Leading from Africa: Toward a New Global Era Enabled through Canada-Africa Collaboration

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About This Series

Day 1 - Upward Mobility: The requirements for Infrastructure & Investment that Deliver Continental Growth and Community Well-Being

Day 2 -Africa’s Central Importance in Delivering Global Technological Solutions: The Dimensions of Progress

Day 3 - How Africa Powers Worldwide Clean Growth: Building and Delivering a Global Agenda for Clean Energy, Everywhere

Meet The Presenters

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    H.E. Kgalema Motlanthe
    Independent Director and Member of Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee at Ivanhoe Mines
    Kgalema Motlanthe became an Ivanhoe Mines Director in April 2018. Mr. Motlanthe was President of South Africa for a period between 2008 and 2009, and subsequently served as the nation’s Deputy President from 2009 to 2014.

    He heads the Motlanthe Foundation that is dedicated to a range of public-benefit activities, including conflict resolution, promotion of human rights and democracy and the provision of care for pre-school-age children, along with buildings, equipment and educational support for public primary schools. Mr. Motlanthe also is a trustee of Liliesleaf Trust and the Brazzaville Foundation.

    Mr. Motlanthe led the African Union’s Election Observer Mission to Sierra Leone to help ensure that the 2018 Presidential run-off election complied with international standards. He was Deputy President of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) from 2007 until 2012, and Secretary-General of the ANC from 1997 to 2007.

    His role in the international movement against South Africa’s apartheid system led to a 10-year incarceration on Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela also was held. Following his release in 1987, Mr. Motlanthe worked for the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM). He succeeded Cyril Ramaphosa as the union’s General Secretary in 1992. (Mr. Ramaphosa was elected President of South Africa in February 2018.)

    During his 10 years with the NUM, Mr. Motlanthe was credited with helping to establish the Mineworkers Investment Company, which was wholly-owned by the NUM and made investments in companies that did not pose a conflict of interest for the union. Mr. Motlanthe played a crucial role in forming the Mineworkers Development Agency, which dealt with the developmental and social needs of retrenched miners and their families. He also helped to form initiatives to provide bursaries to miners and their dependents, as well as education and skills training.

    In January 2021, Mr. Motlanthe was appointed as Head of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, a non-profit organization founded by Nelson Mandela in 1999 to promote Mandela's vision of freedom and equality for all.
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    The Honourable Amina Gerba, Senator
    Senate of Canada
    An entrepreneur for more than 25 years, Senator Amina Gerba was appointed Independent Senator for Quebec (Rigaud) in July 2021, by the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, on the recommendation of the Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Justin Trudeau.

    Originally from Cameroon, she worked for several Canadian companies from 1993 to 1995, focusing on market development in Africa. In 1995, she created her own consulting group, Afrique Expansion Inc., to build bridges between Canada and Africa and to promote business opportunities.

    The Honourable Amina Gerba is the founder of the non-profit organization, Forum Afrique Expansion, which has become the most important Canadian meeting platform for business partnerships between African and Canadian decision makers. For more than a quarter of a century, the Honourable Amina Gerba has focused her professional life in promoting economic, commercial and entrepreneurial rapprochement between Canada and Africa. She has travelled to many African countries, organized and participated in several conferences with the same message: the African continent needs Canada and Canada needs Africa.
Sessions in this Series
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    Africa Accelerating 2022- Upward Mobility: The requirements for Infrastructure & Investment that Deliver Continental Growth and Community Well-Being
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    Africa Accelerating 2022- Africa’s Central Importance in Delivering Global Technological Solutions: The Dimensions of Progress
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    Africa Accelerating 2022 - How Africa Powers Worldwide Clean Growth: Building and Delivering a Global Agenda for Clean Energy, Everywhere
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