The Africa Prosperity Network (APN) is a non-profit organisation, founded with the objective of advancing the vision of ‘The Africa We Want’ as outlined in the African Union’s Agenda 2063.
The network's mission is to bring prosperity to Africa by creating platforms for holding critical dialogues that will reshape the thinking of African leaders and encourage them to take bold steps in the areas of trade, the structure of national economies, political conduct, and culture.
Organisation
Advisory Council +Advisory CouncilNameNkosazana Clarice Dlamini-ZumaAmina MohamedEugene Owusu Amany AsfourPatricia Poku DiabyCesar Augusto Mba Abogo Christal Jackson Joshua Siaw
Activities & Advocacy
Make Africa Borderless Now! The ‘Make Africa Borderless Now’ Movement, was launched in Accra, Ghana at the Africa Prosperity Dialogues 2026. It is an initiative calling for faster progress on mobility, trade integration and the practical implementation of AfCFTA. The campaign aims to gather 10 million signatures to be presented to African Heads of State at the 40th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa in February 2027.
Malabo Leadership Breakfast Meeting The Malabo Leadership Breakfast Meeting, convened political and business leaders on the sidelines of the African Union's 7th Mid-Year Coordination Meeting and focused on positioning, Equatorial Guinea as an investment destination and tackled pan-African challenges, including high transport costs, fragmented markets, and underperforming logistics systems, under the theme “Financing and Facilitating the Movement of People, Goods and Services Across Africa”.
Continental Mobile Money Interoperability Symposium The Continental Mobile Money Interoperability Symposium or Interoperability Symposium emphasises financial inclusion as a catalyst for development and economic progress across Africa. The symposium brings together industry players to discuss the essential components and strategies for creating an integrated payment system to boost intra-African trade. +Overview of Past SymposiaYearDatesTheme2024July 5Scaling up interoperability: Using Mobile Money to Buy and Sell across Africa
Global Africa Forum The Global African Forum serves as a platform for connecting the African continent with its diaspora to foster collaboration and take advantage of economic opportunities aligned with the African Union's Agenda 2063.
Africa Prosperity Dialogues (APD) The Africa Prosperity Dialogues (previously called the Kwahu Summit), a flagship event organised in partnership with the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat and the Government of the Republic of Ghana, serves as a dedicated annual platform that brings together Africa and Global Africa’s business executives and organisations, and political leaders to think together, plan together, to work together with the needed urgency to drive the goal of building the world’s largest single market in Africa. +Overview of Past DialoguesYearDatesTheme2023January 26–28AfCFTA: From Ambition to Action, Delivering Prosperity Through Continental Trade2024January 25–27Delivering Prosperity in Africa: Produce. Add Value. Trade.2025January 30–1 FebruaryDelivering Africa’s Single Market through Infrastructure: Invest. Connect. Integrate.2026February 4–6 Empowering SMEs, Women & Youth in Africa’s Single Market: Innovate. Collaborate. Trade.
Africa Prosperity Champions Awards (APCA) The Africa Prosperity Champions Awards (APCA) celebrates the accomplishments of distinguished Africans across various sectors. +Past WinnersPersonalityCategory2025Herman Chinery-HesseLifetime Achievement Award in Digital TechnologyDr. Sidi Ould TahFinancial Leadership AwardBridgette Motsepe-RadebeWomen Empowerment AwardWode MayaExcellence in Tourism Promotion for Africa and Global Africa AwardDr. Rakesh WahiExcellence in Pan-African Media AwardDr. Nkosazana Dlamini-ZumaChampion of the Africa We Want Award Mesfin TasewLeadership in Connecting Africa AwardNana Addo Dankwa Akufo-AddoTransformational Leadership in Education Award2024Baroness Patricia Scotland of AsthalGlobal African Champion AwardIrfaan AliGlobal African Leadership AwardAlassane OuattaraNation Builder AwardOluwatosin Oluwole Ajibade (Mr Eazi ) Young Entrepreneur AwardProf. Benedict Okechukwu Oramah Financial Leadership AwardMohamed M. Abou El EneinIndustrialist of the Year Award
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