Michael D. Higgins, The President of Ireland, will deliver the 2024 Kofi Annan Eminent Speakers’ Lecture at a virtual event organised by the African Development Bank Group’s African Development Institute on Thursday, 7 November 2024, from 14:00 to 16:00 GMT. President Michael D. Higgins was inaugurated as the ninth President of Ireland on 11 November 2011 and re-elected to a second term on 11 November 2018.
The theme of the lecture is “Issues for Structural Transformation, Inclusive Economy and Sustainable Development in Africa: Achieving Food Security through Globalisation ‘from Below’”. The event will also feature the President and Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group, Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina, and the Bank’s Chief Economist and Vice President for Economic Governance and Knowledge Management, Professor Kevin Chika Urama.
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