Washington – The 17th U.S.-Africa Summit, scheduled for June 2025 in Luanda, is expected to be attended by about 3,000 people, including businessmen and government officials, according to Angola's ambassador to the United States of America, Agostinho Van-Dúnem.
Speaking to the press on Sunday, the diplomat considered the event an opportunity to strengthen business relations between the Angolan public and private sectors with US and African businessmen.
Agostinho Van-Dúnem, who was speaking on the sidelines of the meetings of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said that the holding of the summit in Angola is the result of the diplomatic work that the Angolan government has done in recent years, aimed at attracting investors.
The participants will reflect, essentially, on issues related to infrastructure, agriculture, electricity, health, among other cross-cutting issues that afflict African countries, he said.
According to the ambassador, the meeting will also serve for Angola to present its potential and business opportunities to African and North American investors, with emphasis on the Lobito Corridor, which he considers to be one of the country's potential to develop national socio-economic activity and the African continent.
He said that diplomatic work has been done with a focus on strengthening and diversifying the business relationship, through the mobilization of US businessmen to invest in other sectors, such as tourism, agriculture and energy, in addition to the oil industry.
He assured that, internally, the preparation of the summit has already begun, providing as much information as possible to US businessmen.
Prior to the summit, he explained, Angolan diplomacy will organize promotional forums in some African countries, with a view to strengthening the mobilization of investors for the 2025 forum.
The holding of this summit was recently announced by Angola, a fact that aroused the interest of American businessmen who participated in the meetings of the WB and IMF.
Some investors heard by the Angolan press said that the event will serve to learn more about the reality of the national market and establish new business partnerships.
The holding of the summit in the country is the result of the Memorandum of Understanding signed on 6 September in Washington by Ambassador Agostinho Van-Dúnem and the president of the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA), Florizelle Liser, following the meeting between the President of the Republic of Angola, João Lourenço, and the president of the CCA, in May this year. in Dallas (Texas), United States of America.
The summit will take place in the year in which Angola celebrates the 50th anniversary of its National Independence, and is recognized as one of the most important business platforms that annually brings together African Heads of State, ministers and senior officials of the US administration, heads of main agencies, managers and senior executives of companies.
The event is promoted by the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA), a business association focused exclusively on connecting business interests between the United States and the African continent, in partnership with the Government of Angola.
The last edition of the US-Africa Summit took place from 6 to 9 May this year, in the city of Dallas (USA), under the motto 'USA - Business in Africa: Partnerships for sustainable success'. QCB/VC/DOJ
