On Friday, July 13, Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission H.E. Quartey Thomas Kwesi joined the Brookings Africa Growth Initiative David M. Rubenstein Fellow Landry Signé to discuss the next steps for implementing African Continental Free Trade Agreement as well as examine how existing trade agreements, such as the African Growth and Opportunity Act, will and should fit into the new global trade regime. https://www.brookings.edu/events/re-examining-trade-with-africa-under-the-continental-free-trade-agreement/ (transcript available) Subscribe! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=BrookingsInstitution Follow Brookings on social media! Facebook: http://www.Facebook.com/Brookings Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/BrookingsInst Instagram: http://www.Instagram.com/brookingsinst LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/com/company/the-brookings-institution

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Financing Development in Africa: Evaluating the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) Resource Mobilization Strategy Landry Signé, Lecturer on Emerging Markets, Stanford University; Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Alaska Anchorage; Chairman, The Global Network for Africa's Prosperity

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair told a Stanford audience that much-needed economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa cannot go forward without improvements in governance. Blair is now the founder and patron of the African Governance Initiative, which works in Liberia, Guinea, Rwanda and Sierra Leone. Related article: http://news.stanford.edu/news/2012/may/tony-blair-gsb-051812.html Stanford University: http://www.stanford.edu/ Stanford News: http://news.stanford.edu/ Stanford University Channel on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/stanford

Just off a plane from Africa, Bill Gates visits Stanford to talk about innovation, but not the software kind. Scientists and engineers, he said, need to focus on products that help improve the lives of the world's poor even though the market directs people to help the wealthiest. Related article: http://news.stanford.edu/news/2012/april/bill-gates-stanford-040512.html Stanford University: http://www.stanford.edu/ Stanford News: http://news.stanford.edu/ Stanford University Channel on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/stanford

Landry Signé, David M. Rubenstein Fellow, Global Economy and Development, Africa Growth Initiative, Brookings & Distinguished Fellow, Center for African Studies, Stanford University, speaks at the 2018 Emerging Markets Forum hosted by the Center for Global Business at the Robert H. Smith School of Business.

On Tuesday, October 31, the Brookings Africa Growth Initiative hosted former President of Malawi H.E. Joyce Banda and World Bank Chief Economist for Africa Albert Zeufack for a discussion on a new book by Rubenstein Fellow Landry Signé, Innovating Development Strategies in Africa: The Role of International, Regional and National Actors. https://www.brookings.edu/events/innovating-development-strategies-in-africa-the-role-of-international-regional-and-national-actors/ (transcript available) https://www.brookings.edu/events/innovating-development-strategies-in-africa-the-role-of-international-regional-and-national-actors/ (transcript available) Subscribe! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=BrookingsInstitution Follow Brookings on social media! Facebook: http://www.Facebook.com/Brookings Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/BrookingsInst Instagram: http://www.Instagram.com/brookingsinst LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/com/company/the-brookings-institution

Landry Signé, Fellow, Africa Growth Initiative, Brookings Institution and Senior Fellow, OCP Policy Center