Accra to Host 9th Ghana International Trade & Finance Conference 2025 With Spotlight on Africa’s Debt Sustainability

Story: written by Uzuh Rita September 25,2025
Accra, Ghana’s capital, is set to host the 9th Ghana International Trade & Finance Conference (GITFiC 2025) from October 29 to November 2, reaffirming its role as a key hub for Africa’s trade and financial dialogue. The event, organised in partnership with the National Technical Working Committee of the GITFiC Agenda 2031, has grown into one of the continent’s leading platforms for shaping economic policy.

This year’s conference carries particular importance as it will feature the 2nd Global Debt Initiative (GDI). The GDI is designed to address the mounting global debt crisis, which has placed several African economies under severe fiscal strain. Experts say the forum will create a rare opportunity for dialogue between governments, multilateral lenders, private sector leaders, and civil society on strategies to achieve long-term debt sustainability.

In a major innovation, GITFiC 2025 will also introduce the AfCFTA Tertiary Students’ Congress. The youth-driven initiative aims to empower Africa’s next generation of leaders by giving students a platform to engage in trade and finance policy debates. Organisers stress that the congress will help build a pipeline of innovative thinkers aligned with the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).

Guided by the theme: “Spurring GITFiC’s Global Debt Initiative; Consolidating Member States’ Gains for Synergistic Impacts,” the conference will convene an influential line-up of Heads of State, Ministers, Central Bank Governors, economists, academia, and development experts.

Stakeholders expect GITFiC 2025 to go beyond discussions, delivering concrete policy recommendations that could strengthen Africa’s trade resilience, deepen regional integration, and shape the next phase of the continent’s financial architecture.

With the global debt crisis intensifying and African economies searching for sustainable growth models, the Accra gathering is being closely watched by international observers as a potential turning point in Africa’s economic trajectory.