Global cities compete to host AfricArena innovation summits in 2025

Source: Supplied. AfricaArena celebrated 100 years of innovation with @totalenergies_za for the 100 Startupper of the Year Challenge at the AfricArena Cape Town Grand Summit 2024.

These summits form a vital part of AfricArena's mission to unlock opportunities for African startups, showcase innovation ecosystems, and connect global investors with local businesses.

After eight years in business and entering its ninth year in 2025, AfricArena, known for championing innovation, entrepreneurship, and investment across Africa, continues impacting the African tech, innovation and investment ecosystem and showcasing incredible value.

Since its inception in 2017, startups who have pitched their ventures on an AfricArena stage have raised over $880m in investment.

This ecosystem-wide call to action to partner with AfricArena in 2025 is an opportunity for key players in Africa, North America, Europe and Asia to elevate and leverage their brand and unlock investment opportunities by collaborating with AfricArena.

Join the vision

Christophe Viarnaud, AfricArena founder and chief executive officer said, “For the first time, we are opening up the AfricArena stage to interested parties and partners on a public forum across the continent and globally in 2025, inviting all who see the value of what we bring to Africa’s tech, innovation and investment ecosystem an opportunity to be part of something great and make a positive contribution to their city and country’s innovation ecosystem.”

He added, “It takes one to carry a vision, a few to support it and a team of internal and external contributors to launch the vision into new regions and markets for together we go further than when we are alone.”

To send your proposal for hosting an AfricArena Summit in your city and for more information about this opportunity, please apply here.

Entries for proposals close on Friday, 17 January 2025 at midnight South African Standard Time.