Global Entrepreneurship Festival (GEF) 2025

The Global Entrepreneurship Festival (GEF), the world’s largest and most transformative entrepreneurship event, is a global platform dedicated to celebrating and catalyzing entrepreneurship across different levels and sectors while advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through innovation, enterprise, creativity, technology, and collaboration. Held annually during Global Entrepreneurship Week, this three-day experiential destination event brings together business leaders, entrepreneurs, innovators, SMEs, creators, investors, founders, C-suite executives, ambassadors, and policymakers from around the world. Featuring 12 impactful events and 10 breakout rooms running concurrently, GEF fosters partnerships, empowers communities, and drives solutions to address critical global challenges, including poverty eradication, gender equality, climate action, economic inclusion, quality education, and sustainable urban development. It is taking place at the luxurious La-Palm Royal Beach Hotel and Resort, Accra, Ghana during the Global Entrepreneurship Week from November 21 to 23, 2025.

GEF 2025 aims to showcase AI-driven innovation, sustainable business practices, and global collaboration. With the theme ""The AI-Powered Entrepreneur: Creating a Sustainable Planet", we will examine how AI is transforming business landscapes, explore ethical AI practices, sustainability, and economic growth, and encourage AI adoption among entrepreneurs, enterprises, and hyperscalers.

The event will host 12 major activities, panel discussions, keynote sessions, networking events, breakout sessions, and exhibitions. The 12 events are; 

The breakout sessions will host side rooms that focus on the following; Artificial Intelligence and Technological Advancement, Sustainable Financing, Inclusive Trade and Economic Growth, Climate Action, Renewable Energy, and Green Economy, Sustainable Agribusiness and Food Security, Smart Cities, Infrastructure, and Green Real Estate, Sports, Entertainment & Media Business, Waste Management and Decarbonization, Aviation, Tourism & Hospitality, Inclusive Healthcare and Bio-Innovation, Intergovernment Relations and Collaborations.

The goals for GEF 2025 are as follows; Empower Entrepreneurs, Foster Global Collaboration, Champion Sustainability, Increase Access to Capital, and Drive Innovation. GEF is addressing the 17 SDG Goals with focus on SDG 1, 9, 13, and 17 with the anticipated impact below;

• 10,000,000 online viewers.
• 10,000+ attendees from 70+ countries.
• 5,000 mid-to-early-stage founders trained by Nexford University with access to mentors, business pitch sessions, funding, and incubation.
• 3,000+ kingdom business leaders, entrepreneurs and influencers.
• 100+ exhibitors, and vendors.
• 100+ investors & funding organizations.
• 60+ speakers & industry experts across industries.
• 25+ government to government partnerships to drive entrepreneurship, digital adoption & transformation, trade, and economic growth.
• 17+ global media coverage from major outlets.
• 12 high-impact events
• 10 + breakout rooms
• $1 billion+ in business deals & investments.
• Policy recommendations for AI-driven entrepreneurial economies.
• Actions taken towards the 17 SDG Goals with focus on SDG 1, 9, 13, and 17.
• A global movement of AI-Powered Entrepreneurs, Creating a Sustainable Planet by building scalable businesses.

Expected Guests are world leaders, global entrepreneurs, heads of industries, governors, investors & funders, diplomats, international speakers, ambassadors, startup founders,  policymakers, innovative SMEs, corporate organizations, private and public institutions.

Special Guests of Honor are H.E. President John Mahama; President of the Republic of Ghana, H.E. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang; Vice-President of the Republic of Ghana, Mrs. Folorunso Alakija; GEF Grand Matron, and Dan Walkovitz; GEF Board Chairman