African futures: key trends to 2035

Overall, Africa’s prospects for development are improving, but not for all its people.

Date: 2017-10-10

Time: 10:00 to 13:00

Venue: Radisson Hotel, Addis Ababa

RSVP: Mariamawit Wole, Phone: +251 11 515 6320, Email: [email protected]

Several major transitions are shaping Africa’s future. Overall, the story is a positive one, but this trend is neither stable nor even. Things are getting better in some places, but not everywhere and not for everybody.

Demographic change along with economic, technological, urban and socio-political transformation will have far-reaching implications for Africa’s growth, human development and stability.

This seminar will begin with a summary of the main findings from a comprehensive report exploring key trends in Africa until 2035. It will then discuss Africa’s prospects for meeting key targets of the Sustainable Development Goals on poverty reduction, access to clean water and improved sanitation and better health.

This seminar is co-hosted with the German Embassy in Ethiopia, and funded by the Hanns Seidel Foundation.

Chair: Amb Kongit Sinegiorgis

Speakers:

Dr Julia Bello-Schünemann, Senior Researcher, ISS

Zachary Donnenfeld, Researcher, ISS

Picture: World Bank