#   5th Annual Africa Day- Africa’s Transformative Global Economy: Challenges and Opportunities 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **March 31, 2023** 

 11:30AM - 08:00PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **UMass Boston Campus Center, room 3540(Seminars) and EMKI Lobby (Gala)**  



 

 



 

 Themed, **Africa’s Transformative Global Economy: Challenges and Opportunities**, on March 31st, 2023, from 11:30 am – 8:00 pm, the John W McCormack School’s 5th Annual Africa Day will present a full day academic workshop and early evening gala on the AfCFTA goals and initiatives to transform the African global political economy. Invited keynote speakers include, [Carlos Lopes, former DG UNECA and Professor, Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com_-3Furl-3Dhttps-253A-252F-252Fcommerce.uct.ac.za-252Fschool-2Dpublic-2Dgovernance-252Fcontacts-252Fcarlos-2Dlopes-26data-3D05-257C01-257CB.DaoudaDiallo001-2540umb.edu-257C09b661f8a16844e0464e08db217cb444-257Cb97188711ee94425953c1ace1373eb38-257C0-257C0-257C638140592204176389-257CUnknown-257CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0-253D-257C3000-257C-257C-257C-26sdata-3DcP0-252Beca8kyRY2U4ED3Ta02F9Eem7qPCWrah4vDz1fsQ-253D-26reserved-3D0&d=DwMF-g&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=0JedsBrTOxfiptjnJbpOnrBT0dwfdeiuN99utuT6MUg&m=ZK4SQDvA2kRFhvRZJCJ-tvSeneMo3jZ2Gu9cBfqNktbuhPsv8EEoyQ7MLN1E-_cP&s=B9ios3flOHJcyZR3fsVpUqWB4Nb8_BRwwVIgKYAdd7g&e=), SA, [Leonce Ndikumana, Distinguished Professor and Director, African Development Policy Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com_-3Furl-3Dhttps-253A-252F-252Fwww.umass.edu-252Feconomics-252Fndikumana-26data-3D05-257C01-257CB.DaoudaDiallo001-2540umb.edu-257C09b661f8a16844e0464e08db217cb444-257Cb97188711ee94425953c1ace1373eb38-257C0-257C0-257C638140592204176389-257CUnknown-257CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0-253D-257C3000-257C-257C-257C-26sdata-3DwI7KOfjfxn1IUn-252FXvfy5IsV0afYPYfe0OlgZyOuj0JM-253D-26reserved-3D0&d=DwMF-g&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=0JedsBrTOxfiptjnJbpOnrBT0dwfdeiuN99utuT6MUg&m=ZK4SQDvA2kRFhvRZJCJ-tvSeneMo3jZ2Gu9cBfqNktbuhPsv8EEoyQ7MLN1E-_cP&s=x0bWAq0fu6bhUfGB7YvCcWIz8osNM6AI16hJLBtx7SQ&e=), former *Generations’ Southern African soap opera star, entrepreneur, and former Harvard Business School fellow, [Lerato Motshwarakgole.](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com_-3Furl-3Dhttps-253A-252F-252Fwww.timeslive.co.za-252Ftshisa-2Dlive-252Ftshisa-2Dlive-252F2016-2D03-2D14-2Dex-2Dgenerations-2Dactress-2Dheads-2Dto-2Dharvard-2Duniversity-252F-26data-3D05-257C01-257CB.DaoudaDiallo001-2540umb.edu-257C09b661f8a16844e0464e08db217cb444-257Cb97188711ee94425953c1ace1373eb38-257C0-257C0-257C638140592204176389-257CUnknown-257CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0-253D-257C3000-257C-257C-257C-26sdata-3D5MzLQ9q5T7gKQW5rm-252FUTLx-252B3zaf66OXEL2-252BuxlNUnbw-253D-26reserved-3D0&d=DwMF-g&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=0JedsBrTOxfiptjnJbpOnrBT0dwfdeiuN99utuT6MUg&m=ZK4SQDvA2kRFhvRZJCJ-tvSeneMo3jZ2Gu9cBfqNktbuhPsv8EEoyQ7MLN1E-_cP&s=iaNPY5xKZY2eE-TwHImBlJ06INJ3d34bwRrBPxG2W1Y&e=), and former Chair of the department of economics at UMass Boston, [Professor Adugna Lemi. ](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com_-3Furl-3Dhttps-253A-252F-252Fwww.umb.edu-252Facademics-252Fcla-252Ffaculty-252Fadugna-5Flemi-26data-3D05-257C01-257CB.DaoudaDiallo001-2540umb.edu-257C09b661f8a16844e0464e08db217cb444-257Cb97188711ee94425953c1ace1373eb38-257C0-257C0-257C638140592204176389-257CUnknown-257CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0-253D-257C3000-257C-257C-257C-26sdata-3DnmBmpAzsjWwwgBBJCUNxoBZWSDAwF8V6aW3qNFj-252FrB8-253D-26reserved-3D0&d=DwMF-g&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=0JedsBrTOxfiptjnJbpOnrBT0dwfdeiuN99utuT6MUg&m=ZK4SQDvA2kRFhvRZJCJ-tvSeneMo3jZ2Gu9cBfqNktbuhPsv8EEoyQ7MLN1E-_cP&s=4f3eOBLNTurqJ9WfBm9vKUHS6pRrl9BJxbtmtQ8Pu04&e=)

 Organized by: **Africa Scholars Forum, UMass Boston**

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