Past events

Designers, policymakers and thinkers discuss how radical design thinking can provide positive answers and innovative solutions to shape the future.

Panellists discuss the election landscape in Ethiopia and expectations ahead of the polls, providing perspectives on the priority issues and interests in several regions and on the future of Ethiopia’s democratic transition.

Panellists discuss regional countries’ responses to the pandemic through the lens of their own social safety nets (SSNs) and consider the potential for reform.

What have been the trajectories of political leadership since the 1980s and 1990s in Rwanda, Uganda, Ethiopia and Eritrea?

Reflecting on the humanitarian crisis in Tigray, panellists discuss current relief efforts, measures to ensure civilian protection, and impediments to scaling-up assistance in the region.

This event explores the state of play in Central Asia 30 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Panellists including Malala Yousafzai and the Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP discuss the link between girls’ education, gender equality and climate change.

This event examines the significance of recent changes in Ukraine’s culture sphere for its future and outlines possibilities for further change. 

Speakers discuss how young people engage in shaping governance in Nigeria, routes to influence, barriers to overcome, and their ideas for improvement.

Speakers discuss the historical roots of the language issue, as well as the wider significance of the protests in China.

When civil rights, equality and democratic accountability are at stake, are protests guaranteed facilitators of change?