Thanks to @the_hobbes and @Charles, I realized that the file Activate.php was not incorporated. By adding require_once plugin_dir_path( __FILE__ ) . 'inc/Base/Activate.php';
to my code as shown below, it works correctly:
function activate_adstoolbox_plugin() { require_once plugin_dir_path( __FILE__ ) . 'inc/Base/Activate.php'; Inc\Base\Activate::activate(); } register_activation_hook( __FILE__, 'activate_adstoolbox_plugin' );
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