Africa’s rapidly growing cities are facing pressing challenges in providing sustainable urban infrastructure, effective waste management and efficient resource use. Addressing these challenges will require substantial investment and innovative solutions to support sustainable urban development.
At the same time, Africa’s urban transformation is driving growing demand for infrastructure, technologies, and urban services. This creates new markets and potential for closer economic cooperation between African and German partners. To tap into these markets and develop commercially viable solutions, German companies need to work with African businesses, cities, and municipalities, drawing on existing expertise and responding to local priorities. For African cities, such partnerships can help mobilise the necessary investment, expand access to infrastructure and services, and support more sustainable and inclusive urban development.
Where are the most promising business opportunities for German companies in Africa’s urban markets? What conditions are needed for commercially viable business solutions and successful partnerships between German and African businesses and public-sector actors? What role do economic diplomacy and development cooperation play in mobilising investments, overcoming barriers to market entry and fostering German-African economic relations? And how can German-African partnerships deliver mutual returns while contributing to sustainable urban development?
Programme
Opening Impulse:
H.E. Kai Baldow, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Senegal
Keynote Interview:
Her Worship Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone and Laureate of the German Africa Prize 2024
Diskussion:
Her Worship Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leonee
H.E. Kai Baldow, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Senegal
Nana Yaw Konadu, CEO and Co-Founder of Electro Recycling Ghana
Q&A:
Business opportunities & audience discussion
Moderation:
Sabine Odhiambo, Secretary General of the German Africa Foundation
You can find further details about the panellists, the event and how to register in the PDF invitation.
