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Recap: 5th German-African Business Summit (GABS) 2024

Do you remember? From 2 โ€“ 4 December 2024, the 5th German-African Business Summit (GABS) 2024 brought together more than 1000 leaders from across Africa and Germany to strengthen economic ties and spark new partnerships.

GABS 2024

๐’๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž: 6๐‘กโ„Ž ๐บ๐ด๐ต๐‘† 23 - 25 ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ 2026ย 
๐ด๐‘๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž, ๐บโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘Ž

๐ƒ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ?
From 2 โ€“ 4 December 2024, the 5th German-African Business Summit (GABS) 2024 brought together more than 1000 leaders from across Africa and Germany to strengthen economic ties and spark new partnerships.

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๐Š๐ž๐ฒ ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ:

  • 900+ high-level participants + several hundred participants of side events.
  • 29 sponsors.ย 
  • Representatives from 36 countries, including ambassadors, dignitaries, and heads of key organisations.
  • Presence of H.E. Musalia Mudavadi, Prime Cabinet Secretary of Kenya, and Dr. Robert Habeck, former German Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy.
  • 20 impactful side events.
  • A vibrant German African Business Lounge.ย 
  • StartupLounge in cooperation with German Accelerator, supported by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE)
  • Signing of multiple MoUs to enhance bilateral cooperation
  • Extensive media coverage across Africa and Germany

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๐ŸŽฌ ๐‘Š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘’ German-African Business Summit (GABS) 2024 ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›? ๐‘Š๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ.

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๐Ÿ“๐‹๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ก๐ž๐š๐: The next GABS will take place from ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘โ€“๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” in Accra, Ghana. We're looking to see all of you there! Stay tuned for information on this exceptional event in 2026.

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