricanTrade #BiasharaAfrika #IntraAfricaTrade #Kigali2024 #TradeOpportunities #AfricaBusiness #AfricaCollectiveinKigali #BA #AfricaCollectiveatBiashara 

In our latest Road to Davos interview series, one of the questions we asked Lutz Hegemann, President of Global Health & Sustainability at Novartis, was what key message he would like to share about Africa’s potential and opportunities with the global community.🎤🌐 His response was truly inspiring!🙌🚀 Don’t miss this powerful conversation, where Lutz offers invaluable insights on transforming health outcomes in Africa. 🌍💡   👉 Read the full interview here: https://lnkd.in/difhcwmt #RoadtoDavos #AfricaCollective #Thoughtleadership #Novartis #AfricaRising #Davos2025 #AfricainDavos #GlobalHealth #InnovationInAfrica #AfricaPotential #HealthTransformation

CNBC Africa featured our BIG NEWS announcing Africa Collective's return to Davos in 2025 with African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) joining our Patronage Partner, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, as Host Partner. 🎉 Read the article on why this partnership will further sharpen the focus on African topics at Davos 2025 and beyond:🎯🌍🚀 https://lnkd.in/gtV2nVFV  #AfricaCollective #Afreximbank #Davos2025 #CNBCAfrica #AfricaRising