20/20 Visions of the Future
Professional Workshops

The Future of Africa

Convened by:

Michael Chege
Visiting Scholar, Center for International Affairs, Harvard University; Former Director, Institute for International Studies, University of Nairobi, Kenya; Former Program Officer, Governance and International Affairs, Eastern and Southern Africa, Ford Foundation

Topic:

  • What are the prospects for economic and political reform in Africa?

Participants:

Seung Hong Choi
President, World Resource Center; Former World Bank Resident Representative in Ghana and Uganda

John Cohen
Fellow, Harvard Institute for International Development, Harvard University

Maimouna Mills
Shorenstein Fellow, The John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Dipolelo Ngatane
Project Development Officer for Higher Education, USAID; Mason Fellow, John F, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Joseph Okpaku
President, Okpaku Communications; Publisher, Third Press Publications; Advisory Board, UNDP's African Futures Project

Pearl Robinson
Director, International Relations Program, Professor of Political Science, Tufts University

Michael Roemer
Economist, Harvard Institute for International Development

Ferdinand Swai
Director, Kibaha Education Center, Tanzania; Mason Fellow, Harvard University

Melissa Wells
Special U.S. Envoy to the Sudan; Former U.S. Ambassador, Mozambique and Zaire

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