What lessons can be learned from the Africa-France summit?
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French President Emmanuel Macron surrounded by young African participants during the Africa-France summit in Montpellier, France, October 8, 2021. AFP - LUDOVIC MARIN
By: Alain Foka Follow
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For the first time, it is without the traditional ballets of planes, limousines and bikers that the Africa-France summit took place on October 8, 2021 in Montpellier, in the south of France.
Without the African heads of state and government around President Macron who has chosen to discuss directly and without taboos with young people, business leaders and intellectuals from Africa, but also with the diaspora.
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How was this new formula perceived?
Is the civil society approach realistic?
Can we build a new relationship with Africa without its leaders?
With our guests:
- Chantal Colle
, Guinean-French businesswoman
- Elie Nkamgueu
, president of the Efficience Club and initiator of Gotha Noir de France
- Jean-Marie Bockel
, president of the Solidarité Défense association, former minister and former senator from Haut-Rhin
- Sekou Coulibaly
, founder and executive director of Sekbi.
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