Out of Africa: Leading on Trade and Economic Integration | Part 2|

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The second part of this Raisina Podcast on India-Africa trade relations continues with the preceding discourse on food security and mechanization of production. People-centric approach holds the key to leapfrog towards sustainable economic growth, claim experts. “If you combine India and Africa and look at the population that we contribute, under-development is going to cost us very highly as a world, as a globe. Therefore we can only invest in development first because if we put development first, we can develop sustainably.”, states Usta Kaitesi, CEO, Rwanda Governance Board, Rwanda So, what nature of transformation in leadership is required to achieve the development goals set for the two continents? How can strategic partnerships in technology drive the abatement of climate change and its impact on food production? What challenges lie ahead in the threatened multilateral system for free trade and protection? How will all of it impact connectivity and commerce with other global partners? Join the final part of the ‘Out of Africa: Leading on Trade and Economic Integration’ podcast to analyze these fundamental questions and draw on potential technology agreements to push agricultural innovation. Speakers: Geoffrey Onyeama, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nigeria Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong, Deputy Minister Political and Economic, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Ghana Dammu Ravi, Secretary (Economic Relations), Ministry of External Affairs, India Usta Kaitesi, CEO, Rwanda Governance Board, Rwanda Moderator: Omneya Ghamry, Programme Manager, Cairo International Centre for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding, Egypt The Raisina Dialogue is a multilateral conference committed to addressing the most challenging issues facing the global community. Every year, global leaders in policy, business, media and civil society are hosted in New Delhi to discuss cooperation on a wide range of pertinent international policy matters. The conference is hosted by the Observer Research Foundation in collaboration with the Government of India, Ministry of External Affairs. For More ORF Podcast Click Here: www.orfonline.org/podcasts/