HYBRID CONFERENCE
GLF Africa 2025:
Innovate, Restore, Prosper
How can nature power Africa’s present and future?
The event has ended, but you can still register to watch the session recordings.
19 June 2025
Live
from Nairobi,
Kenya
#GLFAfrica
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Africa holds two-thirds of the world’s arable land.
How can it build an economy that keeps this land healthy for future generations?
Africa’s landscapes are facing a triple crisis: land degradation, biodiversity loss and the climate crisis. Nature is declining, land is struggling to support a growing population, policies are stalling, funding is diminishing, and land rights remain in limbo.
And yet, there are multiple opportunities to turn things around. Africa deserves healthy, resilient and prosperous landscapes, communities and economies – and it can achieve all of these by building a vibrant nature economy with the help of its rich natural capital, science and traditional knowledge, paired with good governance, meaningful partnerships, AI and big data.
Join our annual hybrid event to learn how Africa can build a thriving nature economy grounded in natural capital that works for nature and people. Discover new innovations and opportunities in Africa’s nature economy, and get inspired by like-minded people and thought leaders from across the continent and beyond.
MEET SOME OF OUR SPEAKERS
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CEO,CIFOR-ICRAF and Director General, ICRAF
CIFOR-ICRAF -
Director General, CIFOR; Director of Science
CIFOR-ICRAF -
CEO
COP 30 -
Director for Sustainable Supply Chains, agriculture and food systems
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) -
Co-Founder & CEO
FarmWorks -
Co-founder & CEO
Vambo AI -
Executive Director of Sustain Africa
International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) -
Resident Representative, UNDP South Africa, Director of the UNDP Africa Sustainable Finance Hub
UNDP -
Managing Director
Barka Fund -
Director of Africa
CIFOR-ICRAF -
Co-Founder and CEO
Jacob’s Ladder Africa -
2025 Oceans Restoration Steward
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Youth Programme Officer
Global Landscapes Forum -
Zahrah Cassiem
South Africa
CDKN/ SouthSouthNorth -
Senior Advisor of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Ethiopia
GIZ Forests for Future (F4F) project, -
Advisor for Forestry and Biodiversity
GIZ Forests for Future (F4F) project -
Poet and Writer
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Project Manager
Greater Regeneration for Evergreen Environment (GREEN), World Vision Kenya -
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Venture Building Lead
Catalyst Fund
Explore the event themes
Explore high-impact, cost-effective strategies to restore and sustainably manage African landscapes
Defend the land and tree tenure rights of women, youth, local communities and Indigenous Peoples
Discover how the nature economy can underpin climate adaptation across the continent
Learn how to use AI and big data to achieve impact in restoration
Why should you join?
Connect.
Network with top experts, youth, Indigenous and local leaders, businesses, policymakers and financiers. Forge new collaborations to transform and revitalize Africa’s economy to create millions of green jobs.
Exchange knowledge and experiences with thousands of fellow participants from across Africa and the globe. Show the world how Africa can rethink “development” and take charge of its own destiny.
Discover how Africa can overcome its climate, land and development challenges, spearheaded by local communities and a new generation of young stewards.
Play your part in rewriting Africa’s story. Help build a sustainable future for the continent’s landscapes beyond development aid – led by Africans, for Africans.
What others are saying about GLF Africa
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Any questions? Get in touch.
General
Amos Amanubo
a.amanubocifor-icraf[dot]org
MEDIA
Kelly Quintero
K.Quinterocifor-icraf[dot]org