2016 African Economic Conference (AEC) on Agro-Allied Industrialization

02nd January 2017
by secretary

Paepard

5-7 December 2016. Abuja, Nigeria. The theme for the 2016 African Economic Conference (AEC) “Feed Africa: Towards Agro-Allied Industrialization for Inclusive Growth”.
was

The AEC brought together policy-makers, researchers and development practitioners from Africa and from around the world to make strategic contributions for accelerating agro-allied industrial development.

The Conference provided an opportunity to assess the impact of current growth strategies in Africa;

focusing on the agricultural and industrial sector. In addition, the conference discussed successes, lessons learned and identify remaining gaps, challenges and emerging issues on the topic. It encompassed in-depth presentations of policy-oriented research by both established academics and emerging researchers from the continent and beyond who debated and recommended policy
options on how to accelerate Africa’s agricultural and industrial transformation.

Extract of the programme:

Round-Table: The way forward to transforming Africa’s agriculture

Eric Maskin, Nobel laureate and Professor, Harvard University, USA Download presentation: Eric Maskin
H.E. Audu Innocent Ogbeh, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Nigeria
Akinwumi Adesina, President, African Development Bank (AfDB)
Abdalla Hamdok, Acting Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
Abdoulaye Mar Dieye, UN Assistant Secretary General and Director, Regional Bureau for Africa, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

AEC 2016 : The Opening Ceremony – Speech by Nobel laureate Eric Maskin (Abuja)

Source: PAEPARD FEED

2016 African Economic Conference (AEC) on Agro-Allied Industrialization

Share

You might also like