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Plenary IX and AD Talk (Frensh)

December 15, 2017
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Geopolitics
Security & Defense
Armed conflicts
Africa

14:00 – 15:15 Plenary IX: Lessons from Foreign Military Interventions in Africa Location: Ballroom Moderator: Zeinab Badawi, Director, Kush Communications - Michel Duclos, French Diplomat and Senior Fellow, Institut Montaigne - Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo, President, Nato Defense College Foundation - Michelle Ndiaye, Director, Africa Peace and Security Programme, Institute for Peace and Security Studies - J. Peter Pham, Vice President and Director, Africa Center, Atlantic Council 15:15 – 15:45 AD Talk: Building South-South Partnerships for Development and Security Location: Ballroom Moderator: Uduak Amimo, Host, Citizen TV - Lionel Zinsou, Former Prime Minister of Benin - Eniola Mafe. Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta. Partnerships & Business Development Manager

Speakers
J. Peter Pham
Director, Africa Center, Atlantic Council of the United States
J. Peter Pham is the director of the Atlantic Council's Africa Center. He is also the incumbent vice president of the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA), and is editor-in-chief of ASMEA's Journal of the Middle East and Africa. Pham was previously senior vice president of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy, and editor of its bimonthly journal, American Foreign Policy Interests. He was also a tenured associate professor of justice studies, political science, and Africana studies at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where he was director of the Nelson Institute for International and Public Affairs. Pham is the author of more than 300 essays, and reviews, and the author, editor, or translator of over a dozen books, most ...
Uduak Amimo
Journalist and Consultant, Uduak Amimo Coaching and Consulting
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Eniola Mafe
Nigeria
Global Advocacy and Partnerships Director, Bridges to Prosperity
Eniola Mafe-Abaga is Global Advocacy and Partnerships Director at Bridges to Prosperity (B2P), where she leads global advocacy, systems-change partnerships and government engagement to position rural transport access as a development priority. Working with national governments and partners, B2P has supported the construction of more than 650 bridges across 21 countries, connecting over 4.5 million people to schools, markets and healthcare. Previously, Eniola led advocacy coalitions at the World Economic Forum, mobilising more than 20 partners, including governments, UN agencies and technology companies, to advance the use of emerging technologies in support of the Sustainable Development Goals. She also managed a USD 90 million social investment initiative for Chevron in Niger ...

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