More than 4,000 business and political leaders from across Africa and Türkiye will gather in Istanbul on October 16–17, 2025, for the Türkiye-Africa Business and Economic Forum (TABEF).

The event, hosted by Türkiye’s Ministry of Trade and the African Union and organized by the Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEİK), will be attended by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, African Union Chair and Angolan President João Goncalves Lourenço, and ministers of trade, finance and economy from several African countries.

This year’s forum will run under the theme “Leveraging Türkiye-Africa Relations for Mutual Gains”, with a focus on agriculture, renewable energy, logistics, mining, textiles, defense, and digital technologies.

Highlights include business-to-business meetings, panels on food security, aviation, infrastructure financing, and digital trade, as well as a women’s leadership dialogue to be addressed by Türkiye’s First Lady Emine Erdoğan and Angola’s First Lady Ana Afonso Dias Lourenço.

Türkiye’s trade with Africa has surged from USD 5.4 billion in 2003 to USD 32.8 billion in 2024. Officials say the goal is to push trade volume to USD 75 billion in the coming years.

The details of the event were provided in an official press release issued by the Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEİK) on the upcoming Türkiye-Africa Business and Economic Forum (TABEF).