Hydrogen – the savior of the energy crisis?

Speakers: 

• Prof. Simon Roberts, Lead Researcher, Center for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development 
• Saliem Fakir, Executive Director, African Climate Foundation
• Dr. Gunar Hering, Member of the Executive Board of ENERTRAG SE

A new strategy for cooperation wtih the African continent

Speakers:

• Dr Bärbel Kofler, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development
• Dr Joseph Asunka, CEO of Afrobarometer since 2021. Previously, programme officer at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and lecturer in political science at the University of California (UCLA)
• Dr Elizabeth Nanziri, Director African Centre for Development Finance

After the COP 15 agreement: Are nature credits the key to save the planet?

Speakers: 

• Candice Stevens, Chair, Africa's Sustainable Finance Coalition
• Prof. Patience Gandiwa, Director Zimparks
• Dr. Sonja Stuchtey, Founder The Landbanking Group 

The Kunming/Montréal Declaration – World Nature Conference COP15 agrees on protecting biodiversity sustainably

Speaker: 

• Simangele Msweli-Ratsoana, Senior Manager for the Youth Leadership Programme at the African Wildlife Foundation in Kenya
• Josef Settele, Head of the Department of Conservation Biology and Social-Ecological Systems at Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Halle/Germany

The War in Ukraine – how can Africa and Europe face the ddramatic consequences?

Speaker:

• Melanie Müller, German Institute for International and Security Affaris (SWP)
• Timothy Njagi, Development Economist and Policy Analyst, Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development
• Christian Vooren, IJP Alumnus & Editor ZEIT Online

Africa Tomorrow – Pathways to Prosperity

Speaker:

• Jakkie Cilliers, founder and former Executive Director of the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) Board of Trustees and head of the African Futures and Innovation Programme at the ISS

Towards A Comprehensive Strategy with Africa?
- Challenges, Expectations and Opportunities for the 6th AU-EU Summit

Panelists: 

• Dr. Christoph Hoffmann, Member of the German Parliament (FDP)
• Lidet Tadesse Shiferaw, Associate Director, Peaceful Societies and Accountable Governance, European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM)
• Dr. Olumide Abimbola, Executive Director, African Policy Research Institute (APRI)

What China is up to in Africa and what do African countries expect?
Joined IJP Asia & Africa Talk

Speaker:

• Dr. Christian Straube, Programme Manager China Stiftung Asienhaus, Köln
• Alan Robles, South China Morning Post / Correspondent Manilla
• Oshodi Adbul-Gafar, Lecturer Lagos State University / Lagos

One year African Continental Free Trade Area
What has worked and where are the opportunities and risks?

Speaker: 

• Mamadou Lamine Ba, Director Business Environment, Agency for the Promotion of Investments and Major Works (APIX), Senegal
• Prof. Julian Hinz, Assistant Professor for International Economics, Bielefeld University, Germany

How to deal with the Omicron variant of the Corona virus?

Speaker: 

• Dr. Bernhard Braune, Head of Division "Global Health Policy and Finance", Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany
• Aileen Puhlmann, Head, Lemonaid & Charities e.V.
• Tobias Kahler, Head German Relations, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Good Governance - Bad Governance: How can African and European countries improve and benefit from each other?

Speaker: 

• Tundo Lisso, Opposition Leader, CHADEMA, Tanzania
   
• Volkmar Klein, MdB, CDU

Scarce housing and skyrocketing rents - disturbing developments in the housing sector?

Speaker:

• Beatrice Mwangi, Research Manager, Centre for Affordable Housing finance in Africa 
   
• Christian Putsch, Africa Correspondent, Welt Media Group

COP26 - Climate change hits Africa with full force - what needs to be done?

Speaker: 

• Chido Muzondo, Policy Advisor, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
• Vian Musika, Renewable Energy Manager, Ecological Christian Organization
• Dr. Gerrit Hansen, Program Director Climate Chnage, Robert Bosch Stiftung
• Julia M. Blocher, Doctoral Researcher, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Election year 2021: What are the learnings in Germany, Europe and Africa? Are the issues and challenges comparable?

Speaker: 

• Moky Makura, Executive Director of Africa No Filter
• Joe Chialo, Executive Vice President A&R / Universal Music Central Europe & Africa and Politician (CDU)
• Dr. Wigan Salazar, Political strategist and Public Affairs Expert, CEO MSL Germany
• Baidessou Soukolgue, Head of Elections and Political Processes Department, EISA

Africa and Europe - a new partnership for a post-Covid world?

Special edition with former German President Horst Köhler

Are Covid-19 vaccinations deepening rifts between the Northern and Southern hemispheres?

Speaker: 

• Dr. Andreas Wulf, MD, Berlin Representative, Medico International e.V.
• Prof. Leslie London, Head Division of Public Health Medicine, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Cape Town

Arts and Culture - How does COVID-19 affect sector and living culture?

Speaker:

• Eddie Hatitye, Director, Music in Africa
• Baraka Issabu, Director, Action Music Tanzania
• Melissa Perales, Music Pool Berlin, Night School, Germany
• Njathi Kabui, Chef, Anthropologist, Farmer, Kenya/USA

The role of journalism in the pandemic - How COVID-19 puts journalists under fire

Speaker: 

• Prof. Dr. Stefan Russ-Mohl, European Journalism Observatory (EJO), Germany
• Meera Selva, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, UK
• Sally Chiwama, Chairperson, Free Press Initiative (FPI), Zambia
• Kai Feldhaus, Reporter, Bild Zeitung, Germany

Is COVID-19 deepening Gender Inequality?

Speaker: 

• Memory Kachambwa, Executive Director, FEMNET, African Women's Development and Communication Network
• Mildred Ngesa, PanAfrican Transformational Leadership Coach, Gender & Communications Expert, Kenya
• Anke Paetsch, Member of Management Board, Director International Relations and Diversity, Association of German Foundations

In the light of COVID-19 - how to create jobs and offer Africa's youth prospects for a good future

Speaker: 

• Foster  Mkandawire, Programme Manager for School Programmes, Plan International, Malawi
• Thomas Rolf, Head of Global Programme Training and Job Creation, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
• George Cantreph, Teacher, New Haven Montessori School, Accra / Ghana

The poor loose again - is COVID-19 pushing the African continent into poverty?

Speaker: 

• Prof. Michael Klundt, Faculty of Applied Human Sciences at the University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal
• Ruwandzano Makumbe, Lawyer & Special Projects Consultant for the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimbRights)
• Mase Ramaru, community organiser and Queer, Feminist Advocacy, South Africa

The digital transformation imperative - how COVID-19 speeds up Africa's and Europe's digitalisation

Speaker:

• Michael Pittelkow, SAP Africa, Executive Development Policy Partner
• Dapo Oyeneye, Developer and IT Consultant, Dakins Consulting

Business as unusual - how COVID-19 turns Africa's and Europe's economy

Speaker: 

• Christoph Hoffmann, Member of the German Parliament (FDP / Free Democratic Party)
• Geoffrey Kamanzi, Manager Policy Trade in Services, East African Business Council (EABC)