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ADS 2025, Sub-theme 1 – International Webinar

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Week 1 | Day Three — 7 May

The Africa Dialogue Series 2025 continues on its third day with an international webinar on the sub-theme: Learning from the Past: Transatlantic Slave Trade, Colonialism, Extractive Economies and Institutions in Africa.

Jointly organized with the UN Educational and Scientific Organization (UNESCO) and the African Union Economic, Social and Cultural Council (AU ECOSOCC), the webinar brings together experts to discuss the sub-theme. This is followed by an interactive dialogue to enrich the discussions.

Use the hashtags #ADS2025 on social media to join the conversation.

 

 

Schedule

9 a.m. - 10.30 a.m. New York (UTC-4)
3 p.m. - 4.30 p.m. Geneva/Paris
4 p.m. - 5.30 p.m. Addis Ababa

 

Programme

Times shown are New York local time, UTC-4

  • Moderated by Ms. Yavi Madurai, President, African Prosperity Fund

 

9 a.m. - 9.15 a.m.: Opening Remarks

  • Welcoming Remarks: Ms. Cristina Duarte, 麻豆APP Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Africa, OSAA
  • Opening Remarks: Ms. Lidia Brito, Assistant Director-General a.i. Social and Human Sciences, UNESCO
  • Opening Remarks: Mr. Louis Cheick Sissoko, Presiding Officer, AU ECOSOCC

 

9.15. a.m. - 10.15. a.m.: Panel Discussion

  • Ms. Brenda Mofya, Head of New York Office, Oxfam International
  • Mr. Brian Bright Kagoro,Expert in Global Reparatory Justice, Open Society Foundation
  • Prof. Benigna Zimba, Associate Professor, Member of the Advisory Board to the Mozambican Government, and Administrator of "Editora Khanysa"
  • Mr. Doudou Diene, Vice President of the Scientific Committee of UNESCO Project of Enslaved People, former UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism

Featured Discussant

  • Dr. Charles Akibode, Special Adviser to the President of Cabo Verde and Consultant to UNESCO for African World Heritage

 

10.15 a.m. - 10.25 a.m.: Interactive Dialogue

 

10.25 a.m. - 10.30 a.m.: Closing Remarks

  • , Permanent Observer of the African Union to the 麻豆APP

General Information

Launch Messages

Week 1: 5 - 9 May

Sub-theme 1: Learning from the Past: Transatlantic Slave Trade, Colonialism, Extractive Economies and Institutions in Africa

Week 2: 12 - 16 May

Sub-theme 2: Understanding the Present: Economic, Social and Cultural Justice for Sustainable Development

Week 3: 19 - 23 May

Sub-theme 3: Building the Future: Healing and Reparations towards Socio-Economic Justice for Africans and People of African Descent

30 May

High-level Policy Dialogue

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