Global Africa Summit Charlotte 2026

U.S. Africa Trade Desk will be participating as panelists at the Global Africa Summit Charlotte 2026 (GAS Charlotte), taking place September 8–10, 2026 at the Westin Charlotte in Charlotte, North Carolina. The summit, hosted by the Africa Investment Network in partnership with Intentional Asset Management, Black Wall Street Charlotte, and the GABA Center, will convene more than 300 investors, policymakers, business leaders, and entrepreneurs from across Africa, North America, the Caribbean, and global markets.

In addition to strategic meetings with North Carolina state officials and farmers, USATD will bring two voices to the summit’s stage. Director of Government Affairs Jeremy Faber will join the panel “Scaling the Carolinas: Enterprise, Global Markets and the Africa Advantage.” VP of Transformative Apparel Clinton White will join “Money Without Borders: Building Wealth Across the Diaspora Divide.” Panel schedules will be confirmed closer to the event.

This year’s theme, “Beyond Partnerships: Trade, Investment & Private Capital as Tools of Global Resilience,” centers on producing measurable outcomes — new trade corridors, capital commitments, and enterprise partnerships between Africa and the world, closely aligned with USATD’s own work building vertically integrated trade corridors across apparel, agriculture, and trade finance.

Programming across the three-day summit spans sector panels in agribusiness, technology, finance, infrastructure, and more, along with B2B/B2G matchmaking and a live Deal Room.