Driving transformation in Africa's public sector since 2018.

Africa's development story is increasingly written at the subnational level. This stream brings together Governors, regional executives, and county leaders to share experiences on decentralisation, accountability, and the delivery of development closest to the citizen.

Across Africa, women are no longer simply represented in public leadership — they are leading it. This stream convenes senior women executives, ministers, and reform champions to examine what structural gender inclusion looks like in practice, and what must change for it to become irreversible.

Africa holds the renewable potential to power itself and the world. Yet over 600 million Africans still lack reliable electricity access. This stream brings together energy ministers, utility leaders, investors, and policymakers to confront the gap between ambition and delivery.

Public procurement represents 15 to 20 percent of GDP across most African economies. Used well, it is one of government's most powerful tools for creating value, building local industry, and driving integrity. Used poorly, it is the continent's single most exploited channel for corruption.

Without sound public finance, there is no sustainable development. This stream convenes Finance Ministers, central bank governors, and revenue authority leaders to address Africa's most critical fiscal challenges — closing the domestic revenue gap, managing debt, and building budget systems that translate spending into outcomes.

Sustainability is no longer a corporate buzzword — it is a governance imperative. This stream examines how African public institutions are integrating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards into policy, investment, and institutional culture.

The African Continental Free Trade Area is the boldest economic commitment Africa has made to itself in a generation. This stream brings together trade ministers, AfCFTA officials, customs authorities, and export promotion agencies to examine how governments are translating the promise of continental integration into real export growth.

Citizens experience government not through policy documents but through the quality of the services they receive every day — at the hospital, the revenue office, the road, the school. This stream puts the citizen at the centre of the governance conversation.

Africa cannot build its infrastructure on government budgets alone. The continent needs trillions in investment that only the private sector can provide — but on terms that protect the public interest and deliver genuine value for money.

The most transformative thing a government can do for its citizens in 2026 is to make itself work better — faster, more accessible, more transparent, and more responsive. From national ID systems to AI in administration, the question is not whether to transform digitally — it is how.

Education is the infrastructure that outlasts every other investment a government makes. This stream examines how African nations are tackling the twin challenges of access and quality — expanding enrolment, reforming curricula, and deploying technology in service of learning.

Africa is the youngest continent on earth. By 2050, one in four people on the planet will be African and under the age of 25. This stream puts Africa's young people at the centre of the policy conversation — not as a challenge to be managed, but as the architects of the continent's governance story.