AKEDA · AFRICA + KOREA

Where Korea’s Growth Story Meets Africa’s Future

AKEDA, the Africa-Korea Economic Development Association, connects Korea’s industrial expertise with Africa’s development priorities. We bring together public institutions, industry, and knowledge partners to support cooperation led by African priorities.

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Participants at the 2026 International Climate Forum, Seoul, 9 September 2026.

From national priorities to development programs

AKEDA brings African leadership and Korean capability together around shared development goals. Our role spans policy cooperation, investment facilitation, infrastructure, technology transfer, and the knowledge needed to sustain local capacity.

Convert national development priorities into executable, capital-ready programs.
Bridge Korean industrial expertise with African sovereign leadership.
Anchor collaboration in the five pillars: people, knowledge, capital, nature, and multilateralism.

Five pillars of sustainable development

Economic development depends on people and institutions as well as finance. AKEDA brings five priorities into every discussion:

People: Skills, opportunity, and the human capacity that sustains institutions.
Knowledge: Technical exchange, applied research, and institutional learning.
Capital: Financing aligned with local priorities and long-term development.
Nature: Environmental stewardship, resilience, and responsible resource use.
Multilateralism: Cooperation across countries and institutions that respects national priorities.

Current implementation focus

A regional mission with focused implementation

AKEDA’s current economic capacity-building work focuses on DR Congo, Mozambique and Angola. Explore our implementation priorities in energy resilience, health supply chains, logistics, transportation and geographic information systems (GIS).

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