Come to the Africaday on the 17th of November in Amsterdam!
Last Updated on Thursday, 15 November 2012 13:32 Written by Communications Intern Monday, 05 November 2012 10:10
Come to the Africa day on the 17th of November in Amsterdam!
Tickets and info on www.afrikadag.nl!
The Africaday is the day on Africa and international cooperation! This year in the centre of Amsterdam – Paradiso, de Ballie and the Barlaeus Gymnasium. With dozens of debates and workshops, interviews with guests from the Netherlands and abroad in the Africa café, speeddates in the basement of Paradiso, an African film program in de Balie and a diverse cultural program in the Barlaeus. Fredy Massamba will also bring us his Afro Soul with a Congoleze twist at the very first Africaday afterparty, Africa at Night. Finish off your Africaday in style at the Sugar Factory!
Including:
- o Opening by Eberhard van der Laan, mayor of Amsterdam
- o Mohamoud Nur, mayor of Mogadishu, on rebuilding his city
- o Brave Ndisale, ambassador of Malawi in the EU, on food security
- o Frans Timmermans, Minister of Foreign Affairs
- o Gerard Rundberg, directeur Wereld Waternet on a clean water strategy for Africa
- o Siep Hiemstra, president Africa and Middle-East Heineken
- o Bert Koenders, special UN representative in Ivory Coast (UNOCI)
- o With the great Afro Soul artist Fredy Massamba, Africaday Fashion Show, Poetry Circle Nowhere, Street Aphrike, comedy from Fuad Hassen
We will discuss:
If the European biofuels policy leads to empty stomachs in Africa, the consequences of food speculation, the democratic influence of citizen journalism, the African vision on the ICC, arms dealing in Congo, the ICT revolution in Africa, the future of development aid, African Diaspora starting businesses in Africa and how we are going to feed 9 milliion people in 2050.
17 NOVEMBER 10.00 to 17.00
AMSTERDAM PARADISO, DE BALIE, BARLAEUS GYMNASIU UM
ENTRANCE FEE €17,50 / students and EVS donors €10,00
-To see how AWEPA is involved in Africa Day click here.
