REBRANDING AFRICA FORUM
11th edition
Theme: The Challenges of Artificial Intelligence for Africa
Brussels, October 9-12, 2025
Artificial Intelligence is profoundly reshaping global power balances and development dynamics. It has become a key lever for growth, competitiveness, and geopolitical influence. While major world powers are heavily investing in this field, Africa—though still lagging—has the opportunity to carve out its own bold and original path.
Rebranding Africa Forum 2025 aims to bring this crucial issue to the forefront. How can Africa, despite its delay, harness the transformations brought by Artificial Intelligence to accelerate its development?
Can the continent design its own technological trajectory, tailored to its realities, rather than imitate foreign models?
Over four days, experts, policymakers, business leaders, researchers, and civil society actors will gather in Brussels to reflect on the challenges and opportunities that AI brings to the African continent.
The goal is clear: to guide future technological choices and build a bold and inclusive digital vision for Africa.
Provide a comprehensive overview of AI development in Africa and identify concrete pathways toward a sovereign digital strategy.
Explore how AI can address human, educational, and cultural challenges while creating new development opportunities.
Examine how technologies can transform public governance, modernize organizational management, and enhance service efficiency.
Discuss how Africa’s financial sector is being reshaped through service personalization, fraud prevention, and financial inclusion.
Highlight AI’s potential to boost productivity, safety, and sustainability in mining and logistics operations.
RAF 2025 will be a unique platform for dialogue, collaboration, and strategic orientation.
It aligns with Africa’s ambition to become a full player in the fast-evolving digital world.
