FT Africa Summit
4:00 am Eastern
Virtual
Africa’s commitment to a continental wide free trade agreement is one of the most exciting developments in decades. As demonstrated in the Covid crisis through the interventions of such organizations as Africa CDC and the African Vaccine Acquisition Task Team, the continent has greatly improved its capacity for collective action. The free trade area is designed to boost intraregional trade, with the aim raising the value-added component of goods and services and breaking countries’ dependence on the export of raw commodities.
The Summit will discuss how African businesses, policymakers and other actors are setting about the task of knitting the continent together, both physically and digitally, and what will be needed to push this process forward. It will also assess the continent's economic prospects following the huge setback caused by the pandemic.
Featured Speakers
President, Republic of Angola
Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African Affairs, U.S. National Security Council
Minister of Water, Forests, the Sea and Environment, charged with Climate Planning and Land-use Plan, Republic of Gabon
Minister of Transport, Republic of Angola
Regional Director for Africa, World Health Organization (WHO)
Group Chairman and CEO, DP World
Why Attend?
Understand
How African businesses, policymakers and other actors are setting about the task of knitting the continent together, both physically and digitally
Connect
Join our community of policymakers, business leaders, health professionals and entrepreneurs who are helping to shape the continent’s response to the crisis and chart the way forward
Discover
What comes next, including what the continent’s economic prospects are, following the setback caused by the pandemic. It promises to be quite a day.