What: Sixth Edition of the Africa Resilience Forum
Who: African Development Bank
When: 1-3 October 2025
Where: NOOM Hotel, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (and via livestream)
The African Development Bank will host the sixth edition of the Africa Resilience Forum (ARF) from 1 to 3 October 2025 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, under the theme:
"Prioritising Prevention: Financing Peace in a Changing Development Cooperation Landscape."
This high-level forum will bring together policymakers and practitioners from across the humanitarian-development-peace nexus, including government officials, private sector leaders, civil society actors, and academic experts.
Participants will explore how to scale up prevention efforts and increase peace-positive investments across Africa.
Key discussion themes will include:
- Private sector engagement
- Youth economic resilience
- Food security
- Climate resilience and financing
- Natural resource management
- Digitalisation and technology
- Regional integration.
The forum will be held in person at the NOOM Hotel and livestreamed to ensure broad access and participation.
Register here to follow the event online: https://bit.ly/ARF2025-Online