{"id":20835,"date":"2026-06-01T12:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T16:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/?p=20835"},"modified":"2026-09-08T16:53:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T20:53:13","slug":"carleton-led-hub-expands-support-for-black-entrepreneurs-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/2026\/carleton-led-hub-expands-support-for-black-entrepreneurs-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What does it mean for Africa to define the terms on which it engages a global order being remade in real time?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        What does it mean for Africa to define the terms on which it engages a global order being remade in real time?\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Academics and policymakers addressed this question, among others, at the flagship Umeme Series roundtable, jointly hosted by the Institute of African Studies (IAS) and the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA) at Carleton University in Ottawa on March 18, 2026. With global trade regimes redrawn and geopolitical alliances shifting with remarkable speed, the discussion asked whether Africa will help define the terms of the emerging order or merely be subject to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Untitled-400x241.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20839\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leading the conversation were Dr. Firoze Manji (Publisher, Daraja Press), Dr Joseph Atta-Mensah (Former Principal Policy Advisor, UN Economic Commission for Africa), Professor Yiagadeesen (Teddy) Samy (Director, NPSIA, Carleton University), and Professor Nduka Otiono (Director, IAS, Carleton University), whose reflections and candid exchange pushed the conversation beyond easy optimism. The intellectuals examined Africa&#8217;s strategic leverage, her vast underutilised resources, the promise and limits of regional integration, and the reforms needed to turn a moment of global disruption into one of continental advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read the full communiqu\u00e9 below and watch the full recording here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uevIo4b2-1k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uevIo4b2-1k<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/umeme-series-April-2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&nbsp;Roundtable Discussion on Africa&#8217;s Future Amid Ongoing Geopolitical and Global Trade Realignment&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">#Africa #Geopolitics #GlobalTrade #AfCFTA #UmemeSeries #CarletonUniversity #IAS #NPSIA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Academics and policymakers addressed this question, among others, at the flagship Umeme Series roundtable, jointly hosted by the Institute of African Studies (IAS) and the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA) at Carleton University in Ottawa on March 18, 2026. 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