Africa Week 2025 Report

Africa Week is the University of Pretoria’s biennial science leadership summit, hosted by Future Africa. The 2025 edition was convened in partnership with the National Research Foundation (NRF) and the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI). Held from 25 to 30 May 2025, the summit brought together more than 300 African and global leaders in science, policy, business, and civil society for high-level dialogue under the theme Global Security, Global Africa.

The main Africa Week 2025 summit, hosted from 25  – 27 May, explored global security through a distinctly African lens, focusing on six interconnected domains: climate, food, health, knowledge, economic, and socio-political security. Discussions explored the continent’s position in a rapidly changing world and addressed four guiding questions: Where are we at? What is at stake? What will it take? What about Africa?

The summit broadened the definition of security beyond its traditional militarised framing, highlighting the systemic threats posed by climate change, pandemics, digital disruption, economic shocks, and instability in governance.

The Africa Week 2025 report captures the insights, recommendations, and evidence-based contributions generated during the main Africa Week 2025 summit.

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