(Posted 06th September 2025)
This year’s flagship event will explore how Africa can adapt to global changes and take the lead in areas like Energy, Digital Transformation, Trade, the Creative Economy, and Sport
WHAT: The Global Africa Business Initiative (GABI) will convene the fourth edition of its annual flagship event, Unstoppable Africa, on September 21–22, 2025, at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York.
Hosted by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Chairperson of the African Union, Unstoppable Africa will take place on the margins of the 80th UN General Assembly. Themed “The BIG Push: Africa Shapes the Markets,” the event will bring together African and global Heads of State, business leaders, and top investors to accelerate the continent’s economic transformation and position Africa as a driving force in shaping the markets of tomorrow.
WHO:
- Sanda Ojiambo, Assistant Secretary General & CEO of the United Nations Global Compact
WHEN: Wednesday, 10 September 2025
TIME: 3pm CAT
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WHERE: Online via Zoom.
DETAILS
Africa has staked its position as the cornerstone of the world’s future. The continent is now positioned to be the most important driver of global business with a $3 trillion market opportunity.
The Global Africa Business Initiative puts the private sector at the center of the discussions and the solutions. GABI is a platform that places Africa in its rightful place in the global economy and positions the continent as the premier destination for business, trade and investment.
The global landscape is shifting rapidly with trade tensions, evolving alliances, and supply chain disruptions redefining the rules of international trade and commerce. For Africa, these changes present not just challenges but also a significant opportunity. Africa must lead, define its path, and shape its markets. That’s why the theme of?Unstoppable Africa?2025 is both timely and imperative:?The BIG Push: Africa Shapes the Markets. ?
Since its launch in 2022, GABI has brought together more than 8,000 participants—including 10 Heads of State, Government Ministers, corporate executives, investors, philanthropists, academics, artists and designers, stars of sports and screen and UN leaders—to focus on Africa’s economic agenda. This year’s flagship event will explore how Africa can adapt to global changes and take the lead in areas like Energy, Digital Transformation, Trade, the Creative Economy, and Sport.
