Lead the 22nd Century:
Africa’s Future and
the Role of China
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9:00 AM Keynote Address
Professor Kevin Urama, Senior Director, African Development Institute, African Development Bank, on behalf of the president of AfDB, H.E. Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina
9:00-9:50 AM Unlock Africa’s Economic Potential: Innovation and Sustainability
Professor Kevin Urama, Senior Director, African Development Institute, AfDB
Philip Thigo, Senior Advisor, Data, Innovation and Open Government, Office of the Deputy President of Kenya; Senior Director for Africa for the Thunderbird School for Global Management
Blake Goud, CEO, RFI Foundation
Chair: Professor Shirley Ze Yu, the LSE
10:00-10:50 AM Game Changer: AfCFTA for One World Market
Ambassador Alan Wolff, Distinguished Senior Fellow, Brookings Institute, former Deputy Director-General of the WTO
Dr. Knosana Moyo, Zimbabwean physicist, an economist and politician; Former COO, African Development Bank
Hannah Ryder, Founder, Development Reimagined
Chair: Professor David Luke, the LSE
12:30-1:30 PM Lunch Dialogue: China-Africa Trade and Investment Future Roundtable
H.E. Dr. Rania A. Al-Mashat, Minister of International Cooperation, Egypt
Jingdong Hua, Vice President and Treasurer, the World Bank
Dr. Martin Kimmig, Chief Risk Officer, Asian Infrastructure Development Bank
Leslie Maasdrop, CFO, New Development Bank
Moderator: Shirley Yu, director, China-Africa Initiative, FLIA, LSE
2:45-3:30PM Delivering the Promise of Africa’s Youth, in China
Ruth Kagia, Deputy Chief of Staff, the President of Kenya
Siddharth Chatterjee, UN Resident Coordinator, China
Professor Haifang Liu, Director of Center for African Studies, Peking University
Moderator: Shirley Yu, Director, China-Africa Initiative, FLIA, the LSE
4:45-5:30 PM China: Friend or Foe?
Dr. Knosana Moyo, former COO, African Development Bank
Professor Stephen Chan OBE, Chair Professor in World Politics, Foundation Dean of Law & Social Sciences. SOAS University of London
Moderator: Shirley Yu, Director, China-Africa Initiative, FLIA, the LSE