The summit discussions will revolve around the following thematic areas:

Energy transition and green industrialization. The topic will be addressed in a plenary session bringing together the Heads of State and Government as well as leading CEOs from Africa and France. The discussion will be structured around 3 themes: (i) facilitating trade and investment; (ii) promoting bankable projects through private finance and energy transition catalysts; (iii) strengthening skills and talent
development.

Reform of the international financial architecture to better mobilize private capital (local and international) for the development of the African continent. Particular focus will be on solutions to improve Africa’s access to sustainable financing,risk reduction mechanisms and fair representation of African countries in the international financial architecture.

Unlocking the potential of the blue economy. This roundtable will be organized around three axes: (i) the identification of strategic priorities in terms of maritime governance and environmental security, (ii) the creation of blue jobs and (iii) the decarbonisation of maritime transport.

Developing sustainable and value-added agriculture. The discussions of this roundtable will focus on: (i) supporting production and agroecological intensification in Africa through sustainable investments in African agricultural value chains; (ii) the structuring of value chains (for example, the dairy sector) and developing balanced commercial partnerships; and (iii) cooperation on nutrition, school feeding programmes, and food security.

Harnessing the potential of artificial intelligence and digital technologies to foster sustainable economic growth. The roundtable will focus on harnessing the potential of AI and digital technologies for growth by addressing (i) investment in digital infrastructure, (ii) building partnerships for open AI, (iii) growth of start-ups and talent training, and (iv) financing AI and the high-tech sector as growth drivers.

Building resilient national health systems and developing local and regional production capacities for health products to strengthen the continent’s health sovereignty. This round table will aim to (i) promote a health cooperation model based on partnership and co-construction; (ii) strengthen local production chains for vaccines and medicines; (iii) develop the continent's human and technical capacity in health.

Questions of peace and security.- plenary session

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