Established Since 2024
African Development Summit
ACD’s established summit platform for Africa-led development, diaspora partnership, leadership visibility, project support, and institutional collaboration.
African Coalitionfor Development
Event Detail
ACD event platforms for summit leadership and monthly Pan-African action.
This page highlights two major ACD event pathways: the established African Development Summit and the monthly Africa Forward forum for ideas, investment, projects, and impact.
African Development Summit
Africa Forward Monthly
Hybrid Engagement
Project Visibility
One event page. Two strategic platforms.
ACD uses events to bring together leaders, partners, investors, donors, professionals, and the diaspora around serious Africa-led development.
Event Strategy
ACD events are built to move people from conversation into connection, commitment, and action.
The African Development Summit and Africa Forward Monthly serve different but connected purposes. The summit creates a major convening platform for leadership, visibility, partners, and development priorities. Africa Forward Monthly creates a consistent monthly rhythm for ideas, projects, investment, and action-focused Pan-African engagement.
Together, they give ACD both scale and continuity: major summit moments that elevate the mission and monthly forums that keep momentum alive throughout the year.
Choose an Event Platform
Two ACD event pathways. One Africa-led development mission.
Explore the major summit platform or the monthly forum designed for consistent Pan-African engagement.
Monthly Hybrid Forum
Africa Forward Monthly
A Pan-African Ideas, Investment & Impact Forum bringing together Africans and the diaspora every third Saturday for practical solutions and measurable action.
African Development Summit
An established ACD summit platform since 2024.
The African Development Summit brings together leaders, institutions, entrepreneurs, donors, advocates, media voices, and diaspora partners committed to building Africa from the inside out.
Built for serious development leadership.
The summit creates a major platform for public leaders, private sector partners, philanthropists, founders, nonprofit leaders, media voices, and diaspora professionals to gather around Africa’s development priorities.
It is not a one-time concept or ceremonial event. It is a working platform that continues to elevate projects, mobilize sponsorship, strengthen partnerships, recognize leaders, and create follow-up pathways for measurable impact.
FocusDevelopment priorities, projects, leadership, partnership
AudienceGovernment, institutions, donors, diaspora, founders
EngagementAttend, speak, sponsor, partner, support a project
PlatformSummit-level convening and visibility
Africa Forward Monthly
A Pan-African Ideas, Investment & Impact Forum.
A monthly hybrid gathering that connects leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, institutions, professionals, and changemakers across Africa and the global diaspora.
Designed for monthly momentum.
Africa Forward Monthly creates a dependable rhythm for African development dialogue while giving ACD space to feature leaders, projects, innovations, and institutions across the continent and diaspora.
Each edition should produce something tangible: a partnership, introduction, project spotlight, recommendation, sponsorship opportunity, action summary, or follow-up commitment.
ScheduleEvery third Saturday of the month
Time11:00 AM–1:00 PM Eastern Time
FormatIn-person in NYC plus livestream
AccessFree virtual, paid in-person and VIP options
Who Should Engage
Both platforms are built for people who can contribute to Africa’s future.
ACD events should attract people who can think, fund, advise, build, lead, connect, and amplify the mission.
Leaders & Institutions
Government representatives, diplomats, universities, nonprofits, corporations, churches, associations, and civic organizations.
Entrepreneurs & Investors
Founders, funders, operators, corporate leaders, innovators, and diaspora investors interested in African opportunity.
Media & Cultural Voices
Journalists, artists, creators, storytellers, and thought leaders shaping the African narrative.
Students & Emerging Leaders
Youth leaders, academics, policy professionals, volunteers, and young professionals ready to engage.
Program Flow
Use the right structure for the right event.
The summit and monthly forum can share the same mission while using different event formats.
Summit
Mission, keynote, panels, project presentation
The African Development Summit should feel high-level, institutional, strategic, and partner-ready.
Monthly Forum
Briefing, leadership conversation, solutions panel
Africa Forward Monthly should feel consistent, practical, interactive, and action-focused.
Both Events
Project spotlight and commitment to action
Each event should move attendees toward sponsorship, partnership, volunteering, media engagement, or support.
ACD Events
Choose the platform that matches your interest and your role.
Join the African Development Summit, attend Africa Forward Monthly, or connect with ACD about sponsorship, speaking, partnership, and project support.