New alamein: The Egyptian new coastal capital, New Alamein, set to become a major fourth-generation smart megacity, will host the inaugural Alamein Africa Forum from October 2 to 4, 2026. This event, designed to be the continent's premier gathering where political power meets entrepreneurial prowess, aims to bridge established engines of African growth with the new sectors defining its future.
According to Ghana Web, the highly anticipated forum is expected to welcome more than 20 African Heads of State and Government representatives, along with senior leaders from leading international and regional financial institutions. Key actors driving transformative change across Africa's most critical sectors and emerging industries reshaping the continent's economic identity will also attend.
Co-organized by the Government of Egypt, African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), and the New Partnership for Africa's Development (AUDA-NEPAD), the forum aims to unite Africa's most influential decision-makers in an unprecedented alliance of public and private sector leadership. It is designed to advance strategic partnerships and unlock investment opportunities across Africa and key global markets, driving development initiatives in infrastructure, trade, critical minerals, digital innovation, and health markets.
The Alamein Africa Forum will feature high-level plenary sessions, sector-focused panels, and closed-door roundtables, with a focus on infrastructure, energy, digital transformation, manufacturing, and intra-African trade. There will also be dedicated sessions highlighting Egypt's role as a regional hub and gateway to African markets. Structured business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-Government (B2G) meetings will facilitate concrete dealmaking and long-term partnerships.
Established as a permanent African Business Forum to convene biennially in Egypt, the Alamein Africa Forum will run parallel to the 2026 African Union Mid-Year Coordination Meeting and the 33rd Annual Meetings of Afreximbank. It aims to serve as a launchpad for partnerships, policies, and projects that will translate and update the African Union's 50-year strategic master plan, Agenda 2063's vision, into concrete economic reality, defining Africa's economic trajectory for the next decade.
In an era of shifting alliances and rising volatility, Africa cannot afford to be a bystander in decisions that shape its economic future. The continent's ability to set its own agenda is more urgent than ever, and the Alamein Africa Forum is the platform to shape reforms that lower risk and unlock capital. It will place the private-sector agenda at the heart of African Union decision-making, forge cross-border partnerships to strengthen Africa's resilience to external volatility, and turn forum commitments into real-world implementation.