Africa-Europe cooperation: A dialogue on digitalisation
On 7 June 2023 from 15:30–18:30 CEST (16:30-19:30 EAT), ECDPM will co-organise a joint hybrid event in Addis Ababa and online with European Union Delegation to the African Union, the Rwanda mission to the African Union, the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET), the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) and the Policy Center for the New South (PCNS) to take stock of recent advances and continued challenges in digitalisation in an Africa-Europe context and to identify ways to partner.
Agenda
16:30 – 16:35 Welcome
16:35 – 16:45 H.E. Ambassador Birgitte Markussen,
EU Ambassador to the AU and UNECA
16:45 – 16:55 Moses Bayingana
Acting Head of the Information Society Division, African Union Commission
16:55 – 17:05 Robert Opira
Deputy Rwanda Ambassador to the AU and Ethiopia
17:05 – 17:20 Presentation of key messages from the expert workshop on June 6
on AU-EU cooperation on digital infrastructure and digital single market
Melody Musoni, Digital Economy and Governance Policy Officer, ECDPM
17:20 – 18:25 Panel discussion and Q&A
moderated by Rob Floyd, Director, Innovation and Digital Policy, ACET
Panelists:
- Larabi Jaïdi, Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South
- Osman Issah, Unit Manager, Resilient and Digital Infrastructure Initiatives, Smart Africa
- Noomane Fehri, former Minister of Digital Economy, Tunisia
- Benedikt Erforth, Senior Researcher at IDOS and Megatrends Africa Project Lead
18:25 – 18:20 Conclusions, Thomas Huyghebaert,
Head of Policy and Cooperation, EU Delegation to the AU
18h30 - 19h30 - Networking cocktail
ECDPM staff involved
Recording of the event
This event takes place in the context of the 'Africa-Europe relations: A balanced narrative and reality check' project ECDPM is a part of. Visit the project page to learn more.
