Prime Minister Dr Terrance Drew has announced that St Kitts and Nevis will be hosting the 2026 edition of the AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum (ACTIF). He made this announcement when he was attending the 32nd Annual Meetings of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) in Abuja, Nigeria,
The Prime Minister noted that with the decision to host the historic summit, St Kitts and Nevis is working on improving ties between the Caribbean and the rest of the world.
During the Prime Minister’s visit to Nigeria Abuja prior to this forum, Dr Terrance Drew had discussed his goal to improve relationships between the Caribbean and Africa.
St Kitts and Nevis is championing the cause of deeper understanding and institutional and commercial ties between African and Caribbean. PM Drew believes that the two regions can benefit tremendously from working together as they can help each other in areas of mutual growth.
ACTIF series was launched by Afreximbank in 2022 and in the last two three years, the forum has been a platform for several crucial exchanges discussions regarding the economic prowess of the Caribbean and African regions.
The aim of bringing the ACTIF was to foster better working relationships between the two regions in the world which share similar roots. At the first edition of the forum, which was hosted in Barbados, the Caribbean leaders had reaffirmed the commitment to form better relationships between Africa and the Caribbean.
The 2026 edition of the AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum (ACTIF) will be the fifth staging of this forum. The first was hosted in 2022 in Barbados, the second in Guyana, in 2023, in 2024, the event was hosted in Bahamas and finally this year, 2025 Grenada took the mantle to host the event.
The announcement to host the 2026 edition of the forum is also being seen as an opportunity to further the country’s Sustainable Island State Agenda. The event will be bringing stakeholders in finance and development from both sides of the world.
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