Bring your plan to the ministers and funders who can fund it.
One Call to Governments, signed by the Executive Convenor and sent on 2 November 2026, invites governments to apply for two Showcases-stream programmes. It goes out through the African Union Commission, the regional economic communities (SADC, EAC, ECOWAS, ECCAS and the Arab Maghreb Union), ministries of education, higher education and labour, and African embassies in Pretoria.
AFSI National Showcases
Eight economies plus two reserves present five-year skills, just energy transition or digital workforce plans in the Human Capital Chamber on Day Two from 09:40. Each Showcase is 25 minutes: 15 for the minister, 5 for peer review and 5 for funder signals. Required: a plan covering at least five years, adopted or in final draft; a minister or deputy minister presenting in person; and government already budgeting for part of the plan. Balance sought: ideally two each from Southern, East and West Africa and one each from Central and North Africa, with at least two Francophone and one Lusophone economy. Delegations have at most four people in the room and bring a named follow-up official and a draft commitment.
The 15-minute plan template
| Part | Time |
|---|---|
| The gap | 2 min |
| The plan | 4 min |
| Delivery | 3 min |
| The money | 3 min |
| Results and reporting | 2 min |
| The ask | 1 min |
AFSI National Skills Pathways
Four government-backed skills programmes plus two reserves pitch for co-investment in the Investment Chamber on Day Two (10:50 to 12:10). Investors score each pathway 1 to 5 on a clear and credible funding ask, government co-funding already committed, evidence of outcomes, delivery capacity, and fit with green and digital labour demand. An investor already funding or bidding on a pathway does not score it.
Pitch your programme to investors on Day Two (an 11-minute pitch, then 7 minutes of investor questions). Investors score every pathway. The two ranked highest become Investor-Ranked Pathways and take the ministry seats on the Summit panel on Day Three.
Who can apply
Showcases: governments of AU member states. Pathways: ministries, SETAs and public skills agencies in AU member states with one named programme and government co-funding already committed.
Languages
English.
Costs
Governments pay their own travel. Officials of selected delegations register in the Government & Public Sector category at the group rate.
What selected governments get
- A room of ministers and funders, with peer review and green or amber co-investment signal cards (Showcases)
- A place on the Signals Map and in the Day Three breakfast deal tables
- For the two top-ranked Pathways: the 'AFSI 2027 Investor-Ranked Pathway' designation and a seat on the live-streamed Summit panel on Day Three
- For Investor-Ranked Pathways: the head deal tables at the Leaders' Co-Investment Compact Breakfast, a reserved deal-structuring clinic table, pledges entered first in the Compact, and meetings with at least three investors or DFIs within 60 days
Who selects
Showcases: the Human Capital Chamber co-chairs, APEA and the Multilateral & Development Partner. Pathways: the Investment Chamber chair, APEA and the Multilateral & Development Partner.
From the call to the Summit stage.
- Call to Governments sent
- Expressions of interest and outlines close
- Selection
- Ministers and delegations confirmed
- Briefs and decks due
- Rehearsals
- Pitches and Showcases on Day Two
- Summit panel with the two Investor-Ranked Pathways
Ask for the Call to Governments pack.
The call is sent on 2 November 2026 in English. Ministries, SETAs and public skills agencies can request the pack and the expression-of-interest template here.