The research conference engages researchers, policy makers and practitioners in academic debates and practical workshops. It offers a unique opportunity to strengthen the link between academic research and policies that consider Africa within the global context. For African countries to move forward, debates need to go beyond conventions and normative orientations about their position in the world. By placing their stories, experiences and solutions at the forefront, Africans can become agents of their own change when dealing with the implications and opportunities of globalisation. This conference presents academic research that helps to rethink Africa-China cooperation, Africa as a creditor to the world, politics of knowledge and social media as a space for agency and voice. These conversations are necessary for achieving the Africa Union’s ambitious vision by 2063: an Africa that is integrated, prosperous and at peace with itself.
Business Conference
The business conference brings together a diverse assemblage of prominent business leaders and decision makers from an array of African governments, the private sector, as well as global collaborators working across Africa. The conference offers an unprecedented perspective on the current investment climate, framed around how to attract, retain and inspire future business leaders who can operate in an increasingly globalised world. It represents Africa’s rare portfolio, how the opportunities therein have been leveraged, showcasing the successes and addressing pertinent issues hindering sustainable growth in finance, technology & telecommunications, energy, and the development of human capital. The business conference aims to promote receptive dialogue in order to develop practical solutions to global and uniquely African trends like talent retention, youth unemployment, the emergence of an empowered middle class, and the conscious move towards impact investing.
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Click here to register for the conference! Note that spaces are limited at 400 per conference, so LSE have a review process for applications.
Date: Research Conference on Friday, 22nd April 2016. Business Conference on Saturday, 23rd April 2016.
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