Events
The Employment and the Youth Dividends; Africa’s Approach to Internally Displaced Persons, Migration and Refugees ; Can you hear us now? Strategic Communications for Think Tanks
The Policy Center for the New South has been invited to attend and speak at the 2020 Africa Think Tank Summit taking place on February 26-28, 2020 in Cape Town, South Africa.
- - Abdelhak Bassou, Senior Fellow, will speak in the first Plenary Panel entitled “The Risks and Rewards of New World Reorder for Africa”;
- - Khalid Chegraoui, Senior Fellow, will speak in the Breakout Session entitled “Balancing on the Head of a Pin: Managing the Employment and the Youth Dividends”;
- - Amal El Ouassif, Research Assistant in International Relations, will speak in the Breakout Session entitled “Updating Africa’s Approach to Internally Displaced Persons, Migration and Refugees”.
- - Lilia Rizk, Coordinator of the Emerging Leaders Program, will speak in the Breakout Session entitled “Can you hear us now? Strategic Communications for Think Tanks”.
The 2020 Africa Think Tank Summit is organized by the Think Tank and Civil Societies Program of the University of Pennsylvania. It aims at proposing strategies and actionable recommendations for think tanks to meaningfully contribute to tackling policy implementation challenges within the context of Africa’s vision, through sharing knowledge and country case studies on good practices in ensuring successful implementation of policies and strategies.
This event is taking place in Cape Town, South Africa.



