Nordic-African Foreign Ministers Business Forum

Programme

Wednesday November 18 Location: TBC

18.00-19.30 Reception hosted by Norwegian-African Business Association (NABA)

Thursday November 19 Location: Gamle Logen, Grev Wedels Plass 2, Oslo

10.00-11.00 Opening of the Nordic-African Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and the NAFM Business Forum 2026

11.00-11.15 Coffee break

11.15-12.15 Thematic discussions and presentations

Roundtable 1: Energy Focus: Which opportunities for increased private investments exist in markets where access is a key challenge.

Roundtable 2: Critical minerals Focus: How to move beyond resource extraction to pioneer collaborative ecosystems focused on value addition, industrialization, technology transfer, and sustainable investment.

Roundtable 3: Digital transformation Focus: How digitalisation can be advanced by strengthening digital skills and innovation capacity, supporting entrepreneurship and local value creation, and ensuring that digital development is underpinned by robust cybersecurity and trusted, secure networks.

12.15-13.30 Lunch

To allow for discussions among participants, the lunch will contain opportunities for informal interaction.

13.30-15.45 Panel discussions

13.30-14.15 Panel I: Job creation

14.15-15.00 Panel II: The role of COP32 in Addis Abeba in advancing the green transition

15.00-15.45 Panel III: Trade and investment

15.45-16.00 Closing remarks

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