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Africa | China Working Group Seminar
February 11, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
The China–Africa Working Group invites you to their spring workshop consisting of 4 panels, starting this week on Thursday and the Baraza on Friday. All panels are via zoom on Thursday @ 10 AM EST. Open invitation. Baraza is on Friday, 3:30 via webinar and requires registration.
PANEL 1: BROAD CONTOURS OF CHINA-AFRICA RELATIONS IN THE TIME OF THE PANDEMIC
Thursday, February 11, 10 AM – 12 PM EST
- Pádraig Carmody (Trinity College Dublin): “GOING VIRAL? THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON SINO-AFRICAN RELATIONS “
- Jevans Nyabiage (Journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya): “With the slowdown in Chinese lending to Africa, THE continent welcomes private project finance or PPPs: Case study of Nairobi Expressway.”
DISCUSSANT: István Tarrósy, Chair, African Studies, University of Pecs, Hungary.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
FRIDAY, February 12 – BARAZA at 3:30 PM (EST)
Dr. Folashadé Soulé, University of Oxford:
“AFRICA AND CHINA’S COVID-19 DIPLOMACY: REFLECTING ON AFRICAN AGENCY”
Register to attend on Zoom here.
