Shaping Africa’s Future: Geopolitics. Business. Sustainability.

• How is the way of doing business in Africa influenced by global developments?
• What opportunities and risks arise for Africa from the global hunger for energy and critical resources?
• How do geopolitics and the tighter global lending environment affect the outlook for African countries?
• And how can Africa’s economic future be put on a sustainable footing?

These and many other questions will be discussed at the conference in in Berlin on September 19, 2023. Join the conference, join the discussion!

AGENDA

11:00-11:30: Welcome

• Dr. Dorothea Schütz (Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action)
• tbc (Federal Ministry of Finance)

11:30-13:00: Session 1: Doing Business in Africa

• Prof. Dr. Kenneth Amaeshi (European University Institute)
• Dr. Simon Züfle (ESB Reutlingen)
• Prof. Dr. Aoife Hanley (Kiel Institute)

13:00-14:00: Lunch

14:00-15:00: Session 2: Mobilizing Trade and Investment

• Dr. Cecilia Hornok (Kiel Institute)
• Dede Gafa, Ph.D. (African School of Economics)

15:00-15:30: Launch of The Kiel Institute Africa Monitor

• Sebastian Krantz (Kiel Institute)
• Prof. Dr. Tobias Heidland (Kiel Institute)

15:30-16:00: Coffee break

16:00-17:30: Session 3: Financing the Transition to a Sustainable Future

• Prof. Ashenafi Fanta, Ph.D. (Stellenbosch University)
• Prof. Bård Harstad, Ph.D. (Stanford Graduate School of Business)
• Dr. Sebastian Horn (World Bank)

17:30-18:30: Panel discussion: Africa’s Role in Securing Energy and Critical Resources

• Dr. Ingrid Hamm (Global Perspectives Initiative)
• Cobus van Staden, Ph.D. (Managing Editor of the China Global South Project/Stellenbosch University)
• Christoph Kannengießer (German-African Business Association (Afrika-Verein))

• Stefanie Schmid-Lübbert (Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action)

From 18:30: Reception

Language: English