Presidents. CEOs. Global investors.
The @africaceoforum is bringing together leaders shaping Africa’s future. If you’re building, investing, or scaling in Africa - this is the space to be in.
📍 Kigali
📅 May 14–15, 2026
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#ACF2026
🇷🇼 Kigali has set the stage.
📆 The Africa CEO Forum 2026 Annual Summit has officially opened its doors, and what unfolded in the room captured everything this gathering stands for. Two thousand leaders, heads of state, ministers, CEOs, investors and institutional partners converged under one roof, turning the Rwandan capital into the continent's economic command centre for the next two days.
✨ A particular gravity ran through the room as suit-clad delegations crossed paths with founders, regulators shook hands with operators, and global capital sat across from African ambition. It is the kind of choreography that no other forum on the continent quite manages to orchestrate, setting the tone for the conversations that will shape African business in the months ahead.
🌍 Behind the cameras and the formal handshakes, something more fundamental is at play, as a generation of African leaders takes ownership of the agenda and frames the questions on its own terms, from megaprojects and pan-African capital to productivity, energy sovereignty and technological ambition. The opening ceremony was less a launch than the convening of a continent ready to write its next chapter.
📍 Kigali, 14-15 May 2026.
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#ACF2026 #AfricaCEOForum
“We do not say ‘Never Again’ because we believe that the ill has been eradicated, nor that the fight is over; we say ‘Never Again’ because we have embraced the reality of a perpetual resistance against the recurrence of the evil that tried to break us, to erase us.” - First Lady Mrs Jeannette Kagame
As we continue #Kwibuka32, Her Excellency reflects on the enduring responsibility of remembrance, the courage of survivors, and the duty of every generation to defend truth.
Read the full op-ed here: https://t.co/8nRJ8y8860
“What Africa wants is simple: To take care of ourselves, and work productively with others. With the fragmentation we are seeing around the world, more isolation is not the solution. It will breed rivalry and division.
Viewing development as a positive-sum game rather than a competition, can bring the predictability and coherence that our global system desperately needs. The question is not whether we can build a perfectly balanced world. It’s whether we can co-exist, even with our differences, and still prosper together.” President Kagame | @WorldPolicyConf #WPC2026
forgive yourself over and over.
as many times as you need,
for however long you require,
forgive yourself over and over
until your mistakes start to feel
like lessons and you start to feel
peace dripping from your pores.
The biggest branding winner in the @ChampionsLeague this year isn’t a club.
It’s @visitrwanda_now.
Atleti. PSG. Arsenal.
All in the semifinals. All wearing the same sponsor.
That’s a masterclass in global brand placement. 🇷🇼
On this 32nd anniversary of the Genocide against the Tutsi in #Rwanda commemorated at the African Union (AU) Headquarters today, the Chairperson of the AU Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, said, “We remember over one million lives lost to hatred, indifference, & inaction. #Kwibuka is not only a moment of mourning, but also a call to truth, responsibility, & vigilance.”
He further added, “Africa affirms: never again will organised hatred be allowed to become a political project. We must confront rising threats;hate speech, division, & polarisation, with unity, courage, & action.”
Rwanda’s remarkable journey of resilience and renewal reminds us that history is not fate; it is shaped by the will of people, he added.
Mr. Youssouf @ymahmoudali concluded by saying, “Remembrance obliges us to act, to prevent, & to defend human dignity everywhere. Africa stands firm for peace, justice, & the protection of all.”
#Kwibuka32
Read @ https://t.co/2qs86j3DD2
PM of Barbados on H.E. President Kagame.
"Since I last saw you, I visited your Memorial, and I must tell you that for me seeing you again, is a very emotional moment because you are a giant among men. And I feel the need to pay tribute to you tonight"
32nd Commemoration of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda (Kwibuka32).
On the 32nd anniversary of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda (#Kwibuka32), the Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security of the African Union (AU) Commission in collaboration with the Embassy of the Republic of Rwanda in Ethiopia and Permanent Mission to the AU, will commemorate the1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, under the theme: “Remember-Unite- Renew”, on 7 April 2026, at the African Union Headquarters, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The annual commemoration aims to continuously awaken greater awareness of the African people and the international community about the value of life and humanity and to renew collective commitment to protect and uphold fundamental human rights. Mostly, the event will provide an opportunity to remember the atrocities brought by the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda; unite together in our fight against genocide, its ideology, hate speech and other crimes against humanity; and to renew our resolve to ensure that Genocide does not happen ever again.
Representatives from the AU Member States, the AU Commission, Members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the AU, AU Organs, Religious Institutions, Human Rights Institutions, Intergovernmental and Civil Society Organizations, UN Agencies, Think Tanks, International Organizations, Academic Institutions in Ethiopia, as well as, representatives of the media will attend the event, which will be marked by a series of activities, such as, the 32nd Commemoration of the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, which will also include Walk to Remember, lighting of the Flame of Remembrance, launch of the AU Human Rights Virtual Memorial: introduction of the component of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tusti in Rwanda and messages of reflection from AU officials and invited guests, among others.
The AU has been commemorating this catastrophic event since 07 April 2010. This year marks the 32nd commemoration of those dark days, an important occasion to remember the lives lost, show solidarity with survivors and unite to ensure it never happens again – in Rwanda or elsewhere in Africa and beyond. It is also a chance to learn about Rwanda’s story of reconciliation, conflict resolution mechanisms, nation building and home grown solutions.
Watch online April 07, 2026 @ 8:30 AM GMT+3
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More Info @ https://t.co/bof4yUljWs
#Kwibuka32 #NeverAgain