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Connecting businesses and investors with opportunities

AfBC Annual Africa Trade Conference

AfBC Annual Trade Conference aim to accelerate trade and investment between Africa and the global economies.   The Forum will bring together leaders, Governments, Corporates, DFIs, MDBs, Investors, Philanthropists, PE & VC Firms, Banks, NGOs, entrepreneurs, academia, professionals and diaspora. 


Thursday, 13 November 2025, London

AfBC Africa Trade Conference 2025

Join AfBC Africa Trade Conference 2025 in London on Thursday, 13 November 2025 at 09: 00 - 17:00 GMT. to learn and hear from our industry experts, leaders, investors and businesses.


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Why attend the Forum

Discover investment opportunities

Promote your business and gain new insights

Promote your business and gain new insights

 Learn and discover emerging trade, investment, projects financing, business and partnerships opportunities throughout the African continent.

Promote your business and gain new insights

Promote your business and gain new insights

Promote your business and gain new insights

Promote your business and services. Gain unparalleled insights into African business, economics, politics, markets and investment prospects. 

Connect and build relationships

Promote your business and gain new insights

Connect and build relationships

Connect with other industry leaders, businesses, investors, financiers, policymakers, professionals and entrepreneurs.

The agenda

09:00 - 10:00 Registration10:00 - 10:30 Welcome Remarks and Keynote10:30 - 12:00 Plenary Session 112:00 - 13:00 Refreshment Break & Lunch13:00 - 15:00 Plenary Session 215:00 - 17:00 Networking

Past Speakers

Emma Wade-Smith OBE

H.E. Teferi Melese Desta

Emma Wade-Smith OBE

  Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for Africa

 Department for International Trade (DIT)

Lord Dolar Popat

H.E. Teferi Melese Desta

Emma Wade-Smith OBE

Prime Minister's Trade Envoy

Rwanda and Uganda

Keith Stokes-Smith

H.E. Teferi Melese Desta

H.E. Teferi Melese Desta

Chairman of the Birmingham Commonwealth Association (BCA), Advisory Board Member, African Business Chamber (AfBC) and Honorary Chair of Greater Birmingham Commonwealth Chamber of Commerce (GBCCC)

H.E. Teferi Melese Desta

H.E. Teferi Melese Desta

H.E. Teferi Melese Desta

Ambassador

Ethiopian Embassy UK

Andrew Mold

Dr Mekondjo Kaapanda-Girnus

Uday Dholakia OBE

Chief Regional Integration and AfCFTA, Sub-Regional Office for Eastern Africa, UNECA


Uday Dholakia OBE

Dr Mekondjo Kaapanda-Girnus

Uday Dholakia OBE

Honorary Consul

 Republic of Malawi



Pumela Salela

Dr Mekondjo Kaapanda-Girnus

Dr Mekondjo Kaapanda-Girnus

UK Country Head

Brand South Africa



Dr Mekondjo Kaapanda-Girnus

Dr Mekondjo Kaapanda-Girnus

Dr Mekondjo Kaapanda-Girnus

Commercial Counsellor

High Commission of the Republic of Namibia

Papa Kow Bartels

Mohamed Warsama Boss

Papa Kow Bartels

Head, Trade and Investment

Ghana High Commission

Amit Lev

Mohamed Warsama Boss

Papa Kow Bartels

Trade and Investment Commissioner, Head of the Economic Mission to Southern Africa, Israel



Mohamed Warsama Boss

Mohamed Warsama Boss

Mohamed Warsama Boss

Political and Trade Counsellor, Somaliland Diplomatic Mission to the UK and Commonwealth

Dr El-hadj Bah

Mohamed Warsama Boss

Mohamed Warsama Boss

Chief Policy Economist, Office of the Vice President, Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization at the African Development Bank (AfDB)

Cobus Visagie

Geetha Tharmaratnam

Frank Matsaert

Group CEO 

Africa Merchant Capital

Frank Matsaert

Geetha Tharmaratnam

Frank Matsaert

CEO

TradeMark East Africa (TMEA) 

Geetha Tharmaratnam

Geetha Tharmaratnam

Geetha Tharmaratnam

CEO & Founding Partners

Aequalitas Capital Partners

Elias Pungong

Geetha Tharmaratnam

Geetha Tharmaratnam

UK Honorary Consul for Cameroon and Chairman of the UK-Cameroon Chamber of Commerce (UK-CCC) 

Eric Olanya

Frank Mwiti

Eric Olanya

Country Director 

DIT - Uganda, British High Commission

Leon Ayo

Frank Mwiti

Eric Olanya

President 

British Chamber of Business in Southern Africa

Frank Mwiti

Frank Mwiti

Frank Mwiti

 East Africa Markets Leader 

EY Africa

Chinwe Egwim

Frank Mwiti

Frank Mwiti

 Senior Economist

FNBQuest Merchant Bank

Tony Otoa

Moemedi Mokgosi

Kenneth Legesi

Executive Director 

Stanbic Business Incubator Ltd, Uganda

Kenneth Legesi

Moemedi Mokgosi

Kenneth Legesi

Managing Partner and CIO

Ortus Africa Capital

Moemedi Mokgosi

Moemedi Mokgosi

Moemedi Mokgosi

Executive Director, International Business 

Botswana Investment and Trade Centre

Steven Gray

Moemedi Mokgosi

Moemedi Mokgosi

Régional Representative - West Africa

UK Export Finance (UKEF) 

Richard Burge

Washington Kapapiro

Trevor Simumba

 Chief Executive

London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI)


Trevor Simumba

Washington Kapapiro

Trevor Simumba

International Trade Economist, Zambia and SADC, and Managing Director, SSCG Consulting US


Washington Kapapiro

Washington Kapapiro

Washington Kapapiro

 Executive Chairman 

Africa Procurement Group

Stanley Osuide

Washington Kapapiro

Washington Kapapiro

CEO of Nigeria Investment Gateway Limited and Director at African Investment Gateway Group (AIGG)

Agnes Gitau

Lydia Rangapanaiken

Chikaodili Okeke

Partner GBS Africa, Advisory Board at Frontier Africa Reports and a Trustee at Five Talents Microfinance (UK)

Chikaodili Okeke

Lydia Rangapanaiken

Chikaodili Okeke

Executive Director

Feed Africa Advocacy Network

Lydia Rangapanaiken

Lydia Rangapanaiken

Lydia Rangapanaiken

Sub-Saharan Africa Economist

FCMB Bank UK  

Sonia Galat

Lydia Rangapanaiken

Lydia Rangapanaiken

Co-Founder of Africa Business Venture and Director of the Chamber of Commerce of Cote d'Ivoire, UK 

Cedric Longange

Emmanuel Doni-Kwame

Cedric Longange

 Chairman

Congolese Chamber of Commerce in Great Britain (CCCGB)

Nirmala Rewa

Emmanuel Doni-Kwame

Cedric Longange

Counsellor (Economic Matters)

 Mauritius High Commission, UK

Emmanuel Doni-Kwame

Emmanuel Doni-Kwame

Emmanuel Doni-Kwame

Managing Director

World Trade Centre Accra

Join AfBC Network? Why become a member?

Get support to plan, start, grow and scale up your business, launch new products and services, innovate and transform your business model, expand into new markets and internationalise. Learn and access new business contracts, tenders and procurement opportunities

Get support, insights and market intelligence on opportunities, development projects and investments in Africa. Get help to develop effective market entry strategy, identify and manage risks, manage operations, CSR/ESG initiatives and supply chain. Establish and build robust partnerships in Africa for growth.

Get support, insights and market intelligence on opportunities, development projects and investments in Africa. Get help to develop effective market entry strategy, identify and manage risks, manage operations, CSR/ESG initiatives and supply chain. Establish and build robust partnerships in Africa for growth.

Grow Business Global

Get support, insights and market intelligence on opportunities, development projects and investments in Africa. Get help to develop effective market entry strategy, identify and manage risks, manage operations, CSR/ESG initiatives and supply chain. Establish and build robust partnerships in Africa for growth.

Get support, insights and market intelligence on opportunities, development projects and investments in Africa. Get help to develop effective market entry strategy, identify and manage risks, manage operations, CSR/ESG initiatives and supply chain. Establish and build robust partnerships in Africa for growth.

Get support, insights and market intelligence on opportunities, development projects and investments in Africa. Get help to develop effective market entry strategy, identify and manage risks, manage operations, CSR/ESG initiatives and supply chain. Establish and build robust partnerships in Africa for growth.

Do Business in Africa

Start your partnering journey in Africa. Establish new relationships, partnerships, collaborations, Joint Ventures (JVs) and M&As to grow and scale up your business, trade and investments in the African markets.

Get support, insights and market intelligence on opportunities, development projects and investments in Africa. Get help to develop effective market entry strategy, identify and manage risks, manage operations, CSR/ESG initiatives and supply chain. Establish and build robust partnerships in Africa for growth.

Join AfBC events, conferences, forums and seminars to connect with like minded peers, leaders, entrepreneurs and investors doing business in Africa. Build new and enhance business relationships and connections to accelerate growth. Learn new market and investment opportunities

Partner in Africa

Join AfBC events, conferences, forums and seminars to connect with like minded peers, leaders, entrepreneurs and investors doing business in Africa. Build new and enhance business relationships and connections to accelerate growth. Learn new market and investment opportunities

Get support to develop your pitch deck. Join our investment readiness programme. Find, understand and identify suitable finance options for your business. Get support to access investors/VCs, growth capital and funding. Sign up to join AfBC Africa Deal Room and Investors Roundtables to find bankable and profitable investment opportunities and projects in Africa.

Join AfBC events, conferences, forums and seminars to connect with like minded peers, leaders, entrepreneurs and investors doing business in Africa. Build new and enhance business relationships and connections to accelerate growth. Learn new market and investment opportunities

Connect in Africa

Get support to develop your pitch deck. Join our investment readiness programme. Find, understand and identify suitable finance options for your business. Get support to access investors/VCs, growth capital and funding. Sign up to join AfBC Africa Deal Room and Investors Roundtables to find bankable and profitable investment opportunities and projects in Africa.

Get support to develop your pitch deck. Join our investment readiness programme. Find, understand and identify suitable finance options for your business. Get support to access investors/VCs, growth capital and funding. Sign up to join AfBC Africa Deal Room and Investors Roundtables to find bankable and profitable investment opportunities and projects in Africa.

Get support to develop your pitch deck. Join our investment readiness programme. Find, understand and identify suitable finance options for your business. Get support to access investors/VCs, growth capital and funding. Sign up to join AfBC Africa Deal Room and Investors Roundtables to find bankable and profitable investment opportunities and projects in Africa.

Invest in Africa

Expand your business into new markets and overseas to capture new customer base. Gain support to export in Africa or import into the UK. Join our B2B programme to connect with suppliers and buyers. Find trade and export finance services.

Get support to develop your pitch deck. Join our investment readiness programme. Find, understand and identify suitable finance options for your business. Get support to access investors/VCs, growth capital and funding. Sign up to join AfBC Africa Deal Room and Investors Roundtables to find bankable and profitable investment opportunities and projects in Africa.

Get support to develop your pitch deck. Join our investment readiness programme. Find, understand and identify suitable finance options for your business. Get support to access investors/VCs, growth capital and funding. Sign up to join AfBC Africa Deal Room and Investors Roundtables to find bankable and profitable investment opportunities and projects in Africa.

Trade in Africa

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