Past Summits
Themes and Keynote Speakers at Past Summits
Year |
Theme of Summit |
Keynote Presenter(s) |
2010 |
50 years of Nationhood: Experiences in, and Prospects for Sustainable Development in Nigeria |
Prof. Jeffery Sachs, Columbia University, USA |
2011 |
Global Change and Sustainable Development: Challenges and Opportunities for South-South Cooperation in Sub-Saharan Africa |
Emeritus Professor of Economics, Ademola Oyejide. |
2012 |
Building Resilience in Sustainable Development in a Changing World |
Dr. Elias Ayuk United Nations University INRA, Accra Ghana |
2013 |
Leadership in Africa’s quest for sustainable development |
Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR, former President of Nigeria |
2014 |
“Sustainable Development in Pre-colonial, Colonial and Post-colonial Africa: Issues and Contexts” |
Professor Sola Olopade, Clinical Director, Centre for Global Health, University of Chicago, USA, and Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs |
2015 |
The Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda: Whither Africa? |
Professor Godwell Nhamo of the University of South Africa (UNISA), South Africa, and Ambassador Oluseyi Onafowokan who was the Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana |
2016 |
Making the Sustainable Development Goals Work for People in Africa |
Prof Walter Vermeulen, President of International Sustainable Development Research Society and Amina Mohammed, former Honourable Minister of Environment in Nigeria,, now Deputy General secretary, United Nations. |
2017 |
Challenges and Prospects of Attaining Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within Planetary Boundaries |
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