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Atlas Corps Africa Through Our Eyes Panel

Thursday, February 16, 2012
Time: 12:30PM - 1:30PM

Event Venue
Atlas Corps
1133 19th Street NW, First Floor Conference Room Washington, DC 20036

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Event Description

Africa Through Our Eyes
Atlas Corps African Fellows share first-hand views
on changing trends on the continent
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 12:30 - 1:30 PM
1133 19th Street NW, First Floor Conference Room
Please RSVP by February 15
In the first edition of the "Africa Dialogue Series", emerging leaders from North, South, East and West Africa share views and seek to answer the question:
What type of aid/investment and partnerships does Africa need to be sustainable?
Africa is a diverse continent of 54 countries, resource rich but held back by poor leadership. The continent has also seen some of the worse conflicts and famines in history. However, it is not all gloomy. Signs of economic growth are rife with 6 of the 10 fastest growing economies in 2011 located on the continent, as reported in The Economist. Rapid growth in mobile technology and internet penetration has given rise to innovation and a host of solutions spurring growth as well as giving rise to increasing demand for political and economic accountability.