BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Norma Sephuma Kamushinda\, Public Private Partnership (PPP) Spe cialistEmerging\nDevelopment Trends on the African Continent: Behind\nthe Eight Ball or Not?In\nrecent times\, Africa has emerged as the new Frontie r for growth and investment.\nWhilst GDP growth rates have\, on average\, been rising\, much still needs to be\ndone to address the challenges that have surfaced out of rapid urbanization and\nhigh population growth rates\ , while alleviating poverty and reducing\ninequality\, all in the face of limited and constrained resources. New political\nand economic trends have begun to emerge on the continent that mean it is no\nlonger business as u sual in the public sector. The increasingly complex\nenvironment requires a versatile public sector that is responsive\, and adapts\nand improves bo th skills and processes to effectively deliver public services.\nAs we all know\, most African countries are starting from a low economic base\,\nwh ich presents challenges but also opportunities for both governments and th e\nprivate sector. This talk will examine how African countries should pos ition\nthemselves to maximize on these opportunities while addressing the inherent\nchallenges with respect to PPPs.\n\n\n\nMs.\nSephuma\nworked\nin the central bank of Botswana\, Bank of Botswana\, for 14 years in foreign \nreserves management before joining the national Privatisation\nAgency. S he then joined the Southern African Development Conference (SADC)\nPublic Private Partnership (PPP) Network\, whose mandate is to help build\ncapaci ty in PPP development and implementation across the SADC region\, and\nwhi ch involved working with different Governments in the 14 member States. In \nthe last year\, she was an independent consultant at the African Develop ment\nBank (AfDB)\nhelping set up the Regional PPP Advisory Hub for the So uthern Africa region -\nconsulting with Governments\, liaising with strate gic partners and other PPP\nstakeholders that support Governments in the d evelopment and implementation of\nPPP programs and projects. Beginning Oct ober 2015\, she is an independent\nconsultant in the area of PPPs. Ms. Sep huma\nholds an MBA degree from Exeter University in the United Kingdom.Spo nsored by the Maxwell African Scholars Union at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs DTEND:20151204T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260515T030132Z DTSTART:20151204T170000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:MASU presents: Norma Sephuma Kamushinda UID:RFCALITEM639143964923608893 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Norma Sephuma Kamushinda\, Public Private Partnership (PPP) Specialist

Emerging\ nDevelopment Trends on the African Continent: Behind\nthe Eight Ball or No t?

In\nrecent times\, Africa has emerged as the new Frontier for gr owth and investment.\nWhilst GDP growth rates have\, on average\, been ris ing\, much still needs to be\ndone to address the challenges that have sur faced out of rapid urbanization and\nhigh population growth rates\, while alleviating poverty and reducing\ninequality\, all in the face of limited and constrained resources. New political\nand economic trends have begun t o emerge on the continent that mean it is no\nlonger business as usual in the public sector. The increasingly complex\nenvironment requires a versat ile public sector that is responsive\, and adapts\nand improves both skill s and processes to effectively deliver public services.\nAs we all know\, most African countries are starting from a low economic base\,\nwhich pres ents challenges but also opportunities for both governments and the\npriva te sector. This talk will examine how African countries should position\nt hemselves to maximize on these opportunities while addressing the inherent \nchallenges with respect to PPPs.

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Ms.\n Sephuma\nworked\nin the central bank of Botswana\, Bank of Botswana\, for 14 years in foreign\nreserves management before joining the national P rivatisation\nAgency. She then joined the Southern African Development Con ference (SADC)\nPublic Private Partnership (PPP) Network\, whose mandate i s to help build\ncapacity in PPP development and implementation across the SADC region\, and\nwhich involved working with different Governments in t he 14 member States. In\nthe last year\, she was an independent consultant at the African Development\nBank (AfDB)\nhelping set up the Regional PPP Advisory Hub for the Southern Africa region -\nconsulting with Governments \, liaising with strategic partners and other PPP\nstakeholders that suppo rt Governments in the development and implementation of\nPPP programs and projects. Beginning October 2015\, she is an independent\nconsultant in th e area of PPPs. Ms. Sephuma\nholds an MBA degree from Exeter University in the United Kingdom.

Sponsored by the Maxwell African Scholars Union at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs

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