UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, hosted the first UK-Africa Investment Summit on Monday, the 20th of January, 2020. The Summit was a gathering of leaders from twenty-one African countries, entrepreneurs and investors and British Politicians, businesses, investors and captains of industry in London with a view to connecting businesses, entrepreneurs and investors to build new connections and collaborative relationships to create economic, investment and employment opportunities for sustainable investment and growth.


Why Africa?

• By 2050, over two billion people will live in Africa
• One in four global consumers will be African
• Sixty percent of the population is under the age of twenty five
• Africa is home to eight of the fifteen fastest growing economies

The event was attended by Heads of State and Governments from twenty-one countries, young entrepreneurs, technology experts and business leaders.

"The UK-Africa Investment Summit on 20 January 2020 laid the foundations for new partnerships between the UK and African nations based on trade, investment, shared values and mutual interest. Billions of pounds of new commercial deals were announced highlighting the strength of the UK’s offer and existing relationship with Africa. The UK also announced new initiatives and funding which will: strengthen the joint trading relationship, support African countries in their ambition to transform their economies, launch a major new partnership with the city of London, turbo-charge infrastructure financing, and enable Africa’s clean energy potential. Taken together, this will help to realise the UK’s ambition to be the investment partner of choice for Africa, create hundreds of thousands of jobs and ensure the mutual prosperity of all our nations". Source: ©gov.uk

In Attendance
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Royal and the Earl and Countess of Wessex join Heads of Government, Ministers and members of NGOs attending the UK-Africa Investment Summit Back row, from left: Tunisia , Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs Sabri Bachtobji; Mauritania - Minister of Economy and Industry Sheikh El Kebir Moulaye Taher; Ethiopia - Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonen Hassen; Angola - Minister of State for Economic Development Manuel Nunes Junior; Algeria - Minister of Finance Abderrahmane Raouya; World Bank - President David R Malpass; UN Economic Commission for Africa - Executive Secretary Vera Songwe; IMF - Director, African Department, Abebe Aemro Selassie; European Bank for Reconstruction and Development - President Suma Chakrabati; African Union - Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat; African Development Bank - President Akinwumi Ayodesji Adesina. Middle row, from left: Uganda - President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni; Sierra Leone - President Julius Maada Bio; Senegal - President Macky Sall; Rwanda - President Paul Kagame; Nigeria - Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama; Mozambique - President Filipe Nyusi; Morocco - Prime Minister Saad Dine El Otmani; Mauritius - Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth; Malawi - President Peter Mutharika; Kenya - President Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta; South Africa - Foreign Minister Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor.Front row, from left: Guinea - President Alpha Conde; Countess of Wessex; Earl of Wessex; Ghana - President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo; Prime Minister Boris Johnson; Egypt - President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi; Princess Royal; Democratic Republic of the Congo - President Felix Tshisekedi Tshilombo; Cote d'Ivoir - President Alassane Ouattara

The official statement and replay of the live transmission are available on the gov.uk UK-Africa Summit page.

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