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Future Economic and Social Development of Africa: Impact of Inequalities

October 12, 2023
Related topics: 
Economy

 

Chair                          

- Donald Kaberuka, Former President, African Development Bank (AfDB)

Presenter             

- Hamza Saoudi, Senior Economist, Policy Center for the New South (PCNS)

Discussants                

- Ted Ahlers, Director, Africa and the Middle East, Centennial Group

- Mohamed Beavogui, Former Prime Minister of Guinea

- Mavis Owusu-Gyamfi, Executive Vice President, African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET)

- Jean-Louis Sarbib, Director, Africa and the Middle East, Centennial Group

- Karin Wedig, Chief Economist, Economic Transformation, GIZ – German Development Agency

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