JHU Africa Business Conference
Foreword
In 2020, we witnessed challenges of global proportion that transformed our lives to a completely new sense of normalcy unlike any we had ever experienced. With the devastating loss of over 112 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, and over 2.4 million confirmed dead, our human interactions have been relegated to social distancing, wearing masks, and avoiding gatherings. Amidst this global pandemic, we are charged with harnessing the power of technology and our relationship to it in incredible new ways in our everyday living. While these spatial boundaries ask more from us, the implications of such a cultural transformation present us with opportunities for our most creative positioning.
The time is here and now to bolster innovation and disrupt old patterns and as such the Africa Business Conference transforms into an interactive zoom meeting connecting people, countries, and continents across the globe to share perceptions, promising approaches, and tangible solutions to challenges and opportunities we face. In 2020, we witnessed challenges of global proportion that transformed our lives to a completely new sense of normalcy unlike any we had ever experienced.
We will seize the occasion to highlight the invaluable resources, ingenuity, and genius of Africa from African youth, to Africans in tech, Africans in health systems, and Africans in finance. Be prepared to receive nuanced insight, evidence, and energy as we rise to the occasion of our theme "Africa beyond COVID19". Over the next two days, our expert speakers will share how they are they are shaping the future of Africa Business in our first all virtual conference - in perfect fashion with the skills of the times. We welcome you to this important convening of minds and invite you to engage with us intentionally and deliberately for the African Business Conference 2021.
Thank you to the Africa Business Club at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School for working tirelessly to ensure a learning, growing, networking, motivating, and energizing experience.
Rebkha Atnafou, MPH
Founder and CEO
RnD Associates and RDAssociates Africa
Faculty Advisor, ABC at Carey Business School
Research Associate, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
