A Fireside Chat - The New Face of African Collaboration

23 February 2021
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African Development Bank (Abidjan)

What: A fireside chat organized by the Africa Soft Power Project to discuss the strategic value of expanded trade opportunities to economic advancement and cultural integration in Africa.

Who: Africa Investment Forum Senior Director, Chinelo Anohu; Afreximbank President, Benedict Oramah and Secretary General of the AfCFTA Secretariat, Wamkele Mene.

When: 23 February 2021 5:00 pm GMT/ 6:00 pm WAT

Where: Zoom (Click here to register)

The Senior Director of the Africa Investment Forum, Chinelo Anohu, will join Benedict Oramah, President of the African Export-Import Bank and Wamkele Mene, Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area, for a fireside chat to explore the evolution of infrastructure development on the continent and contextualize the strategic value of expanded trade opportunities to economic advancement and cultural integration in Africa.

Participants will also discuss the potential for collaboration and the transformative possibilities that this age of connectivity holds for Africa's creative industries and knowledge economy.

Omar Ben Yedder, Group Publisher & MD, IC Publications, will moderate the discussion.

The Africa Soft Power Project is an initiative focused on how Africa can optimize its

knowledge industries and harness its soft power to propel itself forward.

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