AKEDA; Africa-Korea Economic Development Association is founded to lay the groundwork for mutual growth between Africa and Korea through efficiently supporting the African countries’ national economy and social development combination with accumulated Korean technology, manpower and experience.

Africa has a various industrial advantages such as manpower with competitive wages, natural resources that can be developed, a vast market of 1 billion consumers. AKEDA has purpose to support the efficient ways to realistic economic development.

Over the past 60 years, started from the poorest country in the world, Korea has accumulated various assets. When Africa meets these assets, it can make a new bilateral growth momentum.

AKEDA recognize Africa a new axis of world growth, and cooperate to harness the asset and experience for African countries’ economic development. We ask that all member countries, member companies and related agencies pay keen attention to cooperate to ensure that AKEDA can achieve the desired goal.