Also known as: APN
Africa Prosperity Network — organization advocating for continental free trade, visa-free movement, and mobile money interoperability through annual Africa Prosperity Dialogues.
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… This is because, according to the research desk of the Africa Prosperity Network (APN), these two moves alone can increase intra-African trade to more than 25% within the first five years of implementation. …
Why Financing Government is more rewarding in Africa than financing enterprise and the threat to economic integrationJoy Online
The Africa Prosperity Network (APN) has rescheduled the 2027 edition of the Africa Prosperity Dialogues (APD) to January 13–15, moving the event forward by two weeks. …
Africa Prosperity Dialogues 2027 rescheduled to January 13–15Joy Online
Founder and Executive Chairman of the Africa Prosperity Network, Gabby Otchere-Darko, has urged African leaders to prioritise the removal of visa restrictions among African countries to expand economic opportunities and create more jobs. …
Africa must remove visa restrictions to unlock jobs, opportunities – Gabby Otchere-DarkoJoy Online
Founder and Executive Chairman of the Africa Prosperity Network, Gabby Otchere-Darko, says visa restrictions between African countries are costing businesses valuable opportunities and undermining efforts to create a single African market. …
Visa restrictions costing African businesses opportunities – Gabby Otchere-DarkoJoy Online
The Africa Prosperity Network (APN) has launched the fifth edition of the Africa Prosperity Dialogues (APD), with a renewed call for African countries to move beyond integration commitments and accelerate their implementation. …
Africa Prosperity Dialogues 2027 to push for ‘borderless Africa’ as registration opens September 7The Ghanaian Times
… Trade More.” Founder and Executive Chairman of the Africa Prosperity Network, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, announced the details at a press conference in Accra. …
Fifth Africa Prosperity Dialogues launched in AccraJoy Online
… The author is the Founder and Executive Chairman of the Africa Prosperity Network, organisers of the annual Africa Prosperity Dialogues. …
What South Africa’s June 30 deadline reveals about state authority and African integrationJoy Online
… In a strongly-worded analysis, the Founder and Executive Chairman of the Africa Prosperity Network drew parallels with historical mass expulsions across the continent — including Ghana’s Alien Compliance Order of 1969, Uganda’s expulsion of Asians under Idi Amin in 1972, and Nige …
Gabby Otchere-Darko warns South Africa risks becoming ‘continental outlier’ over anti-migrant crackdownJoy Online
The Africa Prosperity Network (APN) has welcomed the strong focus on digital transformation and artificial intelligence at the Africa Forward Summit, while urging African leaders to move beyond declarations and accelerate implementation across the continent. …
APN calls for urgent mobile money interoperability across AfricaJoy Online
… She has graced stages such as GITEX AFRICA, TOKEN2049 in Singapore, PayFi Summit, Forward Africa Leaders Symposium, Qatar Africa Business Forum (QABF), Forbes Africa (Leading Women’s Summit) and Africa Prosperity Network, and she recently joined the AFRICA FINANCIAL SUMMIT – AFIS …
Gillian Darko: The Quiet Strategy Shaping Africa’s Fintech FutureThe article argues that Africa's economic integration through the Continental Free Trade Area is hindered because financing government projects is more profitable than financing enterprise, and that enabling visa-free travel and cross-border mobile payment systems could boost intra-African trade from 16–17% to over 25% within five years.
13 hours ago · Joy Online →
The article argues that Africa's economic integration through the Continental Free Trade Area is hindered because financing government projects is more profitable than financing enterprise, and that enabling visa-free travel and cross-border mobile payment systems could boost intra-African trade from 16–17% to over 25% within five years.
13 hours ago · Joy Online →
The Africa Prosperity Network has rescheduled the 2027 Africa Prosperity Dialogues to January 13–15, advancing the event by two weeks from its original January 27–29 dates. The move aims to align with the African Union's continental calendar and avoid conflicts with the AU Summit (January 30–31 in Addis Ababa) and Ramadan.
16 October 2026 · Joy Online →
Gabby Otchere-Darko, Founder and Executive Chairman of the Africa Prosperity Network, has called on African leaders to prioritise removing visa restrictions among African countries to expand economic opportunities and create jobs, arguing that Africa's 55 fragmented economies are too small to deliver needed opportunities. He pointed to ECOWAS's experience of relatively free movement among member states as evidence that such concerns can be managed.
14 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Gabby Otchere-Darko, founder of the Africa Prosperity Network, argues that visa restrictions between African countries are costing businesses opportunities and hindering efforts to create a single African market through the AfCFTA, saying visa application delays cause businesspeople to miss time-sensitive meetings and that free movement of people is essential for business mobility.
14 September 2026 · Joy Online →
The Africa Prosperity Network is launching the fifth edition of the Africa Prosperity Dialogues, scheduled for January 27–29, 2027, in Accra under the theme "The Borderless Africa We Want: Move Freely. Pay Seamlessly. Trade More." Registration opens September 7, 2026, as organisers aim to convert African integration policy commitments into practical outcomes, building on previous dialogues' progress including a regional commitment to establish continent-wide mobile money interoperability by 2027.
3 September 2026 · Joy Online →
The Africa Prosperity Dialogues 2027 will take place January 27–29 at the Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City, themed "The Borderless Africa We Want: Move Freely. Pay Seamlessly. Trade More." The venue change from the Accra International Conference Centre—which is undergoing refurbishment—will limit attendance to about 1,000 people, compared to 6,400 at the previous edition.
2 September 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
South Africa's self-imposed June 30 deadline for undocumented foreign nationals differs from past African mass expulsions because citizen movements and social media personalities, rather than the state, are driving the immigration agenda and national conversation.
30 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, Founder and Executive Chairman of the Africa Prosperity Network, has warned that South Africa's June 30 deadline for undocumented foreign nationals represents an extraordinary chapter of governance and risks making the country a continental outlier. He distinguished South Africa's crisis from historical mass expulsions in Ghana (1969), Uganda (1972), and Nigeria (1983), noting that South Africa's crisis is being driven by citizen movements and social media rather than direct state policy.
30 June 2026 · Joy Online →
The Africa Prosperity Network called on African leaders to move beyond digital transformation declarations and accelerate implementation, identifying mobile money interoperability and operationalisation of the AfCFTA Digital Trade Protocol as urgent priorities for the continent's economic integration.
19 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Gillian Darko, VP of Strategy at Yellow Card, was recognized at the Ghana Fintech Awards as a leading voice shaping the future of financial technology in Ghana. Her work involves driving strategic initiatives across markets and helping position digital assets within Africa's financial ecosystem.
9 May 2026 · Joy Online →