PROGRAMME

TUESDAY 16^TH JULY 2024

• 8.00 am – 9:00 am          Arrival and Registration of Participants
• 9:00 am – 12.00 pm: Opening of Conference and Plenary Session

Moderator: Benard Avle (General Manager, Citi)

 Welcome Address (9:00 am- 9:20 am) – Gbadebo Odularu (President AFEA)
 Introduction of Chairperson (9:20 am-9:25 am) – Prof. Mavis Dako-Gyeke (Dean SSS, Univ. of Ghana) 
 Chairperson’s Opening Remarks (9:25 am-9:40 am) – Prof. Nana Aba Appiah-Amfo (Vice Chancellor, Univ. of Ghana)
 Introduction of Keynote Speaker (9:40 am- 9:45 am) – Prof. William Baah-Boateng (HOD Dept of Economics, Univ. of Ghana)
 Keynote Address (9:45 am- 10:35 am) – Professor Ernest Aryeetey
 Music Interlude (10:35 am-10:45 am)- Ghana Dance Ensemble
 Discussants Comments/Q&A (10:45 am- 11:15 am)- Professor Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong (U. S. National Science Foundation)
 Chairperson’s Closing Remarks (11:15 am-11:30 am) – Prof. Nana Aba Appiah-Amfo (Vice Chancellor, Univ. of Ghana)
 Closing

• 11.30 am – 12:00 noon: Cocoa Break
• Day One Breakout Session(s) : 12:00 noon – 5:30 pm

 Breakout Session I (12:00 noon – 2:00 pm)
 Lunch (2:00 pm- 3:30 pm)
 Breakout Session II (3:30 pm- 5:30 pm)
Side Event- PhD Posters (All Day)

WEDNESDAY 17TH JULY 2024

• 8.30 am – 9:00 am: Arrival and Registration of Participants
• 9:00 am – 11.00 am: Plenary Session II

Moderator: ……………………………………………

 Welcome Address (9:00 am – 9:10 am) – Prof. Evelyn Nyadwera (Former Board Chair of AFEA & Editor Journal of Africa Development)
 Introduction of Keynote Speaker (9:10 am- 9:15 am) – Prof. Samuel Amponsah (Chair, Conference Organizing Committee)
 Keynote Address (9:15 am- 10:05 am) – Prof. Augustine Fosu
 Discussant Comments/Q&A  (10:05 am- 10 am:35 am) – Prof. Abena Oduro
 Award Presentation (10:40 am- 10:55 am)- Dr. Carolyn Chisadza (Conference Organizing Committee Member)

 Closing

• 11.00 am – 11:30 am: Cocoa Break
• Day Two Breakout Session(s) 11:30 am – 5:00 pm

 Breakout Session III (11:30 am- 1:30 pm)
 Lunch (1:30 pm- 3:00 pm)
 Breakout Session IV (3:00 pm- 5:00 pm)

• Side Event- PhD Posters (All Day)

THURSDAY 18TH JULY 2024

• 8.30 am – 9:00am : Arrival and Registration of Participants
• Day Three Breakout Session(s) 9:00 am – 1:30 pm

 Breakout Session V (9:00 am- 11:00 am)
 Coffee Break (11:00am- 11:30am)
 Breakout Session VI (11:30 am- 1:30 pm)
 Lunch (1:30pm- 3:00pm)

• 3:00 pm- 4:30 pm: Closing of International Conference

Moderator: ……………………………………………

 Welcome Address (3:00 pm- 3:15 pm) – Prof. William Baah-Boateng (HOD Dept of Economics, Univ. of Ghana)
 Opening Remarks (3:15 pm- 3:30 pm) – Prof. Samuel Amponsah (Chair of Conference Organizing)
 Closing Remarks + (3:30 pm- 3:45 pm) – Jean-Claude Maswana (Board Chairman of AFEA)
                                  + (3:45 pm- 4:00 pm) – Prof Dan Ofori (Provost- College of Humanities)
 Formal Closing of Conference (4:00 pm- 4:15 pm) – Prof. Gbadebo Odularu (President AFEA)
 Pass the torch to University of Nairobi  (4:15 pm – 4:25 pm) Prof. Christian Nsiah (Secretary/Treasurer, AFEA)
 Vote of thanks (4:25 pm- 4:30pm) – Dr. Gloria Afful-Mensah (Conference Organizing Committee Member)
    

• Side Event- PhD Posters (All Day)
• Break Out Sessions

 2-hour sessions
 3 Presentations of 35 minutes each (105 Minutes in all)
 Each 35-minute Presentation will have the following time allocation
     15 minutes for presentation
     10 minutes for discussant
     10 minutes for Q&A and Response
 A 10-minute coffee break session
 5 minutes at the end of the session for the Chairperson’s remarks