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Africa Day 2025: Navigating Aid, Trade, and Policy Shifts

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Add to Calendar 2025-05-22 14:30:00 2025-05-24 06:37:42 Africa Day 2025: Navigating Aid, Trade, and Policy Shifts Description Location Policy Center Policy Center Africa/Casablanca public

The Atlantic Council’s Africa Center, in collaboration with the Policy Center for the New South, is hosting a discussion on Africa’s evolving role in global affairs and the future of US-Africa relations within the context of the current US administration.

As 2025 marks twenty-five years into what has been described by some as the “African Century”, the continent’s demographic growth, economic transformations, and expanding diplomatic engagement continue to influence its position in the international system. These developments have contributed to a growing interest in Africa’s role in shaping global agendas.

This event will reflect on the key trends and shifts that have defined Africa’s international presence over the past quarter-century. The conversation will also examine current dynamics in US-Africa relations, with particular attention to the areas of aid and trade, two sectors experiencing notable policy developments, including changes at the US Agency for International Development and evolving trade frameworks.

This hybrid event is scheduled for Thursday, May 22nd at 02:30 pm (GMT+1).

For more information, please visit the website: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/africa-day-2025-navigating-aid-trade-and-policy-shifts/

 

 

AGENDA

 

14h30 – 14h35

Welcome and Opening Remarks

 

Rama Yade, Senior Director, Africa Center, Atlantic Council

14h35 – 15h30

Moderator: Colin Coleman, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Africa Center, Atlantic Council

 

Speakers:

Otaviano Canuto, Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South Mvemba Dizolele, Director and Senior Fellow, Africa Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Dave Peterson, Former Senior Director, Africa, National Endowment for Democracy 

Zainab Usman, Director, Africa Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

 

Speakers
Otaviano Canuto
Senior Fellow
Senior Fellow at the Policy Center for the New South, Affiliate Professor at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University and Non-Resident Senior Fellow at Brookings Institute. Former Vice President and Executive Director at the World Bank, Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Vice President at the Inter-American Development Bank. ...
Colin Coleman
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Africa Center, Atlantic Council
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Mvemba Dizolele
Director and Senior Fellow, Africa Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
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Dave Peterson
Former Senior Director, Africa, National Endowment for Democracy
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Zainab Usman
Director, Africa Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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Rama Yade
Director, Africa Center Atlantic Council
Ambassador Rama Yade is director of the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center and senior fellow for the Europe Center. She is also a teacher of African affairs at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Morocco and, since 2017, at Sciences Po Paris. Prior to joining the Council, she was a consultant for the World Bank, advising the institution on education, youth, sports, human capital, and disability issues in Africa. She also has strong experience in the private sector as an editor in London, where she overviewed a collection of books about African millennials, and as director for development at a French consulting firm in corporate and social responsibility. Ambassador Yade has over a decade of experience working in French, European, and international politics. At the age of thirt ...