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Eminent Speakers Series

Muhammad Yunus

14/02/2013 - Eminent Speakers Series: Nobel Peace Prize-winner and Microcredit Champion Muhammad Yunus
13/03/2013 - Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus Spurs the AfDB to a Greater Commitment in Building Social Business

John A. Kufuor

06/07/2012 - “Africa is the world’s last development frontier" - John A. Kufuor, Ghana’s former President, at the AfDB’s Eminent Speaker program
27/06/2012 - Former Ghanaian President, John A. Kufuor, to be Next AfDB Eminent Speaker

Jean Michel Severino

23/11/2010 - Jean-Michel Severino at AfDB Eminent Speakers’ Seminar

Wole Soyinka

25/10/2010 - Wole Soyinka: Reinforcing the Role of African Intellectuals in Development
25/10/2010 - Wole Soyinka: "Reversing Brain Drain is Key to Africa’s Development"

Joseph Stiglitz

Wangari Maathai

29/09/2011 - Wangari Maathai, a Global Icon
21/10/2009 - Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai to Deliver Lecture at AfDB
17/10/2009 - Prof. Maathai Set to Deliver Lecture on “Natural Resource Management and Poverty Reduction: Strengthening the Links”
27/10/2009 - Our Forests are a Precious Treasure to be Preserved
27/10/2009 - Wangari Maathai Calls for Strengthening Capacities of the Poorest

Sadako Ogata

16/06/2009 - Eminent Speakers Series: Africa has made steady progress, says JICA President
12/06/2009 - Presentation by Sadako Ogata on Peace and Development in Africa

Jacques Attali

Ha Joon Chang

25/02/2009 - Prof. Ha-Joon Chang Addresses Tunis-based Development Community on the Economic History of the Developed World

Festus Mogae

04/12/2008 - Interview with Mr. Festus Mogae, Former President of Botswana

James D Wolfensohn

25/04/2008 - Former World Bank President James Wolfensohn in Tunis
18/04/2008 - James Wolfensohn, Eminent Speaker at the African Development Bank

Abdou Diouf

Nicholas Stern

11/07/2007 - Sir Stern and Prof. Collier Give Press Conference

Benjamin Mkapa

13/12/2006 - Eminent Speaker’s Series: President Mkapa in Tunis

Michel Camdessus

15/12/2008 - Michel Camdessus Commends AfDB for Expanding Access to Water in Africa
13/10/2006 - Camdessus at AfDB, Speaks on Rural Water Supply

Calestous Juma

14/04/2006 - Reinventing Growth in Africa

Kenneth Kaunda

02/03/2006 - 2006 AfDB Eminent Speakers Seminar Opens

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Erika Rubin - Sweden 14/03/2013 14:41

Great initiative and truly inspiring people, however I am disappointed to see that you seem to be facing difficulties in finding eminent speakers that are not men. 15 out of the 17 speakers listed above are men. Only 2 are women. Surely more women than that have knowledge and experience with African development and challenges that they could share with the Bank at high level forums such as these.

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