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RSIS Seminar Series on Multilateralism Studies on “What does the future hold for Africa? A critical review of eight key indicators”



Event Date 14 Aug 2019 (Wed), 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Venue RSIS Keypoint, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies Nanyang Technological University Block S4, Level B3 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798 (Location Map)
Organiser S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (Email : isssquak@ntu.edu.sg  Tel/Fax : +65 6790 6982)


Event Info

Lecture Abstract

What are the prospects and challenges in managing Africa’s future? This lecture will look at a series of variables and indicators that will be critical to the shaping of Africa’s future up to 2030. They include: the empowerment and rise of the individual, new and enabling technology, continental demographics, continental economic interconnectedness, public debt in Africa, global economic power shifts, urbanization and resource stress in African states, and the effects of global climate change in Africa.

About the Speaker

Professor Theo Neethling obtained his MA degree in 1989 in South Africa from the Potchefstroom University (currently North-West University) and his DLitt et Phil in 1992 from the University of South Africa, both in the discipline of International Politics.

He has held the position of Professor and Head of the Department of Political Studies and Governance at the University of the Free State since 1 April 2009. He has also been elected by Senate to serve as a member of the Executive Committee of Senate of the University of the Free State. He previously served in the Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy) of Stellenbosch University, where he started his academic career as a researcher in the Faculty’s Centre for Military Studies. In 2002 he was appointed as Associate Professor of Political Science in the Department of Political Science (Mil.) and promoted to Professor of Political Science in 2005. In this regard, he served as Chair of the Department of Political Science (Mil.) in the Faculty of Military Science from 2003 to early-2009, until he moved to the University of the Free State.

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