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The African Student Groups of Harvard University present Harvard African Development Conference 2011 – Innovation for Development: Exploring Solutions to Africa’s Challenges

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Every year, Harvard University students from a multiplicity of backgrounds in continental Africa and its Diaspora, come together to share with their community the beauty they see in their continent through Africa Week. Sometimes bold and beautiful, sometimes subtle and profound, Africa week always reflects Harvard’s mission to create knowledge, to open the minds of students to that knowledge, and to enable students to take the best advantage of their educational opportunities.

This year we have introduced an annual development conference to the Africa week celebrations at Harvard. The goal of this conference will be to highlight the socio-cultural, legal, political, and economic realities in Africa today. Specifically, it intends to provide a forum for practitioners in Africa to engage with students in a way that not only expands their understanding of the continent, but also inspires them into action.

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Harvard African Development Conference 2011 – Innovation for Development: Exploring Solutions to Africa’s Challenges
Date: March 26th 2011
Time: 8am -10:30pm
Venue: Northwest Science Labs
Harvard College
Cambridge
MA02138
Website: www.hadconference.com
Contact: [email protected]

Keynote Speakers:

Tegegnework Gettu – Assistant Secretary General, United Nations
Director of African Region, United Nations Development Programme

Darius Man – President, Africare

Dr.Renosi Mokate – Executive Director, World Bank
Former Deputy Governor, South African Reserve Bank

Other Relevant speakers divided by panel they represent:

Economic Theory

Amarthya Sen
(American )
1998 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
Economists

Urban Development

Jeffery Sachs
(American)
Economists

Business and Government

Haskell Ward
(East Africa)
Senior Vice President, Government Relations, Seacom
Vice-Chairman The Corporate Council of Africa

Femi Olubanwo
Nigerian
Partner, Banwo & Ighodalo

Middle Income Status

Milan Meetarbhan
(Mauritius)
Mauritius ambassador to the UN

Education

Crispus Kiamba
(Kenya)
Secretary for Higher Education of Kenya
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