In May 2024, ATLANTIC FELLOWS from across AFRICA gathered in NAIROBI, KENYA to discuss cross-program, cross-continental collective action needed to dismantle inequities on the continent. The Convening looked specifically at pressing issues in Africa, including the economy and trade.

In this podcast, we join the panel on REGIONAL INTEGRATION WITHIN THE AFRICAN CONTINENTAL FREE TRADE AREA (AfCFTA), which focused on the cotton, textile and apparel regional value chain.

SPEAKERS

(1) MAUREEN SIGAUKE, Atlantic Fellow for Social & Economic Equity (Facilitator)
(2) PHYLLIS WAKIAGA, Chief Executive of the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (Panelist),
(3) DR NONCEDO VUTULA, former senior South African government official on agriculture, rural economic transformation, trade and international relations (Panelist)
(4) DR PAPA DEMBA THIAM, industrial development expert (Panelist).

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#decolonization #socialrights #economicrights #poverty #economicdevelopment #law

African Regional Convening - Nairobi, Kenya - May 2024 | Regional Integration within the AfCFTA

Join Atlantic Fellow FIONNUALA SWEENEY in conversation with KENTSE RADEBE, Atlantic Fellow for HEALTH EQUITY IN SOUTH AFRICA.  Kentse is Head of Social Impact at the South African College of Applied Psychology (SACAP).  She is also Executive Director of the SACAP Foundation, which helps provide accessible and affordable mental health services in Cape Town, South Africa.
 
The ATLANTIC INSTITUTE is based in Oxford, England and works to promote connection and collaboration among Fellows from the seven Atlantic equity-focused programmes around the world in their quest for fairer, healthier, more inclusive societies.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Atlantic Fellows | www.atlanticfellows.org/about
Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity in South Africa | https://www.atlanticfellows.org/for-health-equity-in-south-africa

Kentse Radebe: Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity in South Africa

Join Atlantic Fellow FIONNUALA SWEENEY in conversation with TALA AL-ROUSAN, Atlantic Fellow for EQUITY IN BRAIN HEALTH, and ANA SANTOS, Atlantic Fellow for HEALTH EQUITY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. 

Each year Bangkok is host to the Prince Mahidol Award Conference known as PMAC, an international conference focusing on policy related health issues.  The theme of the 2020 conference was accelerating progress towards universal health coverage, and participants included TALA AL-ROUSAN and ANA SANTOS.  

TALA, a Jordanian doctor, lives and works in San Diego, California, and is committed to the welfare of refugees, more than half a million of whom are hosted by Jordan. ANA is a journalist in the Philippines with a particular interest in reproductive rights.  Both women took part in a side meeting at PMAC on the topic, ACCELERATING UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE COVERAGE TO INCLUDE REFUGEES: THE MIDDLE EASTERN EXPERIENCE.

The ATLANTIC INSTITUTE is based in Oxford, England and works to promote connection and collaboration among Fellows from the seven Atlantic equity-focused programmes around the world in their quest for fairer, healthier, more inclusive societies.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Atlantic Fellows | www.atlanticfellows.org/about
Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health | https://www.atlanticfellows.org/for-equity-brain-health
Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity in Southeast Asia | https://www.atlanticfellows.org/for-health-equity-in-southeast-asia

Tala Al-Rousan (Equity in Brain Health) & Ana Santos (Health Equity in Southeast Asia)

United in their pursuit of equity, Atlantic Fellows come from all walks of life and a variety of professions.

They are a global community of leaders—advocates, artists, journalists, lawyers, business professionals, health practitioners, government officials, academics and researchers—who collaborate to advance equity, opportunity and human dignity.

Fellows are thinkers and doers with innovative ideas and the courage, conviction and capacity to bring lasting improvements to their communities  and the world.

African Regional Convening - Nairobi, Kenya - May 2024 | Regional Integration within the AfCFTA

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