Announcements
Announcements
Join us and be part of the world of Bioeconomy! The Roundtable will be moderated by a bioeconomy professional who, together with high profile speakers, will engage in a hard talk on the World BioEconomy Forum Four-Pillar Strucuture: The Bioeconomy: People, Planet, Policies; Global Leaders and Financial World; Bioproducts around us; Looking to the Future.
A staffer at Sanivation company in Kenya demonstrates the manufacture of briquettes from recycled waste. Photo: Lawrence Nzuve/SEI
The Roundtable’s topic is Witnessing a new era for the bioeconomy in Africa.
Africa is the next big opportunity for the Bioeconomy with its huge reservoirs in biomass, unused arable land and untapped treasures of biodiversity. The continent also needs to respect its continental boundaries, its large dominating rural areas, but also emerging preurban and urban agglomerations, and its small retail economic structures which cannot be compared with other continents.
South Africa for more than a decade is leading the development of a Bioeconomy in Africa, recently followed by the East African Community, Namibia etc. This is the first time that a dedicated African Round Table takes place in which the many diverse aspects of African bioeconomies from North to South and East to West are discussed.
The Roundtable will be held on 25 April 2023 15:00–17:30 (EAT) 14:00–16:30 (CET)
Opening remarks by Jukka Kantola and Flora Ismail Tibazarwa: Status review on on-going “a global hub for the bioeconomy” survey
Introduction of the topic by Dr. Christian Patermann
Keynote Address: The state of bioeconomy Eastern Africa Community 2022 by Dr. Philip Osano
Introduction presentations by the panellists
Panelists
Dr. Vuyisile Phehane: Executive on Bio-Economy at Technology Innovation Agency, South Africa
Paulus Mungeyi: Manager of the Biotechnology Division, National Commission on Research, Science and Technology, Namibia
Dr. Safietou Sanfo: Regional Thematic Coordinator, WASCAL, Burkina Faso
Muyambi Fortunate: Deputy Executive Secretary (Projects and Programme) at East Africa Science and Technology Commission
Q&A
Conclusion
Past event / SEI and partners will hold a high-level policy dialogue on bioeconomy themed “National bioeconomy strategies: paving the future growth path for Eastern Africa”.
Event on 15 November in Nairobi / AgriFoSe2030 will join SIANI to host a workshop in Nairobi on 15 November 2023 themed partnerships and collaborations for food system transformation.
Project / This project explores access to EU markets for East African small-medium enterprises in the agriculture sector and the effect of EU sustainability standards
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