Luanda to Host Africa’s Largest Infrastructure Financing Summit under AU Chairmanship
The African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) and the African Union Commission (AUC), in collaboration with the Government of the Republic of Angola, have announced that Luanda will host the 3rd Luanda Financing Summit for Africa’s Infrastructure Development from 28–31 October 2025.
The summit forms part of a broader continental effort to unlock investments and strengthen partnerships in support of the African Union’s Agenda 2063, particularly through the Programmed for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA). Delegates will address Africa’s annual infrastructure financing gap, which exceeds $100 billion, and discuss mobilizing the $1.3 trillion required to implement the Continental Power Systems Master Plan (CMP) towards an African Single Electricity Market by 2040.
PIDA alone requires $16 billion annually to deliver transformative, cross-border infrastructure projects that advance Africa’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 prioritized infrastructure financing as a central theme of his continental agenda, stressing that the summit will play a vital role in driving Africa’s sustainable development .
(Source: African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) )
