Building Africa’s
Business Community –
One Conversation,
One Partnership, and
One Opportunity at a Time for the Continent’s Growth and Prosperity

Africa Business Convention 2027

2-3 March 2027 | Lagos, Nigeria

Want to attend Africa’s most consequential annual business event? Click the button below to register while the early bird rate still applies.

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The Why of ABC

Our mission is clear: to help businesses capture the growing opportunities in Africa.

The Africa Business Convention exists to accelerate Africa’s economic transformation by uniting policymakers, business leaders, and partners to champion enterprise, investment, and inclusive growth.

Since its establishment in 2021, the Africa Business Convention has developed a long-term framework anchored on seven core sectors that shape dialogue, build communities, and inspire action.

Through seven communities, Africa Business Convention serves as a catalyst for policy reform, business collaboration, and investment commitments that drive real change.

The Seven Communities of ABC

These seven pillars of Africa's prosperity guide our work and serve as the core communities under which our members are organized.

1. AFS

Agriculture & Food Security

2. BIC

Banking, Investments & Capital

3. BSG

Business Environment, Social & Governance

4. FIT

Fintech, Innovation and Technology

5. JET

Jobs, Economy & Trade

6. PIE

Power, Infrastructure & Energy

7. TES

Tourism, Entertainment & Sports

Membership

Seven Communities. Three Membership Options.

Join any of the curated communities of Africa’s most consequential organisations, companies, institutions and bodies whose representatives stay connected all year round, and are positioned at the centre of the continent’s most important commercial conversations.

The exclusive membership values are definitely attractive.

Tell Your Africa Trade Story

A business perspective for Africa Business Convention 2027

Your Africa Trade Story is an opportunity for businesses to share their experience, the opportunities they see, the challenges they face and what they believe needs to change.

Reports

Gain useful insights from our in-depth, broad-based and sector-focused research.

Africa Business Convention Report 2026

Africa Grow tracks Africa’s growth engines in a changing global economy is an integrated analytical view of Africa’s development trajectory. The report responds to the unification of fast population growth,…

Africa Investment Yearbook 2026

Over the past decade, Africa’s investment performance shows a continent balancing global volatility while building stronger economic foundations. Returns have become more varied, with slowdowns during global tightening cycles offset…

Africa Business Convention Report 2026

The FIT stream focuses on financial technology companies, businesses and evolving policies, innovation and investments supporting their growth.

Africa Investment Yearbook 2026

The FIT stream focuses on financial technology companies, businesses and evolving policies, innovation and investments supporting their growth.

Africa Brief

Latest analysis of Africa’s business and investment climate.

Africa’s venture capital market is moving from a funding race to a selection game. Capital remains available, but investors are concentrating it where scale, profitability and structural impact are clearest....
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By mid-2026, M300 had connected more than 50 million people across 40 African countries, reaching 17% of its target in two years. With another 250 million people still to reach,...
Africa and the global economy is experiencing another shock. This follows the growing and volatile US, Israel, and Iran conflict that started on the 28th of February 2026. This report...

Featured Speakers in Previous Annual Conventions

The annual Africa Business Convention convenes global and Africa’s top voices (leaders, entreprenuers, innovators, policy makers, etc.) for the optimisation of the business landscape on the continent.

Snapshots

Keeps track of events and curates memories from the Africa Business Convention. 

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