THE KAMPALA GEOPOLITICS CONFERENCE 2024

The African dimensions
in international debates

23rd and 24th October 2024

Yusuf Lule Central Teaching Facility Auditorium, Pool Road, Makerere University

PREVIOUS EDITIONS

2023 Highlights

The recent Kampala Geopolitics Conference provided a platform for visionary African leaders and thinkers to share their perspectives on the continent’s role in international debates. Held under the overarching theme “The African Dimensions in International Debates,” the conference showcased insightful discussions on security, geopolitics and development across the continent.

ABOUT

Why Attend

The Kampala Geopolitics Conference is an academic public event discussing current geopolitical trends and hot topics. Initiated in 2018 by the Embassy of France to Uganda, the concept of the Geopolitics Conference is based on the initiative of IRIS (Institut de Relations Internationales et Stratégiques) which organises in Nantes, France, on a yearly basis a global conference to debate major contemporary international relations issues. After four successful years, the conference has become a regional flagship bearer for Geopolitical debates: by complimenting global conversations with regional and African perspectives, the conference sets the course for balanced discourse and places sustainable development, global peace and international cooperation in the limelight.

SPEAKERS

Meet the speakers

The biggest minds from more than 10 countries in Africa and beyond

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Wednesday 23rd October, 2024

9.00 – 10.15

Arrival/ Introduction

10.15 – 11.15

Opening Remarks

11.15 – 11.45

Exhibition Opening & Poetry Reading / Morning snacks

1.15 – 13.15

Morning Panel Session

13.15 – 14.15

Lunch

14.30 – 19.30

Afternoon Panel Sessions 1, 2 and 3

Thursday 24th October, 2024

9.00 – 10.15

Arrival/ Introduction

10.15 – 11.15

Keynote Speech

11.15 – 11.45

Morning snacks

1.15 – 13.15

Morning Panel Session

13.15 – 14.15

Lunch

14.30 – 19.30

Afternoon Panel Sessions 1, 2 and 3

Scenarios for Somalia and the Region after ATMIS
In the unfolding of diplomatic developments in the past two decades, the United States, China, and Russia have struggled to recruit and maintain African allies. While none of these powers is new to the continent, China’s economic rise and determination to dislodge the United States off its global base have raised the geopolitical stakes. Even without financial muscle like USA and China, Russia has also become a strategic player on the continent. In the most recent global developments that have required states to show their alliance with particular power centres, African states have so far exhibited diplomatic intelligence and independence. The Russian invasion of Ukraine is one global development where African states have revealed diplomatic intelligence not generally associated with global subalterns.

Moderator

Speakers

Wednesday 23rd October, 2024

9.00 – 10.15

PARTNERS

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The conference is made possible with help from partners.

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