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Louis Michel, EU Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid |
“The crisis also represents an opportunity for Africa: this crisis is hastening the reshuffling of the cards in the world in terms of wealth, power and world governance. With its rich economic and human potential, Africa is poised to play a greater role in this emerging new world order. It is in the economic and political interests of Europe to help it do so.” |
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Lene Andersen, Vice President, Global Diabetes Partnerships, Novo Nordisk |
“Investing in Africa is about being decent and responsible, having the knowledge, the capacity, the infrastructure and resources. The key is knowing what you want to achieve, to treat your programme as a long term investment rather than philanthropy and to stick to your area of expertise.” |
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João Aguiar Machado, European Commission Director General for Trade and Chief Negotiator for the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) |
“These agreements [EP As] are an instrument for development. However, it has to be done in the context of a number of rules. We have to create a business climate that will attract investment to Africa.” |
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Helena Bambasová, Czech Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs |
“This [speaking of increasing energy efficiency] is something we in Europe are good at and it would be useful for us to share our know-how.” |
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Alain Champeaux, Senior Vice President Africa and Middle East, Total |
“If a service does not exist, we propose it to the government. It is our target to deliver programmes that are self-funding and, if possible, transferable.” |
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Charles Dan, Regional Director for Africa, International Labour Organisation (ILO) |
“When you ask people what is important, they do not have an ideological view on globalisation. They ask how it is going to affect them. ‘Will I be able to get a decent job?’ We should not see trade and investment in isolation, but look at their impact on employment creation and poverty alleviation.” |
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Thierry de Longuemar, Vice President for Finance, the African Development Bank (AfDB) |
“The real challenge is to lay the groundwork for Africa to benefit when the crisis ends – in fact we could be on the verge of a golden age for infrastructure in Africa.” |
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Luís Gomes Sambo, Regional Director for Africa,World Health Organisation (WHO) |
“Poverty is the dominant determinant of health in Africa. What services can a pregnant woman access on less than $1 a day?” |
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Pekka Haavisto MP, Finnish Foreign Minister's Special Envoy for African Horn and Sudan, Former Minister for Development Cooperation and Former EU Special Representative to Sudan |
“We should not ask why China is in Africa, but why we are not, to the same extent.” |
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Dana Hovig, Chief Executive Officer of Marie Stopes International |
“500.000 mothers die every year and we can do something about that. We often look for the next big drug, vaccine or new health technology. We have the technologies and products, but we just don’t deliver.” |
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Michael Keating, Director of the Africa Progress Panel |
“The degree to which leaders are seen as accountable to their citizens will make a huge difference. We will see certain countries survive better than others regardless of their economic performance.” |
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Jean-François Lassalle, Vice President Public Affairs, Exploration & Production, Total |
“It is vital to have African people in charge of their futures, so we work hard on developing skills within the company.” |
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Stefano Manservisi, European Commission Director General for Development |
“We are looking at a trans-African network. It is not just about infrastructure. Africa needs interconnected markets and a sustainable network for economic activity. Integration was the way for us to respond to the crisis and it is the way for Africa as well.” |
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Akere Muna, Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of Transparency International (TI) and Founder and Formed President of TI in Cameroon |
“If you start pumping money into Africa without adequate governance structures, it will go nowhere. To have adequate governance structures, you have to be relevant to the people.” |
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James Musoni, Rwanda's Minister for Finance and Economic Planning |
”If we are to sustain strong growth, we need inclusive economic development across the whole world. When you create imbalance, it cuts growth. It is high time we looked at an inclusive approach to addressing this crisis.” |
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Vittorio Prodi MEP, Chairman of the European Parliament Delegation for Relations with South Africa |
“Mitigation of global warming is a common interest. The cost of doing this is an order of magnitude less than inaction. There is no other choice.” |
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Andreas Proksch, Director General for Africa, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) |
“It is not our role to protect Africa. It is the role of African leaders and governments. For us [in the West], the question is: Can we support them and to what extent?” |
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Robert Tortora, Regional Research Director for Sub-Saharan Africa, Gallup |
“Gallup asked people in sub-Saharan Africa what the most important issues were for their government to tackle. The most important issue was not electricity, it was not roads, it was not housing – it was jobs and unemployment.” |
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Koen Vervaeke, Head of Delegation, EU Special Representative to the African Union |
“Honouring our official development aid is a credibility test for the EU and its member states.” |
| MODERATORS |
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Giles Merritt, Secretary General of Friends of Europe |
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Peter Guest, Editor of This is Africa, a publication of the Financial Times |
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Anya Sitaram, Executive Producer of Rockhopper TV and Former Presenter for BBC World News |
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