afea@assa
2025

Venue: San Francisco, California

Dates: January 3–5, 2025 (Friday, Saturday, Sunday)

keynote speaker

Andrew Dabalen is the World Bank’s Africa Region Chief Economist responsible for providing guidance on strategic priorities and the technical quality of economic analysis in the region, as well as for developing major regional economic studies, among other roles. He has held various positions. His research and scholarly publications focused on poverty and social impact analysis, inequality of opportunity, program evaluation, risk and vulnerability, labor markets, and conflict and welfare outcomes. He has co-authored regional reports on equality of opportunity for children in Africa, vulnerability and resilience in the Sahel, and poverty in a rising Africa. He holds a Master in International Development from University of California – Davis, and a PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics from University of California – Berkeley.

program outline

Joint African Finance and Economic Association (AFEA) and Journal of African Development (JAD) Board Meeting

Friday, Jan. 3, 2025
4:30 PM – 6:30 PM (PST)
Hilton San Francisco Union Square

Presiding: Socrates Kraido Majune, University of Nairobi

Trade (F1)

Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025
10:15 AM – 12:15 PM (PST)
Hilton San Francisco Union Square

Chair: Socrates Kraido Majune, University of Nairobi

African Development Bank (AfDB) – AFEA Luncheon Colloquium

Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM (PST)
Hilton San Francisco Union Square

Presiding: Omolola Amoussou, African Development Bank

AFEA Presidential Address and Business Meeting

Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025
7:30 PM – 8:30 PM (PST)
Hilton San Francisco Union Square

Presiding:
Gbadebo Odularu, African Finance and Economics Association
Jean-Claude Maswana, Ritsumeikan University

AFEA Conversation Series

Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025
8:30 PM – 9:00 PM (PST)
Hilton San Francisco Union Square

Presiding:
Gbadebo Odularu, African Finance and Economics Association
Jean-Claude Maswana, Ritsumeikan University

Equitable Policy Reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa’s Energy, Finance, and Artificial Intelligence Contexts (O1, Q5)

Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM (PST)
Hilton San Francisco Union Square

Chairs:
Fafanyo Asiseh, North Carolina A&T State University:
Gbadebo Odularu, Howard University

African Economic Development (O1)

Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM (PST)
Hilton San Francisco Union Square

Chair: Socrates Kraido Majune, University of Nairobi