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Speaker Biographies an African Conversation Africa Ahead: the Next 50 Years 2013 Ibrahim Forum Speaker Biographies An African Conversation Africa Ahead: The Next 50 Years Sunday, 10th November African Union Conference Centre, Addis Ababa Addis Ababa, 10.11.2013 2013 Ibrahim Forum 1 Held annually since 2010, the Ibrahim Forum aims to tackle specific issues that are of critical importance to Africa, and require both committed leadership and governance. Bringing together a diverse range of high-level African stakeholders belonging to various public and private constituencies, as well as selected non-African partners, the Forum is an open and frank discussion. It aims to go beyond stating issues and renewing commitments by defining pragmatic strategies, operational action points and shared responsibilities. Since this year sees the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of African unity, the focus of the 2013 Ibrahim Forum is on the major opportunities and challenges the continent will have to tackle over the next 50 years. To facilitate the debate, the panels will be organised around the four Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG) categories – Safety & Rule of Law, Participation & Human Rights, Sustainable Economic Opportunity and Human Development – all of which are areas requiring exceptional leadership and governance. Each of the panels will aim to address four key questions: • What are the key priorities? • Who are the key actors responsible for driving and implementing the agenda? • What resources are available/necessary to ensure success and progress? • What indicators/mechanisms can be used to monitor implementation and measure results? Addis Ababa, 10.11.2013 IBRAHIM FORUM PANELS Panel 1 Panel 2 ‘Human Development’ ‘Sustainable Economic Opportunity’ The population of a country is a leader’s Recent decades have registered major shifts in fundamental unit of responsibility. For the global economic trends and balances. Africa is African continent, the potential benefits of now leading on economic growth, traditional present demographic trends can be huge, donors’ aid is giving way to emerging countries’ especially given the changing global context. direct investment and some African countries However, in order to realise this potential, are becoming creditors. However, there major challenges regarding the health, are still major hurdles to overcome to fully education and welfare of citizens need to be maximise the opportunities such economic overcome. Today’s policy decisions will have a changes and abundant natural resources critical impact on the younger generation, who present. Both public and private sectors have will become the bulk of African electorates and a shared responsibility to ensure that resource of the world’s labour force. governance is strengthened and financial autonomy secured. In order to effectively Topical issues include: Food security and become a competitive stakeholder in the nutrition; health; education beyond primary global economy the continent must achieve level; skills development; job creation; regional economic integration, and upgrade its population distribution; urbanisation. fragmented infrastructure network. Topical issues include: Resource governance; infrastructure; agricultural potential; intra- African investment; sovereign wealth funds; illicit financial flows. 2013 Ibrahim Forum 3 Panel 3 Panel 4 ‘Safety & Rule of Law’ ‘Participation & Human Rights’ Major changes are appearing in the nature of With the expanding use of technology, modes security threats, which need to be assessed of participation and democratic tools are and tackled. Most of the long-lasting regional moving beyond the ballot box. The expected conflicts and civil wars of the last century have youth majority presents an opportunity or a come to an end. Nevertheless, social unrest threat, depending on how seriously inclusivity and violence are mounting within countries, and social cohesion are taken in the political among a young population devoid of sufficient decision-making process. Whilst lengthy terms prospects. At the same time, terrorist threats in office may offer an experienced government, and transnational criminality are spreading this cannot be at the expense of a sound and across the continent, with probable links sustainable democratic system. The ambitions between them. These crucial challenges can and expectations of the younger generation only be properly addressed with an integrated must be taken into account, in order to ensure and regional approach, and require strong a smooth generational transition, and a shared governance and committed leadership. vision of the next 50 years of the continent. Topical issues include: Social unrest; terrorism; Topical issues include: Quality of elections; transnational criminality; illegal drugs trade; youth engagement; inclusivity of democratic accountability mechanisms; continental processes; new modes of participation; social security architecture. cohesion; gender issues; climate change; equity and justice at both the state and citizen level. Addis Ababa, 10.11.2013 2013 Ibrahim Forum 5 KEYNOTE ADDRESS H. E. Prime Minister Ato Hailemariam Dessalegn Host country, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia & Chairperson, African Union KEYNOTE ADDRESS H. E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Chairperson, African Union Commission Addis Ababa, 10.11.2013 Zeinab Badawi Presenter, BBC World News Television Forum Moderator Zeinab Badawi is currently an anchor on BBC World News Today, a flagship international news programme broadcast both in the UK and on BBC World News, as well as the presenter of the BBC’s Hardtalk. Ms. Badawi also presents the World Debates and Intelligence Squared Debates on the BBC and is a moderator for high level panel discussions at conferences organised by international bodies such as the World Health Organization, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and United Nations Industrial Development Organization. She has extensive experience in television and radio, working on a range of programmes. In 2009 she was awarded International TV Personality of the Year by the Association of International Broadcasters and, in 2011, was named in ‘Powerlist 2012’ as one of Britain’s top 100 most influential members of the black community. Ms. Badawi is a former Patron of the BBC World Service Trust and a former Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery. She was also a Board Member of the British Council, a former Chair of the freedom of speech campaign organisation, Article 19, and a Board Member of the Overseas Development Institute. 2013 Ibrahim Forum 7 Komla Dumor Presenter, BBC World News Television Forum Moderator Komla Dumor is the presenter of Focus on Africa, the BBC's first ever dedicated daily TV news programme in English for African audiences, broadcast on BBC World News. He is also one of the lead presenters for BBC World News' European morning segment. Mr. Dumor joined the BBC in 2007 after a decade of broadcast journalism in his native Ghana where he won the Ghana Journalist of the Year award. From 2007 to 2009 he hosted Network Africa for BBC World Service, before joining The World Today programme. In 2009 he became the first host of the African business news programme on BBC World News, Africa Business Report. Mr. Dumor has interviewed a number of high-profile guests including Bill Gates and Kofi Annan. He has anchored live coverage of major events including the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the funeral of Kim Jong Il, the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, the Norway shootings and the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Addis Ababa, 10.11.2013 2013 Ibrahim Forum 9 SPEAKERS Addis Ababa, 10.11.2013 David Adjaye Principal, Adjaye Associates Speaker David Adjaye is the Principal Architect of Adjaye Associates. Mr. Adjaye’s projects have been diverse in scale, audience and geography. They include numerous private houses, exhibitions and pavilions as well as major arts centres and important public buildings across Europe, North America, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. His largest commission is the project to design the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum for African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington DC, which is under construction. He was the first Louis Khan visiting professor at the University of Pennsylvania and was the Kenzo Tange Professor in Architecture at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. Previously a unit tutor at the Architectural Association, he was also a lecturer at the Royal College of Art and he held a Visiting Professor post at Princeton University School of Architecture. Mr. Adjaye is a RIBA Chartered Member, an AIA Honorary Fellow, a Senior Fellow of the Design Futures Council and a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He was awarded the OBE for services to architecture in 2007 and received the Design Miami/Year of the Artist title in 2011. In 2012 he reached number one on the ‘Powerlist 2012’ of Britain’s most influential black people. 2013 Ibrahim Forum 11 Amadou Mahtar Ba Chief Executive, African Media Initiative Speaker Amadou Mahtar Ba is the Chief Executive of the African Media Initiative, a pan-African effort aimed at providing the continent’s media owners and practitioners with the tools they need to play an effective role in their societies. Mr. Ba is also a co-founder and Chairman of AllAfrica Global Media, Inc. – owner and operator of allAfrica.com – an international multi-media content service provider, systems technology developer and the largest distributor of African news and
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