As part of activities to commemorate the 2024 #WorldNoTobaccoDay, CSEA and our partner Development Gateway joined the ministerial press briefing organised by the Federal Ministry of Health in Abuja earlier today. CSEA was represented by CSEA's research associate, Priscilla Airohi-Alikor, and communications assistant, Adaora Ofodum. 

During the briefing, stakeholders presented their accomplishments and contributions to Nigeria's tobacco control efforts. The federal ministry of health commended the Development Gateway for providing data that helps facilitate their tobacco control efforts. The ministry also expressed a desire to continue working with all stakeholders to achieve the goal of tobacco control eradication.

CSEA Research Associate Chisom Udora and Communications Fellow, Evelyn Dan Epelle attended the Young Women’s Leadership Conference at the NAF Conference Centre in Abuja, on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, which was organized by the office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Citizenship and Leadership, Ms Rinsola Abiola.

The conference emphasized the necessity of empowering women to take on leadership roles, notably in politics. The significance of creating awareness about the possibility of gaining a seat at the table was also emphasized. In the lack of an opportunity, young women are urged to be resilient and determined to create one for themselves.

The Centre for the Study of Economies of Africa (CSEA) in collaboration with Research on Improving Systems in Education (RISE) and Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, organized a two-day intensive workshop titled “New tools for understanding learning crisis in Nigeria”.

The workshop convened key stakeholders in education from the private and public sectors to introduce the concept of learning pathways amongst students and other modern approaches to understanding the range of learning difficulties in Nigeria. Participants were also taught how to apply and use these tools to shape policies in education.

The workshop was held on the 31st January and 1st February 2022 and is intended to serve as a first step towards embedding learning pathways into education policy analysis in Nigeria.

More than a year after the height of the global coronavirus pandemic, researchers, businesses, and policymakers are keen to fully understand the impact of the pandemic on our economies. Moreover, unpacking the long-term implications and policy responses are critical to successfully navigate the economic crises.

To this end SAIIA and CSEA organised a webinar on August 11, 2021 to share empirical evidence of the impact of Covid-19 on Africa’s two largest economies, South Africa, and Nigeria. Researchers from the Covid-19 Macroeconomic Policy Research in Africa (CoMPRA) project were joined by policymakers from the respective countries to further explore policy dimensions of Covid-19 in these two economies and contemplate the way forward to successful sustainable and inclusive economic recovery.

Download the programme.

Download the speakers’ biographies.

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Presentation by Mma Amara Ekeruche, Research Fellow, CSEA: Macroeconomic policy responses from Nigeria

Presentation by Conrad Vangass, Research Fellow, SAIIA: Macroeconomic policy responses from South Africa

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CSEA organized a virtual roundtable on Monday, August 9th, 2021, to discuss pathways for strengthening confidence in the digital economy in Africa under the following:
- Trends in digital growth and data threats on the continent.
- Present landscape for governing data use and sharing in Africa.
- Role and scope for a harmonized regional data governance structure under the AfCFTA.
-Areas for further investigations to gain deeper insights to the factors hindering advancement of data governance on the continent.

The event was a meeting point for stakeholders including: data protection regulators, data aggregators, trade experts, digital rights advocacy groups, representatives of regional economic communities among others.
The event also featured an unveiling of CSEA’s African Digital Preparedness Webpage.

EVENT DETAILS

Read the event summary report

Watch the fully recorded video of the event on our YouTube platform

Download the Key note address by the Director General of the World Trade Organisation(WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Access the newly launched African Digital Preparedness Webpage

Download the slide presentation of CSEA Research team

Download the inception report- Strengthening Data Governance in Africa

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

KEY NOTE SPEAKER

DR NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is the Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). She is an economist and international development expert with over 30 years of experience. She was Chair of the Board of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (2016 – 2020), the African Risk Capacity (2014 – 2020) and Co-Chair of The Global Commission on the Economy and Climate.  Previously, she served as Senior Advisor at Lazard and sat on the Boards of Standard Chartered PLC and Twitter Inc. Dr Okonjo-Iweala was appointed as an AU COVID-19 Special Envoy and WHO COVID-19 Special Envoy.

Dr Okonjo-Iweala served twice as Nigeria’s Finance Minister (2003-2006, 2011-2015), the first woman to hold the position, and spent a 25-year career at the World Bank rising to the No.2 position of Managing Director.

In 2020 Dr Okonjo-Iweala was named Forbes African of the Year. She has been ranked by Fortune as one of the 50 Greatest World Leaders (2015) and by Forbes as one of the Top 100 Most Powerful Women in the World consecutively for four years. She holds a Bachelor’s in Economics from Harvard University and a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

PANELISTS

TEKI AKUETTEH FALCONER

Teki Akuetteh Falconer is an ICT/Telecom Lawyer, a Privacy/Data Protection Consultant and Senior Partner at a law firm based in Accra, Ghana. She is also the Founder and Executive Director of the Africa Digital Rights Hub LBG, a member of the UN Global Pulse Privacy Advisory Group, and a non-resident fellow of the Center for Global Development.

Previously, Teki has worked for the Government of Ghana in the development of several key legislations for the ICT sector including the Data Protection Act, 2012 (Act 843), Electronic Communications Act, 2008 (Act 775), and Electronic Transactions Act, 2012 (Act 772). She was also the first Executive Director of the Data Protection Commission of Ghana.

Teki holds an LLM in Information Technology and Telecommunications Law from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland and a Bachelor of Arts in Law and Political Science from the University of Ghana (Legon), Accra – Ghana.

MRS DRUDEISHA MADHUB

Mrs Drudeisha Madhub is the Data Protection Commissioner of the Republic of Mauritius, a position she assumed since August 2007. Prior to her appointment, she was Senior State Counsel at the Attorney General’s Office for six and a half years.

She is a respected member of various international networks such as: Association Francophone des Autorités de Protection des Données Personelles’ (AFAPDP), Réseau Africain des Autorités de Protection des Données Personelles (RAAPDP), Global Privacy Enforcement Network (GPEN), Common Thread Network (CTN), the Council of Europe, and United Nations Global Pulse.

She was appointed as data protection and human rights expert by Interpol and a member of the Commission for the Control of Interpol’s Files from 2011 to 2018 with the specific function of judging data protection and human rights issues in Interpol’s cases.

Mrs Madhub was appointed UN Emeritus expert, joining the UN Global Pulse Data Advisory Group in 2014 to provide expert advice on data protection.

KAMAL TAMAWA

Kamal Tamawa is the Director of Public Policy for Sub-Saharan Africa at the GSMA. A seasoned Telecommunications Regulation and Policy expert, Kamal is involved in coordinating the delivery of GSMA Advocacy programmes in the Sub-Saharan Africa region, anddriving engagements and interventions on a wide variety of telecommunications policy topics.

Kamal has worked with the Nigerian Regulator and, prior to joining the GSMA, he worked with Etisalat Nigeria where he managed Regulatory Compliance, Spectrum Policy and Technical Regulatory matters. Kamal is also been a member of the Technical Advisory Committee that prepares Nigeria’s participation at International fora on Telecommunications.

Kamal holds a B.Sc in Computer Engineering from the American University of Cyprus and an M.Sc in Mobile and Personal Communications from King’s College London.

DR ADEDEJI ADENIRAN

Dr Adedeji Adeniran is the Director of Research at CSEA. He holds a Ph.D from the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. He also holds a Masters’ and Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Educational Management/Economics from the University of Ibadan.

He previously worked as a seasonal Lecturer in the Department of Witwatersrand, as a Data Analyst at the Analyst Data Services and Resources(ADSR) and as a Teaching Assistant in the Department of Economics University of Ibadan. His research interests cuts across macroeconomics,development finance,public economics and policy analysis and experimental economics.

SONE OSAKWE

Sone Osakwe is a Research Fellow at CSEA. As a development economist, she is committed to understanding how poverty and inequality can be reduced to achieve improved welfare and more inclusive societies. Her expertise include research, policy and practice, domestic revenue mobilization strategies, advocacy, among others.

Before joining CSEA, Sone worked as a fiscal policy advisor at Deloitte. She holds a Master’s degree in International Development and Economics from University of Bath, and a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. She is also a chartered accountant.