Time:  17:00-20:00（Beijing Time）  ; 10:00-13:00  WEST AFRICA TIME (WAT)

Venue:  Zoom Meeting Room（Registered address of the meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86556134247?pwd=dlY2dmdscG9hZ1l6VDg2VDdBOHR2dz09）

Host:  Gushao Institute, Nigeria

      Center for Nigerian Studies at the Institute of African Studies, Zhejiang Normal University (ZJNU) , China

Agenda（West Africa time）:

10:00-10:06  

 Moderator    Welcome remarks, introduction, and house rules

10:08-10:23  

 Keynote Remarks

Views on Sino-Africa Engagement towards Durable Peace and Common Prosperity

Raila Odinga, Former Prime Minister of Kenya, High Representative for Infrastructure Development at the African Union Commission

10:28-10:48   

Topic1: Sino-Africa People-to-People Ties Amid and Beyond COVID-19

Speaker 1: Dr Ahmed Muhammed Salik, a development consultant, an entrepreneur, and a politician.

Speaker 2: Dr Xu Wei, Deputy Director of the Institute of African Studies at Zhejiang Normal University, an Associate Professor and Vice-Dean of the Institute of African Studies, Zhejiang Normal University, with a PhD in anthropology

10:53-11:13 

 Topic2: Sino-Africa Debt Crisis Amid and Beyond COVID-19

Speaker 1: Dr Huang Yupei, Associate Professor of the College of Economics and Management at Zhejiang Normal University

Speaker 2: Dr Suleyman Ndanusa, CEO of Global Mandate Consulting Ltd

11:18-11:38 

 Topic3: Sino-Africa Trade Amid and Beyond COVID-19

Speaker 1: Alhaji Mohammed Hayatu- Deen, Founder, Alpine Investment Services Ltd

Speaker 2: Dr Michael Ehizuelen, a researcher and the Executive Director of the Centre for Nigerian Studies at the Institute of African Studies, Zhejiang Normal University, China.

11:39-11:58   

Expert comments on Sino-Africa Bilateral and Trade Relations

Expert1：Kabiru Yusuf, Founder of Media Trust Ltd

Expert 2：Shen Shiwei, International News Editor & Columnist Commentator, CGTN English, China Media Group

Expert 3 ：Amb Wale Oloko, Retired Nigerian Consul-General, Guangzhou, China

Expert 4 ：Zhang Guanglei, Special Advisor of Chinese Business Community Association of Nigeria

11:58-12:30  

Q&A Session

12:44-13:00   

Prof. Liu Hongwu, Changjiang Scholar,Director of the Institute of African Studies at Zhejiang Normal University(IASZNU)   Vote of Thanks and Book Launch

Participants：

1. Raila Odinga, Former Prime Minister of Kenya

2. Liu Hongwu, Changjiang Scholar, Director of the Institute of African Studies at Zhejiang Normal University, China

3. Wale Oloko, a retired diplomat and former Consul General of Nigeria in Guangzhou, China

4. Suleyman Abdu Ndanusa, CEO of Global Mandate Consulting Ltd

5. Ahmed Muhammed Salik, Development Economist

6. Alhaji Mohammed Hayatu- Deen, Founder, Alpine Investment Services Ltd

7. Shen Shiwei, International News Editor & Columnist Commentator, CGTN English, China Media Group

8. Zhang Guanglei, Special Advisor of Chinese Business Community Association of Nigeria

9. Kabiru Yusuf, Founder of Media Trust Ltd

10. Xu Wei, Deputy Director of the Institute of African Studies at Zhejiang Normal University, China

11. Michael Ehizuelen, a researcher and the Executive Director of the Centre for Nigerian Studies at the Institute of African Studies, Zhejiang Normal University, China

12. Huang Yupei, Associate Professor of the College of Economics and Management at Zhejiang Normal University，China

Source: Institute of African Studies Zhejiang Normal University