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Africa For Change
Championing Africa’s boldest voices and innovators to continue to drive concrete action
After being launched in 2024 and 2025, Africa Day has now grown into a full “Program for Change”, engaging top African leaders and changemakers and bringing together delegations from 10+ countries to foster collaboration and collective action.
+10
DELEGATIONS
+200
PARTICIPANTS DURING PAST AFRICA DAYS
Program and main highlights of the initiative
Through Africa for Change, ChangeNOW aims to amplify the powerful movement of the African continent, connecting visionaries and scaling concrete action across the continent and beyond.
This dedicated space within the ChangeNOW Summit is designed to foster connection, dialogue, and collaboration through a series of formats engaging diverse audiences:
- an opening ceremony
- interactive engagement sessions, knowledge-sharing formats (workshops, meetups, working groups)
- and a closing gathering
The Africa for Change program is open to all those engaged in or collaborating with initiatives across the African continent, and who wish to connect with key stakeholders driving impact.
While some sessions are open to all participants, others are accessible by invitation only.
Africa for Change is the evolution of Africa Day, which took place during the 2024 and 2025 editions. More than 10 delegations participated in these events, and this number is expected to grow in future editions.
2026 edition of Africa for Change
As global challenges intensify, Africa stands at the forefront of innovation, resilience, and system transformation.
Our Africa for Change program launches at ChangeNOW as a bold initiative to champion the continent’s most impactful voices and solutions, those already driving tangible, scalable change across key transition sectors.
This session sets the tone for a collective ambition: positioning Africa not only as a land of opportunity, but as a global leader shaping the future of sustainable transitions. By identifying high-impact changemakers, fostering meaningful connections, and supporting scale-up efforts, the program aims to unlock value across the entire ecosystem, from grassroots innovators to institutional partners.
Meet the visionary voices of past ChangeNow editions
Dr Anino Emuwa
Managing Director Avandis Consulting, 100 Davos Women
Princess Esther Kamatari
Ambassadeur of Burundi
Michael Kakande
Founder & Chairperson Resilient40
H.E Samira Ramadan Bawumia
Former Second Lady of Ghana Chair, AFRIWOCC
H.E Samira Ramadan Bawumia
Former Second Lady of Ghana Chair, AFRIWOCC
Merem Tahar
Special Youth Envoy of the President for the 15th UN Convention to Combat Desertification, Women of the Chadian Diaspora
Our Co-Initiator
This program is co-created and carried by a coalition of key actors and partners working across the continent, leading experts and committed organizations driving Africa’s transition. Among them:
Our partners
Let’s meet and co-create the partnership to reach your goals
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