Investment ready projects in Africa - AfDB presentation (5 August)
The NTU-SBF Centre for African Studies is pleased to invite you for a virtual presentation where the African Development Bank (AfDB) will showcase a list of 32 bankable projects* that need private sector investments. Most of these projects are in the early stage of development and the ticket size ranges from a mere US$30500 (small) to as much as US$3.2bn (large). If you are an investor looking for opportunities in Africa in sectors such as agriculture, energy, infrastructure, healthcare, hospitality, ICT, logistics and natural resources then you may not want to miss this event.
Date: 5 August 2022
Time: 4:00 PM (SGT)
Norfund Conference 2022: Challenges and Dilemmas
Date: 30 August 2022, 12:00-16:00 (CEST)
Det Gamble Biblioteket, Oslo
The need for investments in developing countries is perhaps greater than ever. But succeeding with such investments is not easy. As we mark our 25th anniversary, the Norfund Conference will be a conversation about the challenges and dilemmas we face in our mission to create jobs and improve lives.
Climate & SDGs Conference: Strengthening Synergies Between the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Date: 20-21 July 2022
RAISING CLIMATE AND SDGS AMBITION
The Third Global Conference on Strengthening Synergies between the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development will take place on 20-21 July at the United Nations University in Tokyo, Japan, in a hybrid format, with both in-person and virtual participation. Climate and SDG synergies and co-benefits can only be sufficiently realized if policy makers from all sectors accord these issues high political priority. A better understanding of these co-benefits in national, regional and global contexts can spur more deliberate action and collaboration towards realizing them.
Aid for Trade Global Review 2022
Date: 27-29 July 2022
Hybrid, Geneva
Background
This year’s Global Review takes place against the backdrop of overlapping crises. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to exert a toll on human health and cause turmoil in global trade. Economies everywhere face inflationary pressures with high food and energy prices hitting poor people hardest – and placing additional pressures on hard-pressed public budgets. These pressures are further exacerbated by the war in Ukraine and food security concerns that it has caused. Trade continues to play an important role as a driver not just of economic recovery, but also poverty alleviation and women's economic empowerment. Trade is also an integral part of the transition to low-carbon models of growth and a just climate transition.
INNOVATIONS SESSION n°10
Date: 6 July 2022, 12:00-14:00 (GMT)
Online
The Session Innovations n°10 jointly organised by the PAFO and COLEACP will focus on Successes in exporting to the EU markets from SMEs and entrepreneurs, and be held online on Wednesday 6 July 2022, 12:00-14:00 GMT.
Europe and Africa in a time of crisis
Date: 27 June 2022, 13:30 (CEST)
Hybrid, Addis Ababa
Only a few months after the African Union (AU)–European Union (EU) Summit in Brussels, the partnership is being tested. The EU’s Strategic Compass seeks a more ambitious and capable security sector in the face of evolving threats. And AU reforms aim to better position the body to deal with new challenges.
In this context, what is the value-add of the EU–AU partnership? How do we prevent marginal differences from affecting our ability to jointly respond to global cross-border challenges? And how do we enlist other strategic partners?
Africa Forum 2022: Africa On the Move
Date: 28 June 2022, 11:00-17:00 (CEST-1)
Returning, in person, to the City of London on 28 June 2022, our 9th Hogan Lovells Africa Forum, Africa: On the Move, considers what it is going to take to get the wheels of change turning to push the continent towards a sustainable, accelerated growth.
‘Post-pandemic recovery’. This remains one of the most popular phrases when considering Africa’s economic outlook in 2022, and indeed how commentators continue to frame regional analysis globally. Estimations from the IMF point to modest growth from 3.7% this year to 3.8% in 2023, linked to increased inflation rates and an anticipated slowdown in the global economy, overlayed by the impact of geopolitical events outside of Africa. The effects of the pandemic can certainly not be ignored, with the continent having experienced an ‘almost fully synchronised economic downturn in 2020'. Africa’s emergence from recession in 2021 has not only improved sentiments about recovery, it has revitalised and renewed the region’s pre-pandemic optimism; Africa is on the move.
Future of the WTO or WTO of the Future?
Date: 23 June 2022, 15:00-16:30 (CEST)
Online
CUTS International invites you to its event on the future of the WTO.
The World Ptx Summit: The Hydrogen Crossroad
Date: 22-24 June 2022
Marrakech, Morocco
The World PtX Summit is organized in a joint effort between the Moroccan Research Institute for Solar Energy and New Energies (IRESEN) and the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), aiming towards the creation of a regional platform, dedicated to Green Hydrogen and its applications within the whole “Power-To-X” (PtX) economy.
This platform will trigger high-level discussions and partnerships for a new clean energy era, enabled by the Green Hydrogen opportunities.
Therefore, the World Power-to-X Summit will be a must-attend event for policy-makers, industry leaders, research experts and global innovators to discuss PtX in depth in a variety of high-level panels and sessions.
Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development
Date: 21-22 June 2022
Hybrid, Cairo, Egypt
Africa in an Era of Cascading Risks and Climate Vulnerability: Pathways for a Peaceful, Resilient, and Sustainable Continent
Africa’s potential is both unmatched and untapped. Today, the continent is home to at least half of the fastest growing economies of the world. It is rich in resources and is riding a wave of urbanization, industrialization and economic diversification. Its importance in the global economy is expected only to rise, both as a market and as an engine of global growth. Moreover, the continent is the youngest region of the world. By 2030, one in every five people in the world will live in Africa.