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(EN) WELCOMING REMARKS - OPENING CONVERSATION & PLENARY I: NORTH-SOUTH CONTRASTING DEMOGRAPHIC TREND

December 13, 2018
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AD CONNECT Lilia Rizk, Program Officer, Policy Center for the New South WELCOMING REMARKS Karim El Aynaoui, Managing Director, Policy Center for the New South INTRODUCTORY REMARKS Mohcine Jazouli, Minister Delegate in charge of African Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Kingdom of Morocco OPENING CONVERSATION: POPULISM AND POST-TRUTH POLITICS: THE BACKLASH AGAINST GLOBALIZATION Moderator: Bronwyn Nielsen, Editor-in-Chief and Executive Director, CNBC Africa Speakers: Madeleine Albright, Chair, Albright Stonebridge Group, USA Pedro Pires, Former President of Cape Verde, Founder of Instituto Pedro Pires PLENARY I: NORTH-SOUTH CONTRASTING DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS: HOW CAN AFRICA REAP ITS DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND? Moderator: Bronwyn Nielsen, Editor-in-Chief and Executive Director, CNBC Africa Speakers: Christopher E. Craige, Director, Strategy, Engagement, and Programs, U.S. Africa Command Bineta Diop, Special Envoy on Women, Peace, and Security, African Union Commission Paulo Gomes, Chairman, Paulo Gomes and partners Mabingue Ngom, Regional Director, West & Central Africa, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Speakers
Karim El Aynaoui
Executive President
Karim El Aynaoui is Executive President of the Policy Center for the New South. He is also Executive Vice-President of Mohammed VI Polytechnic University and Dean of its Humanities, Economics and Social Sciences Cluster.  Karim El Aynaoui is an economist. From 2005 to 2012, he worked at the Central Bank of Morocco where he held the position of Director of Economics, Statistics, and International Relations. At the Central Bank of Morocco, he was in charge of the Research Department and equally a member of the Governor’s Cabinet. Previously, he worked for eight years at the World Bank as an Economist for its regional units of the Middle East and North Africa and Africa. Karim El Aynaoui has published books and journal articles on macroeconomic issues in developing ...
Lilia Rizk
Chargée de Mission to the Executive President
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Mohcine Jazouli
Minister Delegate in charge of African Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Kingdom of Morocco
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Bronwyn Nielsen
Editor-in-Chief and Executive Director, CNBC Africa Speakers:
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Pedro Pires
Former President of Cape Verde, Founder of Instituto Pedro Pires
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Bineta Diop
Special Envoy on Women, Peace and Security, African Union Commission
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Mabingue Ngom
Regional Director, West & Central Africa, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
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