Climate and disaster risk
Identify vulnerable communities, assets and infrastructure before crises occur.
Location is the missing layer in too many strategic decisions.
Across public policy and private investment, the quality of a decision increasingly depends on understanding where people, assets, risks and opportunities meet.
Ghana and the wider African region are entering a decisive phase of digital transformation. Governments, businesses and development institutions need faster, better and more transparent decisions amid rapid urbanisation, climate risk, food security pressures, infrastructure gaps and growing demand for investment-ready data.
Spatial intelligence combines geospatial data, Earth observation, location-based analytics, digital maps, artificial intelligence and cloud-enabled data systems to move institutions from reactive planning to evidence-based leadership.
The leadership questionHow can Ghana and African institutions use spatial intelligence to improve decisions, reduce risk, unlock investment and accelerate sustainable development?
Strategic objectives
Five priorities for the room.
Elevate spatial intelligence as a leadership priority for policy, strategy, investment and institutional performance.
Demonstrate practical value across agriculture, mining, finance, insurance, infrastructure, logistics, climate resilience, cities and environmental governance.
Create trusted dialogue between government leaders, CEOs, investors, development partners and technology providers.
Identify pilot projects, partnerships, executive training, data platforms and investment-ready solutions.
Build a recurring platform that begins in Ghana and expands across West Africa and the continent.
Why now
A decision grid for the pressures leaders face now.
Spatial intelligence turns questions about people, assets, risks, markets and resources into evidence leaders can act on.
Leadership challengeWhat spatial intelligence changes
Urban growth and infrastructure gaps
Plan roads, utilities, housing, transport and public services with better evidence.
Agriculture and food security
Improve crop monitoring, land use, irrigation decisions and market access.
Mining and environmental governance
Monitor land degradation, compliance, rehabilitation and responsible resource use.
Finance, insurance and investment
Strengthen risk assessment, asset valuation, climate finance and portfolio planning.
Trade and logistics
Map corridors, bottlenecks, markets and infrastructure needs for regional trade.
Featured Speakers
Featured Speakers
Leaders shaping the conversation around geospatial intelligence and Africa’s development.
Featured leaders
Speakers to be announced.
The AGLF programme will be confirmed in the coming weeks. Named leaders who join the conversation will appear here as they are announced.
Programme
To be confirmed
The AGLF 2026 programme will be published here as sessions are confirmed by the Secretariat.
From conversation to a credible pipeline of action.
The forum is designed to help leaders understand, finance and deploy spatial intelligence for practical development and business outcomes.
Stronger leadership understanding of spatial intelligence for governance, business and investment.
A proposed statement or communique on spatial intelligence for development and decision-making.
A pipeline of priority use cases and pilot opportunities for Ghanaian institutions and businesses.
New partnership discussions across government, business, investors and development partners.
A foundation for an annual forum expanding from Ghana to West Africa and the wider continent.
Six fields of practical leadership.
The forum is built around real institutional decisions, not geospatial technology for its own sake.
National development
Planning, budgeting, service delivery and public accountability.
Climate resilience
Floods, droughts, coastal risk, environmental stress and infrastructure exposure.
Land and natural resources
Transparent land administration, responsible mining and environmental compliance.
Agriculture and food security
Productivity, market links, crop monitoring and rural investment.
Finance and investment intelligence
Credit risk, insurance design, asset mapping and climate finance.
Cities, infrastructure and logistics
Utilities, mobility, trade corridors, telecommunications and AfCFTA-linked logistics.
Ghana as the launchpad for a continental leadership platform.
Host and convening institution
BigData Ghana
Bringing experience in data solutions, geospatial applications, analytics and cloud-enabled digital transformation to the forum.
Strategic partner
Agbedus Consult
Supporting stakeholder engagement, partnerships, programme development, communication, protocol and event delivery.
The room
A deliberately curated mix of public, private and institutional leadership.
Government and agency leadersMayors and city leadersCEOs and board executivesInvestors and financial institutionsDevelopment partnersInsurance, mining and agricultureTelecom and utility operatorsTechnology leadersUniversities and research institutions
Practical information
Practical information for participants.
The forum takes place in Accra, Ghana. Confirmed venue details and travel guidance for participants will be published here.
Venue
Venue details to be confirmed
City: Accra, Ghana. Date: 11 November 2026. The confirmed venue, address and access details will be announced here and shared with confirmed participants.
Travel
Travel information coming soon
Guidance on arriving in Accra, transfers, visas and recommended accommodation will be published here closer to the forum.
Accommodation
Accommodation to be confirmed
Recommended hotels and accommodation guidance will be shared here closer to the forum.
What to know.
The forum will take place on 11 November 2026 in Accra, Ghana. Final venue details will be shared with confirmed participants.
Participation is curated for 80-150 senior decision-makers across government, business, finance, development institutions, technology, academia and selected media.
No. It is a leadership platform focused on practical development, investment and institutional decisions, using sector cases and demonstrations without heavy technical presentations.
The forum is invitation-only. Submit an invitation request and the organising team will review it as part of the curated participant process.
Media & press
Press information.
Media accreditation, press materials and coverage will be shared here. Members of the press are invited to apply for accreditation closer to the forum.
For the media
Media accreditation to be confirmed
Accreditation details, press releases and background materials will be published here ahead of the forum.
Press contact
Media contact to be confirmed
Dedicated press contacts will be announced here. General enquiries may be directed to our press mailbox. info@aglf2026.org
After the forum
The forum, captured.
Following AGLF 2026, the forum's report, outcomes, key discussions, photographs and selected recordings will be published here as they become available.
Post-event report
To be published after the forum.
Key discussions
Highlights and themes from the session.
Outcomes
Agreed priorities, commitments and next steps.
Gallery
Photographs from the forum.
Selected recordings
Available recordings, where quality permits.
Contact the team
11 November 2026 Accra, Ghana
Put spatial intelligence in the room where decisions are made.
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