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Africa
Events from the Africa Program
Carnegie Africa Forum
conference
2024 Carnegie Africa Forum
June 27, 2024

Join us for the inaugural Carnegie Africa Forum, a special one-day event that will bring together global thought leaders for discussions on the continent’s role in international cooperation.

  • Redi Tlhabi
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  • Zainab Usman
  • Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar
  • Redi Tlhabi
  • Yinka Adegoke
  • Ambassador Elsie Kanza
  • Ambassador Sékou Berthe
  • Ambassador Alima Mahama
  • Ambassador Youssef Amrani
  • Ambassador Hilda Suka-Mafudze
  • Howard French
  • Raul Alfaro Pelico
  • Katie Auth
  • Professor Yemi Osinbajo
  • Nanjala Nyabola
  • Vincent Makori
  • Bright Simons
  • Hannah Ryder
  • Yacouba Sissoko
  • Jennifer Strong
  • Jane Munga
  • Nicholas Bramble
  • Alex Tsado
  • Julian Pecquet
  • Ambassador Jendayi Frazer
  • Ambassador Tibor Nagy
  • Ambassador Johnnie Carson
  • Ambassador Herman Cohen
  • Jonathan Oppenheimer
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What Is the Future of U.S.-Africa Trade Policy?
March 27, 2024

Join the Carnegie Endowment for an informative conversation with leading experts from business, civil society, and government to discuss Professor David Luke’s How Africa Trades and how the United States can rethink trade with Africa.

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  • Zainab Usman
  • David Luke
  • Florizelle (Florie) Liser
  • Anthony (Tony) Carroll
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Are South Africa-U.S. Relations at a Turning Point? A Conversation With Naledi Pandor
March 19, 2024

Join the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Africa Program for a fireside chat and audience Q&A with Naledi Pandor, the minister of international relations and cooperation of the Republic of South Africa.

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Rewiring the U.S.-Africa Tech Landscape: An Annual Review of the Digital Transformation with Africa Initiative
December 12, 2023

With financial commitments of over $350 million in investment and $450 million more in financing facilitation, the U.S. Digital Transformation with Africa aims to close the digital gap in Africa through investment across three core areas: the digital economy and infrastructure, human capital development, and the digital enabling environment.

  • +7
  • Jane Munga
  • Zainab Usman
  • Ashley Bubna
  • Christopher Burns
  • Dana L. Banks
  • Fred Stewart
  • Judd Devermont
  • Michael Jordan
  • Sydney Kamlager-Dove
  • Lisa Coppé
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One Year Later, What Is the Status of the U.S. Strategy Towards Africa?
September 26, 2023

In August 2022, the Biden administration’s “U.S. Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa” articulated a vision for a “21st century U.S.-Africa partnership.” How much progress has been made since?

  • +4
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How Nigeria Can Build a Post-Oil Economic Future
May 9, 2023

Join the Carnegie Africa Program in-person in Abuja, Nigeria for a special event featuring director Zainab Usman and her latest book, Economic Diversification in Nigeria: The Politics of Building a Post-Oil Economy. In partnership with Agora Policy.

  • +3
  • Waziri Adio
  • Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede
  • Shubham Chaudhuri
  • Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai
  • Charles C. Soludo
  • Zainab Usman
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Will Africa Shape U.S.-China Strategic Competition?
March 28, 2023

Join the Carnegie Endowment for a special conversation with leading experts on the changing relationship between African nations and the U.S. and China and whether Africa’s development priorities around industrialization, job creation, and universal electrification can remain salient in this rapidly changing geopolitical theatre.

  • +2
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How Can the U.S. Support an Inclusive Digital Transformation in Africa?
December 13, 2022

Join the Carnegie Africa Program on the margins of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit as we host African policymakers and representatives from the U.S. government to discuss how the United States can partner with African countries to promote innovation and build an inclusive digital economy.

  • +4
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Advancing Synergies Between the U.S. and African Countries in Just Energy Transitions
December 12, 2022

The Carnegie Endowment is honored to welcome presidents from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region and senior U.S. government officials for a program on the margins of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit.

  • +3
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South Africa’s Just Energy Transition Partnership: A Model for Climate Financing for Africa?
September 28, 2022

Join Carnegie’s Africa Program and the African Climate Foundation for a panel discussion covering negotiations of the JETP, progress toward implementation in South Africa, implications for other African countries, and the changing role of the international community in mobilizing climate finance.

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  • Faten Aggad
  • Rudi Dicks
  • Saliem Fakir
  • Edo Mahendra
  • Fatou Thiam Sow
  • Zainab Usman
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Book Launch – Economic Diversification in Nigeria: The Politics of Building a Post-Oil Economy
September 8, 2022

Join us for a special event featuring Carnegie Africa Program director Zainab Usman and her latest book, Economic Diversification in Nigeria: The Politics of Building a Post-Oil Economy. Usman will give remarks on the challenge of economic diversification in resource-rich Nigeria, followed by an in-depth panel discussion.

  • +3
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How Feasible is Net-Zero in the Global South?
July 19, 2022

Join the Carnegie Africa Program and for an in-depth expert panel discussion on the transition plans from Nigerian and Indian experts and the implications for the rest of the world.

  • +1
  • Philippe Benoit
  • Navroz Dubash
  • Chukwumerije Okereke
  • Zainab Usman