CONCEPT NOTE
Africa was subjected to a long colonial rule followed by a continued neo-colonial exploitation by traditional powers. Nationalist leaders were often undermined or ousted through military or civilian interventions. These leaders were frequently co-opted to serve the interests of the former colonial powers and their allies. People, human resources, health, and education were neglected and absent from the policy agendas of these captive African governments. The neo-colonial powers showed no interest in capacity building, whether in the economic sector or in the realm of democratic governance. The emerging new leadership in Africa, along with the youth and long-deceived masses, are now demanding a change in their external neo-colonial relationships. They intend to diversify their external linkages and rope in emerging countries from Asia and Latin America who do not have colonial baggage.
They intend to focus African external engagement from diplomatic, political engagement to human resource development and capacity building of people. It is from this perspective, the proposed webinar on Africa would like to understand and examine external diplomacy of human resource development and capacity building by some of the major benign powers from Asia, Russia and other parts of the world.
PROGRAMME SCHEDULE
- Prof. Ajay Dubey (Moderator)
- Prof. Hussein Solomon (From South Africa - Initial Remarks)
- Dr. Eugenia Makhmutova (Russia - Africa)
- Prof Jamal Moosa (India - Africa)
- Dr. Daria Osinina (China - Africa)
- Dr Sushmita Rajwar (Japan - Africa)
- Dr. Veronica Usacheva (West-Africa)
- Dr Chandani Tiwari (South Korea - Africa)
- Dr. Santosh Kumar (Turkey - Africa)
- Maxim Kaminsky (Turkey - Africa)
- Dr. Aditya Anshu (GCC and Africa)
- Dr. Timur Khairullin (UAE-Africa)
- Prof. Olutayo Adesina (From Nigeria- Concluding Remarks)
- Dr. Rashmi Rani (Vote of Thanx)
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