Bandung Africa Conference Schedule 2026

Reimagining Africa’s Future through Unity, Sovereignty and Global Justice
THE WEEK AT A GLANCE

A week in Africa’s diplomatic capital

  • SUN 29 NOV - Arrivals Fly into Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
  • MON 30 NOV - ArrivalsArrive by Monday to settle in before the conference
  • TUE 1 DEC - Optional city bus tour A guided bus tour of Addis Ababa for early arrivals
  • WED 2 DEC - The Conference Hyatt Regency, Meskel Square · 8 am – 5.30 pm
  • THU 3 DEC - Community & heritage Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association · National Museum
  • FRI 4 DEC - Adwa, theatre & Entoto Optional extra: Sunset Dinner at Marcus Addis, 7 – 10.30 pm
  • SAT 5 DEC - Africa Youth Day The Youth Declaration for the African Union · 8 am – 4.45 pm
  • SAT 5 DEC - Ethio-African Fashion ShowMarriott Suites · an exclusive evening with gala dinner · 6 pm – midnight
  • SUN 6 DEC - Departures Safe travels home

GETTING THERE

Fly into Addis Ababa Bole International Airport. The overland route from Kenya is cancelled: please do not travel by road between Kenya and Ethiopia. Youth accommodation from US$20 per person per night at partner hotels.
  • WEDNESDAY 2 Dec

The Conference

Hyatt Regency, Meskel Square · 8.00 am – 5.30 pm

One full day of panels and practical workshops on Pan-African unity, reparations, the African lawyer, climate justice and the creative economy, closing with the conference resolutions.

  • 8.00 am Arrival and registrationWelcomed by the Co-Chairs, with music and dance
  • 9.00 am Opening, prayers and libationDrumming and dance · introduced by Mrs Meseret Seyoum
  • 9.15 am Keynote addresses
  • 9.45 am Pan-African Unity and the New Global OrderBRICS, the AU, South–South cooperation, strategic autonomy
  • 10.45 am Coffee break
  • 11.00 am Decolonisation, Reparations and Historical JusticeReparations, restitution of artefacts, decolonising knowledge
  • 12.00 am The African Lawyer in a Changing Justice LandscapeRule of law, AI and digital evidence, the AfCFTA, young lawyers
  • 1.00 pm Lunch
  • 2.00 pm Climate Justice, Land and Sustainable DevelopmentClimate finance, food and water security, green industrialisation
  • 3.00 pm Coffee break
  • 3.15 pm The Creative Economy: Music, Art and Social MediaAfrica’s economic liberation through its creative industries
  • 4.15 pm Four parallel workshopsBRICS · looted heritage · climate finance · AfCFTA and youth enterprise
  • 5.00 pm Closing: conference resolutions, prayer and libation

YOUR HOSTS AND GUEST SPEAKERS

Judge Peter Herbert O.B.E. and Mrs Yetunde Asika (Co-Chairs) · Mrs Meseret Seyoum (Makuta Law Firm) · Dr Ezekiel Mutua MBS · Mr Ramadhan Abubakar Mukira MBS (President, EALS) · H.E. Amb. Ann Wanjohi · Ms Claudia Webbe · Ms Lavinya Stennett · Mr Kwesi Ochosi · Ms Grace Abena James
  • THURSDAY 3 Dec

Community and Heritage

Addis Ababa · provisional programme
MORNING

Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association

AFTERNOON

National Museum of Ethiopia

  • FRIDAY 4 Dec

Adwa, theatre and Entoto

Addis Ababa · provisional programme
MORNING

Adwa Victory Memorial Museum

Honouring the 1896 victory at Adwa, a symbol of African resistance to colonialism. Its treasures include Ethiopia’s first aeroplane, built on the orders of Emperor Haile Selassie.

AFTERNOON

Beherawi Theatre

Honouring the 1896 victory at Adwa, a symbol of African resistance to colonialism. Its treasures include Ethiopia’s first aeroplane, built on the orders of Emperor Haile Selassie.

LATE AFTERNOON

Entoto Park

Honouring the 1896 victory at Adwa, a symbol of African resistance to colonialism. Its treasures include Ethiopia’s first aeroplane, built on the orders of Emperor Haile Selassie.

OPTIONAL EXTRA 7:00 PM - 10:30 PM

Sunset Dinner at Marcus Addis

Fine dining at the Marcus Addis rooftop restaurant, on the way back from Entoto. US$55 per person including transport · payable by 27 November 2026 · strictly 20 places, first come, first served · booked separately, not included in registration.

SATURDAY 5TH DEC - 8:00 AM - 4:45 PM

Africa Youth Day

“A People-Driven Africa: Unleashing the Potential of Youth for Health, Unity and Prosperity” — adapted from Aspiration 6 of the African Union’s Agenda 2063. Young delegates from Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Uganda and the diaspora draft and adopt the Bandung Africa Youth Declaration for the African Union. Venue in Addis Ababa to be confirmed.

  • 8.00 am Arrival · collect your Pan-African Passport
  • 8.30 am Cultural welcome and opening ceremony
  • 9.20 am Presentation of the 2 December resolutions
  • 9.40 am Keynote: Voice of Ethiopian Youth
  • 10.20 am Panel: Agenda 2063 and the African Youth Agenda
  • 11.20 am UNICEF youth session
  • 11.45 am Drafting the Youth Declaration
  • 12.30 pm Lunch, gallery opening and art session
  • 1.30 pm Panel: Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • 2.30 pm Four workshops · Youth Partners Forum
  • 4.00 pm Adoption of the Declaration · Africa Youth Pledge
WHAT TO EXPECT

1. Youth Declaration

Drafted in four working groups, adopted by acclamation at 4 pm.

2. Reproductive health

A safe-space panel with anonymous questions.

3. UNICEF youth session

Young people at the center of development.

4. Four workshops

Peer education, Girls’ Support Circle, advocacy, Innovation Lab.

5. Art for Change

A Pan-African art exhibition and message wall.

6. Pan-African Passport

Collect stamps around the exhibition and stands.

AN EXCLUSIVE EVENING · SAT 5TH DEC · 6PM - MIDNIGHT

Ethio-African Fashion Show

Where Culture Meets Elegance

Marriott Suites, Addis Ababa. Exclusive designer collections, an international fashion and cultural showcase and a special charity initiative, with a gala dinner, live entertainment and a DJ.

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US$50 (8,000 Birr) · included in every conference ticket. Celebrating African fashion, inspiring a greater purpose: proceeds support the Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association.

REGISTER

Tickets and booking

$125

African Residents (Bandung Africa Members)

$175

African Residents

$225

Diaspora (Bandung Africa Members)

$300

Diaspora Non-African Residents

$50

Ethio-African Fashion Show only (8,000 Birr)

US$175, US$225 and US$300 include the conference, cultural events, Africa Youth Day and the Ethio-African Fashion Show. The Sunset Dinner at Marcus Addis is an optional extra at US$55.

  • registrations@bandungafrica.com · pherb5law@aol.com
  • +44 (0)7973 794946
  • www.bandungafrica.com
PAY VIA PAYBILL

Paybill 996718
Account: Bandung

GETTING THERE

Fly into Bole International Airport. Please do not travel by road between Kenya and Ethiopia. Youth accommodation from US$20 per person per night.

ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES

Arrivals on Sunday 29 and Monday 30 November, with an optional city bus tour on Tuesday 1 December. Departures on Sunday 6 December 2026.