The 16th World Economic Forum on Africa: Going for Growth was a World Economic Forum economic summit held in Cape Town, South Africa, from May 31 to June 2, 2006. The summit is hosting 650 political and business leaders from 39 countries, focusing particularly on the surge of African commodity prices. It is also to examine issues relating to promoting investment, improving world opinion, hunger, sustainable development, and offer specific initiatives to address these and other economic issues facing part of or the entire continent.