AfCFTA Chief Mene To Headline PMI Global Summit
The Project Management Institute (PMI) is hosting a global summit in Cape Town featuring AfCFTA Secretary-General Wamkele Mene. The event focuses on integrating African markets and improving project delivery capabilities across energy, digital trade, and infrastructure sectors.
Why it matters
Strengthening project management and trade integration is vital for the economic development and connectivity of the African continent.
Africa’s trade integration agenda takes center stage this September as Mr. Wamkele Mene, Secretary-General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, headlines the PMI Global Summit Series Cape Town from 14–15 September 2026 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC).
Hosted by Project Management Institute (PMI) Sub-Saharan Africa, the Summit will bring together government, development finance, energy, tech and infrastructure leaders under one urgent mandate: Africa Delivers M.O.R.E. Together.
Mene’s keynote gives weight to the theme. As the architect of the world’s largest free trade area, his work embodies the very idea of African nations delivering together.
Get smarter about the news
Sign up free for a feed built around what you actually care about, Dive Deeper research on any story, and the full text of every article.
Create free accountAlready have an account? Sign in