The fifty-seventh session of the Commission, including the annual meeting of the Conference of Ministers, will be held from 12 to 18 March 2025 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia under the theme “Advancing the implementation of the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area: proposing transformative strategic actions”, also covering the issues of digitalization, technology, food security and energy transformation. 
The session will begin with the Committee of Experts from 12 to 14 March 2025, followed by side events from 15 and 16 March. The ministerial segment will be held on 17 and 18 March 2025 and will include a high-level policy dialogue on the theme of the session, the annual Adebayo Adedeji lecture and round-table discussions on a series of sub-themes.