The African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) and African Union Commission (AUC) in collaboration with Government of the Republic of Angola will host Africa’s biggest Infrastructure Financing Summit from 23–24 October 2025 in Luanda, Republic of Angola.
Following the momentum of previous editions, including the 2023 Dakar Infrastructure Financing Summit, this year’s gathering is part of the broader continental effort to unlock investments and partnerships in support of the African Union’s Agenda 2063 infrastructure aspirations under the framework of Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA).
The Summit comes at a critical time, as Africa faces an annual infrastructure financing gap exceeding $100 billion and gears up to mobilise the $1.3 trillion required to implement the Continental Power Systems Master Plan (CMP) for an African Single Electricity Market by 2040.PIDA alone requires $16 billion annually to deliver transformative, cross-border projects that deliver the continent’s industrial, trade, and energy ambitions by 2030.
As current Chairperson of the African Union, H.E. João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, President of the Republic of Angola, has placed infrastructure financing at the heart of his continental agenda. Speaking at the AU Commission Handover Ceremony in March 2025, President Lourenço stated:
“Infrastructure is one of the essential pillars of the African Union’s Agenda 2063. We must mobilise all available financial resources to achieve our goals — from roads and railways to ports, power lines, and digital networks. I have called on the Commission to convene a continental infrastructure conference in 2025 to drive investment and connect Africa for trade, innovation, and prosperity.”
The Luanda Infrastructure Financing Summit responds directly to this call. Through curated deal rooms and investment pitch sessions, African governments and institutions will present infrastructure portfolios to potential investors, with the goal of securing capital commitments for regional corridors, power generation and transmission, logistics platforms, and digital backbones. Strategic corridors such as the Lobito Corridor, LAPSSET, and the Dakar–Bamako–Djibouti route will feature as integrated models combining infrastructure, trade, and industrial development.
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