Africa Prosperity Network

What Africa Prosperity Network does

Africa Prosperity Network (APN) is a Ghana-based non-profit organization founded in 2022/2023 and headquartered in Accra that convenes African heads of state, central bank governors, policymakers, and business executives around the agenda of continental economic integration under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Its core products are the annual Africa Prosperity Dialogues (APDs), a mobile app, and codified policy outputs such as the Peduase Compact (2025) and the 12-point Borderless Compact (2026), all delivered under the "Make Africa Borderless Now!" advocacy campaign. APN does not sell a commercial product; its go-to-market is high-level convening backed by formal partnerships with the African Union, AfCFTA Secretariat, UNDP, AfDB, Afreximbank, and BADEA, and by headline corporate sponsors including MTN, Telecel, and Tetracore. Revenue mechanics are sponsor- and grant-driven, with a multi-year development-finance anchor via Afreximbank's up-to-$5 billion corridor commitment. Operationally, APN runs an 11-50-person secretariat, has scaled the APD delegate base from 3,000+ to 6,530 in a single year, and is building a membership waitlist to extend stakeholder engagement beyond the annual convening cycle.

Name

Africa Prosperity Network

Legal name

Africa Prosperity Network

Website

https://africaprosperitynetwork.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Africa Prosperity Network is a Ghana-based non-profit that convenes African heads of state, policymakers, and executives at the annual Africa Prosperity Dialogues to advance AfCFTA-driven economic integration and produces policy compacts such as the Peduase Compact.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Trade Policy Advocacy and Convening Services

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (813410), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

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Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus & Resilience Programming

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/International Development & Technical Assistance

Keywords

• Trade policy advocacy
• Continental economic integration
• Pan-African convening
• AfCFTA implementation
• Borderless Africa campaign

Headquarters

HQ city

Accra

HQ country

Ghana

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Africa Prosperity Network (APN) is a non-profit convening platform that organizes the Africa Prosperity Dialogues (APD) annual summit and ancillary events to advance the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and the African Union's Agenda 2063. It produces policy outcome documents (Compacts) submitted to AU Summits, runs the Make Africa Borderless Now! advocacy and petition campaign, and facilitates strategic partnerships that result in bankable continental projects. APN also operates awards ceremonies, breakfast meetings, exhibitions, and a mobile app to support its convening mission.

Product overview

Africa Prosperity Network (APN) is a not-for-profit organization that operates a suite of convening platforms and advocacy campaigns rather than a traditional technology product. The core offering is the Africa Prosperity Dialogues (APD) annual summit, complemented by the Africa Prosperity Champions Awards (APCA), Global Africa Forum, Breakfast Meetings series, Projet Afrique Exhibition, Malabo Leadership Breakfast Meeting, and Continental Mobile Money Interoperability Symposium. APN also runs the Make Africa Borderless Now! advocacy campaign with a petition platform and provides a mobile app for event connectivity. These products collectively serve as platforms for practical discussion, consensus building, and strategic partnerships to advance Africa's economic integration under the African Union's Agenda 2063.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Africa Prosperity Dialogues (APD): APN's flagship annual convening platform bringing together African heads of state, business leaders, and policymakers to advance the AfCFTA and continental integration.
• Africa Prosperity Champions Awards (APCA)
• Global Africa Forum
• Make Africa Borderless Now!
• Projet Afrique Exhibition
• Continental Mobile Money Interoperability Symposium

Products and services

• Africa Prosperity Dialogues (APD) APN's flagship annual convening platform bringing together African heads of state, business leaders, policymakers, and development partners to advance economic integration through the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The dialogue series facilitates practical discussion, actionable policies, and bankable projects, and has earned African Union official recognition as a platform for Lighting the Africa Trade Torch.
• Africa Prosperity Champions Awards (APCA) Prestigious annual awards ceremony honoring individuals and organizations for distinguished contributions to Africa's prosperity and integration, culminating the Africa Prosperity Dialogues with a Presidential Gala Dinner.
• Global Africa Forum High-level forum convened on the sidelines of major international gatherings to advance Africa's economic interests and foster connections between African nations and global partners.
• Breakfast Meetings Sector-specific morning sessions covering topics including female entrepreneurship, housing, payments, youth empowerment, public-private partnerships, and venture capital, held in conjunction with major APN events.
• Projet Afrique Exhibition Flagship exhibition showcasing African innovation and creativity across arts, agriculture, technology, engineering, and automotive industries, highlighting the continent's dynamic identity and industrial potential.
• Malabo Leadership Breakfast Meeting High-level meeting organized in collaboration with Invest Equatorial Guinea and the AfCFTA Secretariat, preceding the African Union Mid-Year Coordination Meeting to discuss continental integration priorities.
• Continental Mobile Money Interoperability Symposium Symposium focused on advancing interoperability in Africa's mobile money systems to facilitate cross-border transactions and support the AfCFTA's digital trade objectives.
• Make Africa Borderless Now! Campaign People-powered movement and petition campaign aiming to secure 10 million signatures advocating for Africans to move, trade, and thrive freely within the continent, advancing the vision of a borderless Africa.
• APN Mobile App Mobile application available on Android and iOS providing event information, updates, and connectivity for Africa Prosperity Dialogues participants and APN initiatives.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered regional, core and minor.

• Invest Equatorial GuinearegionalStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 July 2025Co-organizer of the Malabo Leaders' Breakfast Meeting with APN and AfCFTA Secretariat, bringing together Heads of State and AU Commissioners ahead of the 7th AU Mid-Year Coordination Meeting.
• BADEA (Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2025BADEA signed a collaboration agreement with the AfCFTA Secretariat at APD 2025. BADEA's US$50 billion Investment Fund was featured at the Presidential Roundtable during the Dialogues.
• African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) SecretariatcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAPN works in close collaboration with the AfCFTA Secretariat as its primary implementation partner. APN organizes the Africa Prosperity Dialogues in collaboration with the AfCFTA Secretariat, producing outcome documents (Compacts) that are submitted to African Union Summits. The APD has become a leading platform championing AfCFTA's objective of achieving AU's Agenda 2063.
• African Union CommissioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAPN gained recognition at the Ordinary Session of Heads of State of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with consecutive adoption of the Africa Prosperity Dialogues Compact document. The APD has earned the AU's official recognition as a platform for Lighting the Africa Trade Torch.
• Afreximbank (African Export-Import Bank)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAfreximbank has partnered with APN and earmarked $5 billion for corridor projects meeting specific integration criteria, with disbursements beginning Q3 2025. The bank participates in APN's infrastructure funding webinars and dialogues.
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUNDP jointly put together the Peduase Compact 2024 with APN, AfCFTA, and ECA, contributing to the outcome document adopted at the AU Summit.
• UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerECA jointly put together the Peduase Compact 2024 with APN, AfCFTA, and UNDP, contributing to policy frameworks for Africa's single market.
• AUDA-NEPAD (African Union Development Agency)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAUDA-NEPAD Director Amine Idriss Adoum contributes opinion editorials to APN platforms and participates in dialogues on financing Africa's infrastructure and market integration.
• Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS)regionalTechnology or IntegrationPAPSS participated in APD 2025 Breakfast Meetings, discussing accelerating AfCFTA implementation through payment systems and enhanced cross-border trade in Africa.
• Shelter Afrique Development BankregionalStrategic or Co-development PartnerParticipated in APD 2025 Breakfast Meetings focusing on unlocking finance for housing and urban development as part of Africa's infrastructure needs.
• Africa Law Practice International (ALPi)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAfrica Law Practice International led a breakfast session on International Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) powering trade for AfCFTA rollout.
• MTN GroupminorGTM or Marketing PartnerHeadline sponsor of APD 2025, supporting the annual Africa Prosperity Dialogues event.
• Telecel GroupminorGTM or Marketing PartnerLead sponsor for the Africa Prosperity Champions Awards (APCA) 2025, supporting APN's recognition of distinguished Africans across various sectors.
• Tetracore Energy GroupminorGTM or Marketing PartnerHeadline sponsor of APD 2025, supporting Africa's economic integration dialogue platform.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Afropreneurs: Pan-African platform supporting African entrepreneurs and SMEs with networking, mentorship, and market-access support. Comparable to APN's emerging SME/Women/Youth focus under APD 2026, with a narrower but operationally similar convening model.
• Brookings Africa Growth Initiative: Think-tank policy program producing research and convenings on African economic integration and trade. Comparable as a thought-leadership platform targeting policymakers on AfCFTA-related themes, though with a research rather than convening orientation.

Direct peers

• Tony Elumelu Foundation: Pan-African philanthropy and entrepreneurship platform convening business leaders, policymakers, and entrepreneurs across Africa. Highly comparable to APN in mission (African economic empowerment), target audience (African heads of state, CEOs, entrepreneurs), and convening-driven impact model.
• Mo Ibrahim Foundation: Foundation focused on African governance and economic development, producing influential indices and convening African leaders. Comparable to APN as a privately-led continental policy convening platform producing outcome documents and engaging heads of state.
• African Leadership Network (ALN): Membership-based network convening African business leaders and entrepreneurs to drive intra-African trade and investment. Directly comparable to APN in convening model, target audience, and focus on AfCFTA-era opportunity capture.

Broad incumbents

• African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank): Continental financial institution and APN core partner earmarking $5B for corridor projects arising from APD. Comparable as a continental convening and capital-deployment institution, though operating as a bank rather than an advocacy non-profit.
• AfCFTA Secretariat: Official secretariat implementing the African Continental Free Trade Area — APN's primary institutional partner and the statutory counterpart for the policy compacts APN produces. Directly comparable mission, with broader statutory authority and budget.
• ONE Campaign: Global advocacy and campaigning organization running large-scale petition and policy campaigns targeting African development and poverty. Comparable to APN's 'Make Africa Borderless Now!' advocacy approach and continental civic mobilization, though operating at much larger scale.
• Open Society Foundations – Africa: Major philanthropic funder of African civil society, governance, and economic inclusion initiatives. Comparable as a privately-funded institution shaping continental development agendas, though operating at vastly larger scale and broader thematic remit.
• AUDA-NEPAD (African Union Development Agency): African Union's continental development agency implementing Agenda 2063 priority projects. A core APN partner; comparable as the institutional layer above APN's convening role, with overlapping focus on infrastructure financing and integration.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/APN_Secretariat
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@apn_secretariat
• Facebookfacebook.com/AfricaProsperityDialogues
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/africaprosperitynetwork
• Instagraminstagram.com/africaprosperitynetwork
• TikToktiktok.com/@africaprosperitynetwork

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Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

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