The 2013 Budapest Africa Forum is organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of National Economy, the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, the Hungarian Investment and Trade Agency, the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs, the Municipality of Budapest and the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Invitations were distributed to the African Union Commission, government members of African countries, representatives of African, European and American think tanks, businesspeople from African countries and their Hungarian counterparts (government officials, think tanks, NGOs, companies etc.).