Event

Africa Year in Review: A Look at US-Africa Relations in 2024

Date & Time

Thursday

Feb. 8, 2024

10:00am – 11:30am ET

Location

6th Floor Flom Auditorium, Woodrow Wilson Center
and Online

Event Sponsor

Africa Program

Overview

Join the Wilson Center Africa Program to commemorate the release of its Africa: Year in Review publication on February 8, 2024, from 10:00 am-11:30 am ET.

Every year, the Wilson Center Africa Program partners with policymakers, practitioners, scholars, and African experts to publish a series of short essays on the most impactful developments across the African continent, in US-Africa relations, and on Africa’s role and future in the global arena over the past year. This edition is our largest to date, with over 40 cross-cutting contributions.

The event will examine the key successes and challenges highlighted in the publication and engage policymakers and experts on the year ahead. Our featured panelists will discuss a wide range of topics in the governance, security, development, and social spheres, including democracy and elections, trade, regional conflicts and coups, and climate change.

We invite you to join us as we look back at the last year and discuss what is in store for US-Africa relations in 2024.

Speakers

Fonteh Akum

Executive Director, Institute for Security Studies (ISS) Africa

Chidi Blyden Rowe

Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), and Fmr. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs

Ambassador Donald E. Booth

Co-Chair, Wilson Center's Sudans Working Group;
Fmr. US Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan

Ambassador Bisa Williams

Fmr. Ambassador to Niger for the US Government; Chair, Board of Directors of Health & Development, International; Senior Fellow, Yale Jackson School of Global Aﬀairs

Moderator

Oge Onubogu

Director, Africa Program

Hosted By

Africa Program

The Africa Program works to address the most critical issues facing Africa and US-Africa relations, build mutually beneficial US-Africa relations, and enhance knowledge and understanding about Africa in the United States. The Program achieves its mission through in-depth research and analyses, public discussion, working groups, and briefings that bring together policymakers, practitioners, and subject matter experts to analyze and offer practical options for tackling key challenges in Africa and in US-Africa relations. Read more

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