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History didn’t end in Africa

Ideas and Ideologies shaping Africa’s future

Co-hosted by the Brenthurst Foundation and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, 20-23 July 2014,

Villa La Collina, Cadenabbia, Lake Como, Italy

PROGRAMME

SUNDAY 20 JULY 2014

Arrival in Milan in the morning/afternoon; transfers to Cadenabbia, Lake Como

• 19h00 Villa la Collina - Welcoming Reception
• 19h30 Opening Address: New Forces and Political Ideas Driving the Global Economy, Alberto Trejos, introduced by Terence McNamee
• Dinner is served following the Opening Address

MONDAY 21 JULY 2014

• 08:00 onwards: Breakfast
• 09h00 Introductory Remarks, Terence McNamee
• 09h05 Official Welcome by KAS, Andrea Ostheimer de Sosa
• 09h15 Session One - Setting the stage: Competing Political and Economic ideologies shaping Africa, Chair: Alex Vines, Panellists: Jeffrey Herbst, Gilbert Khadiagala, Emmanuel Akyeampong, Vera Songwe
• 10h05 Discussion
• 10h30 Tea
• 11h00 Session Two – The African State in Development, Chair: Annette Weber, Panellists: Tenbite Ermias (Ethiopia), Jean Paul Kimonyo (Rwanda), Dapo Oyewole (Nigeria), Thomas Nziratimana (DRC)
• 11h50 Discussion
• 12h30 Lunch
• 13h30 Session Three – Political and Economic Growing Pains, Chair: Tighisti Amare, Panellists: Simon Freemantle (South Africa), Emmanuel Akyeampong (Ghana), Mohamed Harun (Mozambique), Martin Kimani (Kenya)
• 14h20 Discussion
• 15h15 Tea and Break
• 15h30 Session Three: Lessons and Perspectives beyond Africa, Chair: Alberto Trejos, Timothy Power (Brazil), Shu Zhan (China), Shiv Shankar Mukherjee (India), Cristina Barrios (Europe)
• 16h20 Discussion
• 17h00 – 18h45 Free time
• 18h45 Villa la Collina - Reception
• 19h00 Featured Address: South Africa – Twenty Years Into Democracy, Former President of South Africa, Kgalema Motlanthe
• Dinner is served following the former President’s address

TUESDAY 22 JULY 2014

• 08h00 onwards Breakfast
• 09h00 Devising African Solutions to Unemployment, Demographic Change and Uneven Development, Chair: Charles Onyango-Obbo, Panellists: John Endres, Lumkile Mondi, Christopher Clapham, Nur Laiq
• 09h50 Discussion
• 10h30 Tea
• 11h00 Conclusion: Lessons of the last 25 years and Prospects for Africa’s Future, Chair: Terence McNamee, Panellists: Martin Kimani, Jeffrey Herbst, Alberto Trejos
• 11h40 Discussion
• 12h30 Lunch
• 14h00 Afternoon excursion/boat trip/Bellagio
• 19h00 Dinner in Cadenabbia

WEDNESDAY 23 JULY 2014

• Departure from Cadenabbia