{"id":475,"date":"2019-02-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diasporaportuguesa.org\/2nd-edition-eurafrican-forum-partnership-of-equals-2\/"},"modified":"2022-12-22T13:38:09","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T13:38:09","slug":"2nd-edition-eurafrican-forum-partnership-of-equals-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diasporaportuguesa.org\/en\/news\/2nd-edition-eurafrican-forum-partnership-of-equals-2\/","title":{"rendered":"2nd Edition EurAfrican Forum: \u2018Partnership of Equals\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2nd Edition of EurAfrican Forum will take place on July 4 and 5, 2019, at the Grand Auditorium of NOVA School of Business and Economics, Cascais, with the theme \u201cPartnership of Equals: Sharing Values, Sharing Prosperity\u201d.<\/span>
\nThis edition intends to focus on\u00a0<\/span>a new approach and paradigm for Europe and Africa\u2019s relations, faced as equals, to create the framework and forge impact transformation, changing the narrative for both continents for a shared prosperous and sustainable joint-future. The topics for debate will be the following:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Panel 1 \u2013 African entrepreneurs driving inclusive innovation and growth – sponsored by Omatapalo<\/em><\/p>\n

Panel 2 \u2013 From donor-recipient towards equal participation – sponsored by Mota-Engil<\/em><\/p>\n

Panel 3 \u2013\u00a0 Changing the narrative: valuing talent and diversity from migrant flows<\/p>\n

Panel 4 \u2013 Africa: the new frontier for impact investment and innovation<\/p>\n

Panel 5 \u2013 Legacy to growth: rehabilitating the heritage, culture and tourism – sponsored by Turismo de Portugal<\/em><\/p>\n

It will also occur four parallel sessions outside the Grand Auditorium,<\/em> after the closing remarks, on July 4:<\/p>\n

Session 1 \u2013 Rebuilding Mozambique<\/p>\n

Session 2 \u2013 Security, Migration and Talent \u2013 This session will be designed in collaboration with the\u00a0Institute of Security and Strategy Foundation\u00a0of Poland.<\/em><\/p>\n

Session 3 \u2013 Tools and strategies for woman and youth empowerment<\/p>\n

Session 4 \u2013 EU-AF Economic Integration and Digital Infrastructure for Africa<\/p>\n

For this edition it is confirmed Ant\u00f3nio Vitorino<\/a><\/span>, \u00a0Director General for the International Organization for Migrations – UN Migration Agency (IOM) for a keynote address about the migration dialogue between Europe and Africa, as well as Elijah Amoo Addo<\/span><\/a>, Founder and CEO of the Food for All Africa Programme, and Siyanda Mohutsiwa<\/a><\/span>, Satirical Writer (Bostwana \/ USA). Ant\u00f3nio Guterres<\/a><\/span>, United Nations Secretary-General, is also confirmed to participate with a special video message. As institutional speakers it is confirmed the Filipe Nyusi, President of the Republic of Mozambique; Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of the Portuguese Republic; Augusto Santos Silva, Minister of the Foreign Affairs of Portugal, and Miguel Pinto Luz, Deputy Mayor of Cascais.<\/p>\n

The panelists are: Ana Mendes Godinho<\/a><\/span>, Tourism Secretary of State of Portugal (Portugal); Camilla Rocca<\/span><\/a>, Head of Research at Mo Ibrahim Foundation (United Kingdom); Christelle Kupa<\/a><\/span>, Fundadora e CEO da Uhusiano Capital (Congo\/B\u00e9lgica); Didier Acouetey<\/a><\/span>, President and Founder of the AfricSearch Group (Togo \/ France); El\u00edsio Macamo<\/a><\/span>, Professor of African Studies at the University of Basel (Mozambique\/Switzerland); Enuma Okoro<\/a><\/span>, Author, (Nigeria \/ USA); Erick Yong<\/a><\/span>, Africa CEO of GreenTec Capital Partners (Germany); Eugene Boadu<\/a><\/span>, Head of Corporate Affairs of mPedigree (Ghana); Fabio Scala<\/a><\/span>, Founder of FurtherMarkets (United Kingdom); Francisco Pereira<\/a><\/span>, Executive Director, Mozambique Post-Cyclones Reconstruction Office (Mozambique); Gregor Binkert<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0Board Member of Beluluane Industrial Park of Mozambique (Switzerland); Grzegorz Malecki<\/a><\/span>, President of the Board of Institute of Security and Strategy Foundation (Poland); Jacek Raubo<\/a><\/span>, Security Expert (Poland); Jasandra Nyker<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0CEO of BioTherm Energy (South Africa); Jo\u00e3o Figueiredo<\/a><\/span>, Chairman and CEO Moza Banco, Mozambique;\u00a0Khadija Idrissi Janati<\/a><\/span>, Founder of I-AFRIKAn (Morocco); Kim Kreilgaard<\/a><\/span>, Head of Lisbon Office of the European Investment Bank (Luxembourg\/Portugal); Koen Doens<\/a><\/span>, Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development, European Commission, Belgium; Lilian Ore<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0Founder and CEO of Global Connections for Women foundation (Nigeria\/USA);\u00a0Linda Mabhena-Olagunju<\/a><\/span>, Founder and Managing Director of DLO Energy Resources Group (South Africa); Lu\u00eds Cunha<\/a><\/span>, Managing Partner of McKinsey Africa (Portugal\/South Africa); Mar\u00eda \u00c1ngeles Le\u00f3n L\u00f3pez<\/a><\/span>, Co-Founder of Open Value Foundation (Spain);\u00a0Markus Lienkamp<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0Professor of Automotive Technology at Technical University of Munich (Germany);\u00a0Michael Stopford<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0Managing Director of Oxford Analytica (United Kingdom);\u00a0Mossadeck Bally<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0Founder and CEO of the Azalai Hotels Group (Mali);\u00a0Mourad El Ajouti<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0Founder of Green Justice Association (Morocco);\u00a0Oyin Solebo<\/a><\/span>, COO & Founder \u2013 Movemeback (Nigeria \/UK); Precious Lunga<\/a><\/span>, Co- Founder & CEO of Baobab Circle (Zimbabwe); Samir Abdelkrim<\/a><\/span>, Founder of EMERGING Valley (France);\u00a0St\u00e9phanie Asare<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0Secretary General of Welcoming Diasporas (Ghana \/France);\u00a0Tina Charisma<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0Founder of \u201cCharisma Campaign\u201c (Ghana \/UK);\u00a0Tunde Kehinde<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0Co-Founder of Lidya (Nigeria);\u00a0V\u00e8na Arielle Ahouansou<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0CEO of Kea Medicals (Benin);\u00a0Yemisi Mokuolu<\/a><\/span>, CEO & Founder HATCH Ideas, (Nigeria \/UK); Vivian Onano<\/a><\/span>, Founder\/Director at Leading Light Initiative (Kenya).<\/p>\n

The confirmed moderators are: Cristina Esteves<\/a><\/span>, RTP Journalist (Portugal); John Gapper<\/a><\/span>, Associate editor of the Financial Times (United Kingdom); Jonathan Rosenthal<\/a><\/span>, Africa Editor of The Economist (United Kingdom); Marie Lora-Mungai<\/a><\/span>, Founder and CEO of Restless Global (France); Nozipho Mbanjwa<\/a><\/span>, Founder and Lead Moderator at Akwande Communications (South Africa). Thora Arnorsdottir<\/a><\/span>, Media personality and documentary film producer (Iceland) is the master of ceremony.<\/p>\n

An Advisory Board was constituted for this second edition, to support on the definition\u00a0of strategic and innovative advice, knowledge, expertise and different perspectives about the topics of concern of the EurAfrican Forum platform, to encourage the development of the framework for sustainable growth and prosperity. It is composed by a group of highlight personalities from the Euro-African diaspora:\u00a0Christian Kamayou<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0CEO MyAfricanStartUp, France;\u00a0<\/span>Kola Karim<\/a><\/span>, Founder & CEO of Shoreline Group (Nigeria);\u00a0Sophia Bekele<\/a><\/span>, Founder & CEO of CBS International and DotConnectAfrica Group (Etiopia); Manuel Mota<\/a><\/span>, CEO of Mota-Engil Africa (Portugal);\u00a0Pauline Mujawamariya Koelbl<\/a><\/span>, Innovation Catalyst, PROWAH Co-Founder and Angel Investor (Switzerland); and \u00a0Ziad Oueslati<\/a><\/span>, Managing Director and Co-Founder of AfricInvest (Tunisia).<\/p>\n

A selected group of Portuguese Diaspora Counselors – the Special Interest Group of the Portuguese Diaspora Council – was also constituted for the development of relevant topics and for the positioning and worldwide awareness of the EurAfrican Forum. It is constituted by:\u00a0<\/span>Carlos Pone<\/span><\/a>, Former CEO AECOM Africa and Former CEO ABB SSA (Portugal\/South Africa);\u00a0 Christophe Fonseca<\/a><\/span>, Portuguese-French film director and member of the Portuguese Diaspora Council\u00a0 (Portugal\/France);\u00a0Gon\u00e7alo Terenas<\/a><\/span>, Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Cultural Promotion (Portugal\/ Senegal and West Africa); Miguel Azevedo<\/a><\/span>, Head of Investment Banking for the Middle East and Africa, Citigroup (Portugal\/UK); Pedro Pereira da Silva<\/a><\/span>, General Manager of Pick n\u2019 Pay Retail (Portugal \/ South Africa);\u00a0S\u00e9rgio Pimenta<\/a><\/span>, Vice-President of International Finance Corporation for the Middle East and Africa (Portugal \/ USA).<\/p>\n

The EurAfrican Forum<\/span><\/strong> platform is founded on the idea that the diaspora work as a connecting force between cities, regions and continents, between cultures, companies and people.<\/p>\n

It is an action-oriented platform that aims to foster stronger collaboration between Europe and Africa, to better promote a shared green and inclusive growth for the two continents, uncover new business and social impact investment opportunities and challenges, creating synergies between both innovation models.<\/p>\n

The launching of the\u00a01st edition of the EurAfrican Forum<\/a><\/span>\u00a0took place on July 10, 2018, in Portugal, with the theme \u2018Crafting Coalitions for Change\u2019 and had 350 participants (35% Africans and 65% Europeans) African and European leaders from the entrepreneur sector, academy, culture, non-governmental organizations, public institutions, young entrepreneurs, media and social influencers. Four topics were under discussion:\u00a0trust,<\/strong>\u00a0resource share<\/strong>, the Fourth Revolution impacts<\/strong> and the role of the Diaspora<\/strong> on re-balancing the Euro-African regions. Watch the\u00a0VIDEO<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0of the 1st edition of the EurAfrican Forum.<\/p>\n

The EurAfrican Forum has the High Patronage of the Presidency of the Portuguese Republic and the Portuguese Government, and is co-hosted by the Municipality of Cascais. The event is sponsored by Mota-Engil, Omatapalo, Turismo de Portugal, MDS Group, EDP and CitiGroup. The partners are AICEP – Portugal Global, the European Commission and the Institute of Security and Strategy Foundation of Poland. <\/em>The media partners are APO Group, Africa.com, Aptantech, DTV Alg\u00e9rie, Forbes Portugal, Further Africa,\u00a0 ITBusinessDirect and Lusa. TAP<\/a><\/span>\u00a0is the event’s\u00a0official carrier<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n