Africa Week 2020 in Beijing

The fourth annual Africa Week event will take place in Beijing from July 20-July 25. Africa Week is a unique series of seminars, excursions, film screenings and always concludes with a start-up competition for local African entrepreneurs in China. Normally, this event is entirely local, that is, you have to be in Beijing to participate. But this year, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, organizers have moved some of the activities online which provides a wonderful opportunity for people everywhere to either take part live via Zoom or to watch the discussions online later. It's important to note that Africa Week is very different from the countless other webinars that now regularly take place. First of all, this one actually takes place in China, which is different from most other conferences. But more importantly, Africa Week is all about young professionals, mostly from Africa and China, a constituency that is often under-represented within the broader discourse. Africa Week organizer Miatta Momoh, co-founder of the Beijing-based social enterprise Kente & Silk, and Nairobi-based technology executive, Stephany Zoo, who will be moderating some of the panels, join Eric & Cobus to discuss the upcoming event and why this kind of gathering is so important, especially now. Show Notes: Buy tickets for all of the events and learn more about the different activities. Stay up to date with all aspects of black life in Africa via Blacklivity.com and on Twitter at @BlackLivityCN JOIN THE DISCUSSION: Facebook: www.facebook.com/ChinaAfricaProject Twitter: @eolander | @stadenesque | @curiouszoo SPECIAL AFRICA WEEK 2020 SUBSCRIPTION SPECIAL: Subscribe to The China Africa Project to receive a daily brief, access the China-Africa Experts Network and stay on top of all the latest developments with the CAP's News Feed. Sign up with the promo code KENTESILK for a special $49 rate (that's $100 off). This offer expires on July 31, 2020. Subscribe today and get two-weeks free: www.chinaafricaproject.com/subscribe