As I arrived in Casablanca, I swerved between the crowds and baggage carousels to find someone I had never met before. That day in Casablanca was my first as a U.S. Fulbright Research Scholar seeking to learn more about Morocco’s energy sector.
Only three months into my time in Morocco, I have had the chance to befriend young Moroccans and share conversations about Morocco’s burgeoning economy and its plans to build the world’s largest solar power plant. These Moroccan youth also s ...
16:15 – 17:30 Plenary X: The Development of Africa: Insights from Latin American Presidents (In Spanish) Location: Ballroom Moderator: Lourival Sant’Anna, Columnist & Reporter, CBN/Estadão/Exame - Eduardo Duhalde, Former President, Argentina - Federico Ramon Puerta, Former President...
Moderator: John Yearwood, Executive Board Chairman, International Press Institute - Karen Donfried, President, The German Marshall Fund of the United States - Ana Palacio, Member, Council of State, Spain - Fathallah Sijilmassi, Secretary General, Union for the Mediterranean - Aminata To...
Moderator: Sophie Bouillon, France-Press Agency, Lagos - Jorge Castañeda, Global Distinguished Professor, New York University - Daniel Hamilton, Executive Director, Center for Transatlantic Relations, Johns Hopkins University - Sunjoy Joshi, Director, Observer Research Foundation - Seth...
Moderator: David Applefield, Special Representative for Africa, the Middle East, and Emerging Markets, Financial Times Business - Jorge Arbache, International Secretary of the Ministry of Planning, Brazil - Dominique Lafont, CEO and Founder, Lafont Africa Corporation, former President a...
A more realistic image of Africa has been recommended by participants of a Breakout Dinner on the continental“narratives”, during the 6th edition of the Atlantic Dialogues. This discussion is reported here under the Chatham House rules – i.e. no quotes from the participants, who have expressed their views off the record.
Changing the narratives on Africa has to do with exploiting Africans full potential: plural identities evolving in various fields, booming content production a ...
Moderator: André Caillé, Board Member, Junex - Eric Festa, Senior Vice President, LNG Business Development, Total - R. Andreas Kraemer, Founder & Chairman, Ecologic Institute - Thione Niang, Co-Founder of Akon Lighting Africa - Simone Tagliapietra, Research Fellow, Bruegel
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Moderator: John Yearwood, Executive Board Chairman, International Press Institute - Karen Donfried, President, The German Marshall Fund of the United States - Ana Palacio, Member, Council of State, Spain - Fathallah Sijilmassi, Secretary General, Union for the Mediterranean - Aminata To...