Episode #74
(Season 4; Ep.9):
Unpacking the
Model ECOWAS Summit on 28 May, 2016
Season 4 is STILL on the theme of
“making money for Africa”.
We commenced
the Season unpacking the nitty-gritty of the Creative Economy, and concluded
that Film, more than any other cog
in the Creative Economy wheel, was probably the most dominant within that
Economy.
In episode 2,
we appreciated how, if managed properly, Sports could become the biggest
employer in Ghana, the sub region, and the Continent.
In episode 3, we
started to treat the all-important topic of customer service, concluding that,
Ghana can achieve an “insanely customer-centric culture” as seen in the West,
but it takes exposure and training of frontline staff to do that.
In episode 4,
we concluded that East Africa continues to rise, while episode 5 helped
demystify Africa’s agriculture under the AU’s flagship programme of CAADP,
concluding that issues around Agribusiness and nutrition will dominate
discussions around Agriculture after the 12th CAADP Partnership
Platform meeting that was held in Accra mid-April.
In episode 6,
we piggy-backed on the *UNCTAD E-Commerce week* that took
place from 18-22 April in Geneva, concluding the show on Cyber-crime with the
shocking conclusion that Ghana’s Cyber-awareness is at a shockingly low
threshold.
Episode 7 saw
us in a conversation with the West Africa Civil Society Institute for updates
on latest activities, and publications, concluding that it was necessary to
have a conversation about African philanthropy.
Last week’s
episode – the 8th for the year – shone the spotlight on AfriTourism
for the fourth time, concluding that the “Think Ghana, Think Cocoa” venture,
which was unveiled at a Marketing competition at the University of Ghana
Business School in April, needs immense support as it has put cocoa very
significantly into conversations around tourism.
Now for the 11th May edition of
Africa in Focus, we have yet-another special edition looking at the unique
Model ECOWAS Summit – scheduled for ECOWAS Day on 28 May, 2016.
On the 13 Edition of AIF, back in August 2014, we spoke to
David Osabutey – co-founder of the Model ECOWAS Summit – around International
Youth Day. The idea was to interrogate different dimensions of African youth.
In the year that the African Youth Charter -- an
institutional and legal response to youth development and empowerment in Africa
-- turns ten, it is instructive to be having a conversation about this
most-unique of Summits that not only seeks to simulate what an ECOWAS Summit may
look like, but how a gathering of this sort seeks to help Ghanaian and other
African youth better-appreciate the workings of West African diplomacy.
So we need to ask: what IS
the Model ECOWAS Summit? What are its objectives? How many people are expected
to attend? And what does it really
seek to achieve in helping educate Ghanaians and other Africans about
international development – especially that of West Africa?
Join us if
you can at 2.05pm on 11 May, 2016.
Call us on the following numbers
+233(0)289.000.931
Guest in the studio:
Ø David Osabutey, Co-founder, Model ECOWAS Summit
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