UKATE 2025: Where the Talk Becomes the Action!

The UK Africa Trade Expo 2025 is set to be the biggest UK-Africa investment gateway yet, bringing together industry leaders, investors, policymakers, and innovators for a transformative day of action, collaboration, and opportunity.

📅 Date: Friday, 24th October 2025
🕘 Time: 09:00 – 20:00
📍 Venue: Kensington & Chelsea Conference Centre, London
🎯 Theme: Where the Talk Becomes the Action!

This year’s Expo will spotlight five transformational industries shaping the future of trade and investment between the UK and Africa:

• 🌾 Agriculture – powering food security and sustainability
• 🤖 Artificial Intelligence (AI) – driving smart solutions for emerging markets
• 💳 Fintech – revolutionising financial inclusion across borders
• ⚡ Green Energy – advancing the clean energy transition
• 🚀 Space Investment – unlocking new frontiers of innovation

Attendees can also look forward to high-level keynote speeches, business showcases, partnership signings, and countless opportunities to forge global connections that could shape the next decade of UK–Africa collaboration.

Whether you’re an entrepreneur seeking capital, an investor looking for high-growth opportunities, or a policymaker shaping the future of international trade, this is the event you can’t afford to miss.

For more on what to expect, watch this video from UKATE Founder Prince Kamari Ademiluyi here.

👉 Secure your ticket, exhibition space, or pitch slot here.

UK Africa Trade Expo (UKATE)

24 October 2025

09:00 – 20:00

Kensington & Chelsea Centre, London, W8 7NX

About The UK Africa Trade Expo (UKATE)

UKAfrica Trade Expo (UKATE) is a premier platform designed to foster International Trade, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Global Funding for Developing Countries and Technological Innovation (AI, FinTech, Agri-Tech, Tokenisation & Digitalisation) between the United Kingdom and Africa.

As a key event on the global business calendar, UKATE brings together government officials, innovators, entrepreneurs, investors and industry leaders to explore trade opportunities, forge strategic partnerships and address global economic challenges.

About Prince Kamari Ademiluyi

Prince Kamari Ademiluyi is a visionary entrepreneur, cultural ambassador, and advocate for sustainable economic development between the United Kingdom and Africa. He is the founder of the UK Africa Trade Expo (UKATE), a premier platform launched in 2023 at the prestigious Institute of Directors (IOD), 116 Pall Mall, to foster investment, innovation, and strategic partnerships between Africa and the UK. The second edition of UKATE was held in 2024 at the renowned Kensington and Chelsea Town Hall, further cementing its place as a landmark event in the international trade and diplomacy calendar.

Rooted in royal Yoruba heritage, Prince Kamari is the great-great-grandson of the revered Ooni Ajagun Ademiluyi, the King of the Ile-Ife Kingdom, Osun State, Nigeria, who reigned from 1910 to 1930. This legacy of leadership continues to inspire his mission to uplift African communities through enterprise and international collaboration.

His work spans key sectors including investment matchmaking, agricultural transformation, and emerging industries such as AI and Space development, exploration and investment in Africa. Through UKATE, Prince Kamari champions a new era of Afrocentric progress, highlighting Africa’s talent, resources, and strategic potential on the global stage. With a vast network across diplomatic, corporate, and community spheres, he is known for his ability to build bridges, spark meaningful conversations, and generate tangible impact.

His legacy is simple but powerful: Advancing Humanity in Africa… Together!