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2. Starr Forum: Speaking Truth to a New Power: Perspectives on Free Press and Democracy in South Africa
- Publication Date:
- 09-2022
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- MIT Center for International Studies
- Abstract:
- What is the state of democracy and the free press in South Africa?
- Topic:
- Mass Media, Democracy, Media, and Freedom of Press
- Political Geography:
- Africa and South Africa
3. Lecture: The Evolution of the Civic Space in Modern African Democracy
- Author:
- Idayat Hassan and Kwame Karikari
- Publication Date:
- 11-2022
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- Ghana Center for Democratic Development
- Abstract:
- Over the last decade, the world has witnessed a decline in democracy and the closing of civic spaces – the bedrock of democratic society through which citizens and civil society organizations are able to organize, participate and communicate without hindrance. These two phenomena have dominated conversations on various platforms globally and have intensified since the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Democratic backsliding and shrinking civic space in our part of the world represent a major setback for the region and its people. This lecture seeks to deliberate on these evolving issues and offer practical recommendations aimed at influencing urgent interventions that will help halt democratic backsliding and the closing of democratic civic spaces.
- Topic:
- Civil Society, Governance, Democracy, COVID-19, and Democratic Backsliding
- Political Geography:
- Africa and Ghana
4. MIT X TAU Series: #TheAfricaWeWant
- Publication Date:
- 04-2022
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- MIT Center for International Studies
- Abstract:
- The seventh webinar in a seven-part series focused on various aspects of sustainable development in Africa.
- Topic:
- Development, Governance, Sustainability, and Humanitarian Crisis
- Political Geography:
- Africa
5. MIT X TAU Series: Africa’s Cultural Force
- Publication Date:
- 04-2022
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- MIT Center for International Studies
- Abstract:
- The sixth webinar in a seven-part series focused on various aspects of sustainable development in Africa.
- Topic:
- Development, International Cooperation, Governance, and Sustainability
- Political Geography:
- Africa
6. MIT X TAU Series: What Kinds of Future Leaders Does Africa Need?
- Publication Date:
- 04-2022
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- MIT Center for International Studies
- Abstract:
- The fifth webinar in a seven-part series focused on various aspects of sustainable development in Africa. Featuring: Peris Nyaboe Bosire - co-founder of FarmDrive Peris Bosire is passionate about inclusive financial systems and economic mobility. Her goal is to build meaningful technology platforms and digital financial services to drive capital where it’s needed most. She is a computer scientist with successful experience in using technology to innovate and distribute high-impact, scalable solutions. Peris is the co-founder of FarmDrive, a technology company that applies data science and finance to build software that increases access to meaningful financial services. FarmDrive’s mission is to transform every smallholder farmer (SHF) and agriculture value chain SME in Africa into a sustainable and profitable business. FarmDrive’s big bet is to increase the flow of capital to the agriculture sector in Africa, especially to smallholder farmers and SMEs working in the agriculture value chain. Peris has led FarmDrive through exciting product rollouts and strategic partnerships. A notable achievement is a partnership with the largest telecommunication company in East Africa (Safaricom) to roll out DigiFarm, a neobank for farmers. FarmDrive’s work has led to a digital registry of over 1 million smallholder farmers in Kenya and unlocked a loan portfolio of over $40 million dollars so far in loans to farmers and small businesses across Kenya. FarmDrive’s clients include but are not limited to mobile network operators such as Safaricom, commercial banks, micro-finance banks, saccos and cooperatives, non-bank financial service providers such as One Acre Fund, agricultural insurance providers and processors. As the CEO of her venture, Peris spends her time implementing strategies to build a sustainable, transformative business that meets the needs and aspirations of clients and organizing the 1’s and 0’s to achieve this. She is a champion of financial inclusion and youth employment and has been supporting other entities such as The Mastercard Foundation to create inclusive youth engagement strategies for different countries in Africa. Peris has a First Class Honours B.Sc. Computer Science degree from the University of Nairobi, Kenya. She is a 2023 Sloan School of Management MBA candidate.
- Topic:
- Development, Governance, Leadership, and Regionalism
- Political Geography:
- Africa
7. MIT X TAU Series: Africa’s New Models for Education
- Publication Date:
- 03-2022
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- MIT Center for International Studies
- Abstract:
- The fourth webinar in a seven-part series focused on various aspects of sustainable development in Africa.
- Topic:
- Development, Science and Technology, Infrastructure, and Sustainability
- Political Geography:
- Africa
8. MIT X TAU Series: Africa’s Growth Prospects
- Publication Date:
- 03-2022
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- MIT Center for International Studies
- Abstract:
- The third webinar in a seven-part series focused on various aspects of sustainable development in Africa.
- Topic:
- Development, Infrastructure, Governance, and Sustainability
- Political Geography:
- Africa
9. MIT X TAU Series: Africa's Information Technologies
- Publication Date:
- 03-2022
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- MIT Center for International Studies
- Abstract:
- The second webinar in a seven-part series focused on various aspects of sustainable development in Africa.
- Topic:
- Development, Infrastructure, Governance, and Sustainability
- Political Geography:
- Africa
10. MIT X TAU Series: Africa’s Innovation in Education
- Publication Date:
- 03-2022
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- MIT Center for International Studies
- Abstract:
- The first webinar in a seven-part series focused on various aspects of sustainable development in Africa.
- Topic:
- Development, Education, Governance, Innovation, and Sustainability
- Political Geography:
- Africa
11. Ethiopia (Horn of Africa, part 1 of 2)
- Author:
- Nathenael Gemechu, Michael Woldemariam, and Guled Ahmed
- Publication Date:
- 05-2022
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- Middle East Institute (MEI)
- Abstract:
- Nathenael Gemechu moderates a conversation with Michael Woldemariam and Guled Ahmed on Ethiopia in the first installment of a two-part series on the Horn of Africa. Woldemariam and Ahmed discuss the ongoing Tigrayan conflict that includes Ethiopia and Eritrea and the influence of external players.
- Topic:
- Foreign Policy, Crisis Management, Armed Conflict, and Influence
- Political Geography:
- Africa, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Horn of Africa, and Tigray
12. Somalia (Horn of Africa, part 2 of 2)
- Author:
- Guled Ahmed
- Publication Date:
- 06-2022
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- Middle East Institute (MEI)
- Abstract:
- Guled Ahmed joins the program to discuss the political climate in Somalia, its recent elections, security conditions, and the role of external actors including the African Union, Gulf states, Turkey, and the U.S.
- Topic:
- Security, Politics, Elections, and African Union
- Political Geography:
- Africa, Turkey, Somalia, United States of America, Gulf Nations, and Horn of Africa
13. The GERD and Cyber Diplomacy
- Author:
- Mirette F. Mabrouk, Joey Shea, and Eliza Campbell
- Publication Date:
- 03-2022
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- Middle East Institute (MEI)
- Abstract:
- Mirette Mabrouk, Joey Shea, and guest host Eliza Campbell discuss current political disputes over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), cyber diplomacy, and the effects of climate change on the Horn of Africa.
- Topic:
- Climate Change, Diplomacy, Infrastructure, Dams, Cyberspace, and Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)
- Political Geography:
- Africa, Ethiopia, and Horn of Africa
14. Russia in Africa: Soviet Legacies, Current Objectives, Local Responses
- Publication Date:
- 12-2021
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- The Harriman Institute
- Abstract:
- In recent years, Russia has stepped up its engagement in Africa, forging military and security agreements as well as business relationships with leaders in several states. What lies behind Russia’s “return” to Africa? During the Cold War, Africa constituted a major site of Soviet geopolitical competition with the U.S. Does this history, as well as the legacy of Soviet antiracism, inform Russia’s current goals and actions on the continent? Panelists will explore this issue, as well as the impact of Russia’s presence on security and humanitarian crises within Africa. What has been the reaction of various local actors to Russia’s presence? Panelists will also discuss the policy response: how should the international community and the West respond to Russian engagement in Africa?
- Topic:
- Military Strategy, Hegemony, Foreign Interference, Strategic Interests, and Influence
- Political Geography:
- Africa, Russia, and Europe
15. A Genealogy of African Islamic Modernity
- Author:
- Wendell Hassan Marsh
- Publication Date:
- 04-2021
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- Center for Security, Race and Rights (CSRR), Rutgers University School of Law
- Abstract:
- African Islamic modernity is a discourse, a historical condition, and a project that highlights the entanglements of African racial identities, Islamic forms of life, and modernity as the globally hegemonic mode of social, economic, and political being. While there are many lineages by which one might trace the story of entanglement — situated differently in various locations, traditions, and contexts — the contemporary nation-state of Senegal is the ideal setting to think through these relationships. It is a space marked by a millennium of Islamic presence and over five centuries of integration in the global economy sequentially defined by the trans-Atlantic slave-trade, colonization, and neoliberal economic structural adjustment. It is also a space in which conflicting Africanist and Orientalist discourses have competed to represent a society that consistently escapes both constructions. Between and beyond these discourses, there is an important national discourse that narrates a story of modernity in three key episodes: 1) Islamic revolution that enshrines Islamic principles of governance, 2) anti-colonial messianism that carves out an autonomous space of Islamic economics, and 3) Racial accommodation in which the colonial state and Sufi orders negotiate the terms of the social contract. In this talk, I will show how these episodes together constitute a history of the present.
- Topic:
- Islam, Race, Religion, History, Hegemony, Colonialism, Discourse, and Modernity
- Political Geography:
- Africa and Senegal
16. MIT X TAU Series: Africa’s Future Governmen
- Publication Date:
- 05-2021
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- MIT Center for International Studies
- Abstract:
- The eleventh webinar in an eleven-part series focused on various aspects of sustainable development in Africa.
- Topic:
- Development, Governance, State Building, and Sustainability
- Political Geography:
- Africa
17. MIT X TAU Series: Africa’s Agricultural Reinvention with Sara Menker
- Publication Date:
- 05-2021
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- MIT Center for International Studies
- Abstract:
- The tenth webinar in an eleven-part series focused on various aspects of sustainable development in Africa.
- Topic:
- Agriculture, Development, Innovation, Sustainability, and Farming
- Political Geography:
- Africa
18. MIT X TAU Series: Africa’s Innovation in Education
- Publication Date:
- 04-2021
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- MIT Center for International Studies
- Abstract:
- The ninth webinar in an eleven-part series focused on various aspects of sustainable development in Africa.
- Topic:
- Development, Governance, Innovation, and Sustainability
- Political Geography:
- Africa
19. After Flood and Revolution: Sudanese Responses to a Lagging Transitional Government
- Author:
- Isma'il Kushkush, Mohamed Solman, and Jérôme Tubiana
- Publication Date:
- 12-2020
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- Middle East Institute (MEI)
- Abstract:
- In 2018, the Sudanese Revolution gained prominence on social media and drew international attention to the movement taking place against Omar Al-Bashir’s 30 year dictatorship in the country. Widespread protests were sparked by drastic policies meant to prevent economic collapse such as the slashing of bread and fuel subsidies. Two years later, grievances remain as Sudan continues to face a multitude of issues including record breaking floods, poor governance, incoming Ethiopians and Eritreans fleeing conflict, and persistent militia violence. The Sudanese people have begun to lose patience with the Transitional Government’s inability to sufficiently reform the system and respond to crises. How has Sudan adapted to both environmental and political upheaval? What changes have occured since Omar Al-Bashir was ousted? How does Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok plan to move forward with the reconstruction of Sudan’s constitutional system, and how could the violence in Ethiopia and Eritrea affect that? In what ways, do we see Sudan’s relationship with foreign allies changing amidst this reconstruction? In this panel, the Middle East Institute (MEI) brings together experts to explore what the future of Sudan looks like, and what the revolution succeeded and failed to bring the people.
- Topic:
- Environment, Politics, Social Media, Protests, and Transition
- Political Geography:
- Africa, Sudan, Ethiopia, and Eritrea
20. How Counterterrorism Drives U.S. Foreign Policy in Somalia
- Author:
- Abukar Arman
- Publication Date:
- 10-2020
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- Center for Security, Race and Rights (CSRR), Rutgers University School of Law
- Abstract:
- The United States is home to over 200,000 Somali refugees most of whom fled civil war in Somalia. Their Black, Muslim, and immigrant identities puts them in the crosshairs of America's racialized counterterrorism regime, resulting in the surveillance, investigation, and prosecution of Somali American communities across the country. These domestic factors converge with US foreign policy that effectively criminalizes political opposition to imperial and militarized US action in Somalia.
- Topic:
- Security, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Counter-terrorism, and Refugees
- Political Geography:
- Africa, Somalia, and United States of America
21. Lecture: Radio, Rulers and the Ruled in the 4th Republic: 25 Years of an Evolving Relationship in a Democracy
- Author:
- Bernard Avle and Emma Morrison
- Publication Date:
- 11-2020
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- Ghana Center for Democratic Development
- Abstract:
- CDD-Ghana and Citi 97.3 FM present the 16th annual Kronti ne Akwamu lecture. The speaker for this year's lecture is Bernard Avle; he speaks on the topic, 'Radio, Rulers and the Ruled in the 4th Republic: 25 years of an evolving relationship in democracy'.
- Topic:
- Democracy, Media, Journalism, Accountability, Censorship, and Radio
- Political Geography:
- Africa and Ghana
22. Defeating Exclusion, Confronting Populism - Lessons from the Anti Apartheid Struggle
- Author:
- Ebrahim Rasool
- Publication Date:
- 03-2020
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- Center for Security, Race and Rights (CSRR), Rutgers University School of Law
- Abstract:
- This keynote was part of the "Global Islamophobia in an Era of Populism" conference.
- Topic:
- Apartheid, Populism, Discrimination, Islamophobia, and Exclusion
- Political Geography:
- Africa, South Africa, North America, and United States of America
23. Global Health Security and Pandemics: Africa and COVID-19
- Publication Date:
- 04-2020
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- Mile End Institute, Queen Mary University of London
- Abstract:
- In this episode, Dr Simukai Chigudu (University of Oxford) and Professor Sophie Harman (Queen Mary University of London) discuss COVID-19 and Africa. They highlight that Africa is not a blank canvas in which the pandemic will play out in a uniform fashion and also question why the word ‘catastrophe’ is often used when discussing COVID-19 in relation to the African continent.
- Topic:
- Security, Public Health, Pandemic, and COVID-19
- Political Geography:
- Africa
24. Global Health Security and Pandemics: When Will This End? Lessons from the Ebola Response
- Publication Date:
- 04-2020
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- Mile End Institute, Queen Mary University of London
- Abstract:
- In this episode, Professor Sophie Harman (QMUL) discusses lessons that can be learned from the Ebola response in relation to COVID-19 with Daniel Kettor (Rainbo Initiative). He highlights, from his experiences of Ebola in Sierra Leone, that social behaviours towards the end of the COVID-19 pandemic will be crucial in ending transmission.
- Topic:
- Security, Ebola, Public Health, Pandemic, and COVID-19
- Political Geography:
- Africa and Sierra Leone
25. President Paul Kagame of Rwanda
- Author:
- Paul Kagame
- Publication Date:
- 09-2019
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- Columbia University World Leaders Forum
- Abstract:
- This World Leaders Forum program features an address by President Paul Kagame of Rwanda, Perspectives on African Integration, followed by a question and answer session with the audience.
- Topic:
- Security, Development, International Trade and Finance, and Economic Growth
- Political Geography:
- Africa, New York, Rwanda, and East Africa
26. Alassane Ouattara, President of the Côte D’Ivoire
- Author:
- Alassane Outtara
- Publication Date:
- 09-2017
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- Columbia University World Leaders Forum
- Abstract:
- His Excellency Alassane Ouattara, President of the Republic of Côte D’Ivoire, addresses the Columbia University World Leaders Forum in Low Library.
- Topic:
- Development, Migration, and Economic Growth
- Political Geography:
- Africa, New York, West Africa, and Côte d'Ivoire
27. Rethinking Africa's Future Through Science, Technology and Innovation
- Author:
- Ameenah Gurib-Fakim
- Publication Date:
- 09-2017
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- Columbia University World Leaders Forum
- Abstract:
- This World Leaders Forum program features an address by Her Excellency Mrs. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, President of the Republic of Mauritius, titled, Rethinking Africa's Future Through Science, Technology and Innovation, followed by a question and answer session with the audience. Welcome, Introduction and Moderated by: Jenik Radon, Esq., Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University in the City of New York
- Topic:
- Climate Change, Development, Economics, Science and Technology, and International Affairs
- Political Geography:
- Africa, East Africa, and Mauritius
28. His Excellency Macky Sall, President of the Republic of Senegal
- Author:
- Macky Sall
- Publication Date:
- 09-2013
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- Columbia University World Leaders Forum
- Abstract:
- This World Leaders Forum program features an address by His Excellency Macky Sall, President of the Republic of Senegal, followed by a question and answer session with the audience.
- Topic:
- Democratization, Development, and Political Economy
- Political Geography:
- Africa
29. His Excellency John Mahama, President of the Republic of Ghana
- Author:
- John Mahama
- Publication Date:
- 09-2013
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- Columbia University World Leaders Forum
- Abstract:
- This World Leaders Forum program features an address by His Excellency John Mahama, President of the Republic of Ghana, titled Reflections on the Challenges and Prospects of Democratic Consolidation in Africa, followed by a question and answer session with the audience.
- Topic:
- Democratization, Development, Economics, Foreign Aid, Foreign Direct Investment, and Governance
- Political Geography:
- Africa and Ghana
30. His Excellency Armando Emílio Guebuza, President of the Republic of Mozambique
- Author:
- Emílio Guebuza
- Publication Date:
- 09-2013
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- Columbia University World Leaders Forum
- Abstract:
- This World Leaders Forum program features an address by His Excellency Armando Emílio Guebuza, President of the Republic of Mozambique, titled Poverty and Inclusive Development: The 7 Million as a New Paradigm for Socio-Economic Development, followed by a question and answer session with the audience.
- Topic:
- Development, Economics, Poverty, and Governance
- Political Geography:
- Africa
31. New Research on Transitional Justice
- Publication Date:
- 02-2011
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- The Harriman Institute
- Abstract:
- Participants: Aryeh Neier (Founder, Human Rights Watch and President, Open Society Institute), Monika Nalepa (Political Science Department, Notre Dame University), Lara Nettelfield (Post-Doctoral Fellow, Harriman Institute, Columbia University), Tina Rosenberg (Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Haunted Land: Facing Europe\'s Ghosts after Communism), Ruti Teitel (Ernst C. Stiefel Professor of Comparative Law, and Associate Director, Center for International Law, New York Law School, and Visiting Professor, London School of Economics), and Leslie Vinjamuri (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London). This event is part of the "Human Rights in the Post-Communist World: Strategies and Outcomes " series (Harriman Core Project 2010-2011).
- Topic:
- Human Rights, Human Welfare, International Law, Post Colonialism, and Law
- Political Geography:
- Africa, New York, and Europe
32. A Conversation with Henry Odein Ajumogobia
- Author:
- Henry Odein Ajumogobia
- Publication Date:
- 08-2010
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- Council on Foreign Relations
- Abstract:
- Speaker: Henry Odein Ajumogobia, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Federal Republic of Nigeria Presider: Princeton N. Lyman, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies, Council on Foreign Relations, Former U.S. Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Nigeria August 4, 2010 Guest Event: A Conversation with Henry Odein Ajumogobia Nigerian foreign minister Henry Odein Ajumogobia discusses the challenges and prospects of Nigeria at fifty and the strengthening of Nigeria's bilateral partnership with the United States.
- Topic:
- Oil and Bilateral Relations
- Political Geography:
- Africa, United States, and Nigeria
33. Challenges of the Drylands
- Author:
- Jeffrey D. Sachs, Belay Begashaw, and Upmanu Lall
- Publication Date:
- 09-2010
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- Columbia University World Leaders Forum
- Abstract:
- A panel discussion moderated by Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs with East African Leaders, and Dr. Belay Begashaw from the Earth Institute's MDG Centre and Upmanu Lall, director of the Columbia Water Center, followed by a question and answer session with the audience.
- Topic:
- Agriculture, Climate Change, Economics, and Health
- Political Geography:
- Africa
34. Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Meles Zenawi
- Author:
- Meles Zenawi
- Publication Date:
- 09-2010
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- Columbia University World Leaders Forum
- Abstract:
- "The Current Global Environment and its Impact in Africa" An address by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi followed by a question and answer session with the audience.
- Topic:
- Environment and Globalization
- Political Geography:
- Africa and Ethiopia