UPSA AFRICAN LAW CONFERENCES

International Conference on the Future of African Trade and the AfCFTA

Date: 16th – 17th May, 2024

Location: UPSA Auditorium

(Accra, Ghana)

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Message from the Dean

The UPSA Law School is delighted to be able to host Africa and the world on this platform of productive academic exchange on African trade and the AfCFTA. The end of COVID offers not only opportunities for new beginnings, but also the need to reflect anew on the prospects offered by the AfCFTA for the Africa region in terms of unleashing African innovation, entrepreneurship and creativity. Variously described with adjectives of hope and promise, the AfCFTA seemingly contains the seeds of progress and economic development in Africa for this and the coming century and this conference affords an early platform to review the progress made in the implementation of the trade deal.

On behalf of the law school, I look forward to welcoming you to the UPSA campus in May for what promises to be an immersive and engaging experience for key actors and experts of African trade and the AfCFTA.

Professor Kofi Abotsi

Dean – UPSA Law School

Programme

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE FUTURE OF AFRICAN TRADE AND THE AfCTA

Overview

The International Conference on the Future of African Trade and the AfCFTA is an immersive two-day event that presents a diverse range of informative panels catering to various aspects of African trade. The Conference will bring together all key actors in African trade on a common platform to explore the complex angles implicated by trade.

General Panels

  1. The AfCFTA: Overview
  2. Trade in Goods & Services
  3. Implementation Issues
  4. Trade and IP
  5. The Way Forward

Thematic Panels

  1. African Trade, the Environment & Climate Change:

This panel will review the interlinkages between trade, the environment and climate change and explore ways of situating the AfCFTA within the framework of a sustainable environmental agenda.

2. African Trade & Labor & Human Rights:

The trade and human rights panel will examine the intricate patterns in which trade implicates human rights-related concerns and how these can be managed and avoided where necessary during trade.

3. African Trade, The Banking And Financial System (Currency Conundrum & Settlement Systems In Africa):

This panel will review and provide answers to the estimated $5bn annual loss from forex disparities arising out of the diversity of currencies on the African continent and the use of the dollar medium in trade.

Call For Papers

DEADLINE

April 15, 2024

Our Speakers

Daniel Krull

AMBASSADOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF GERMANY TO GHANA

 

 Guest of Honor

Prof. Melaku Desta

Coordinator – Africa Trade Policy Center, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)

Keynote Speaker

Wamkele Mane

SECRETARY GENERAL, AFRICA CONTINENTAL FREE TRADE AREA ( AfCFTA) 
 

SPecial Guest of Honor

H.E John A. Kuffuor

FORMER PRESIDENT OF GHANA, FORMER CHAIRPERSON OF THE AFRICAN UNION

DISTINGUISHED PATRON

Prof. Caroline Ncube

PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCIAL LAW, UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN

Guest Speaker

Hon. Michael Okyere Baafi

DEPUTY MINISTER OF TRADE & INDUSTRY

 

Guest Speaker

Steering Committee

Professor Kofi Abotsi

Dean – UPSA Law School

Professor Paolo Galizzi

Clinical Professor of Law – Fordham  Law School

Gertrude Amorkor Amarh Esq.

Lecturer and center co-ordinator – UPSA LAW SCHOOL

Dr. John Mensah

LECTURER – UPSA LAW SCHOOL

Mr. Gnim Bazim

Secretary

Kweku Attakora Dwomoh Esq.

Lecturer – upsa law school

Georgette Hesse 

Global Citizenship Fellow – White & Case

Professor Olabisi D. Akinkugbe

Viscount Bennett Professor of Law, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University.

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The UPSA Law School is delighted to be able to advance the frontiers of legal education and research through the hosting of the International Conference on the Future of African Trade and the AfCFTA.

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