Africa Talks is a series of high-profile events that is part of the LSE public lectures programme and was initially funded by the Annual Fund. The series creates a platform for African voices to inform and transform the global debate.
Previous speakers include the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, now Sultan of Sokoto, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi (pictured left) and former Kenyan anti-corruption chief John Githongo.
Video and audio of African Talks lectures are available.
Steve Biko Memorial Lecture Europe
The Steve Biko Memorial Lecture Europe - a partnership between LSE and the Steve Biko Foundation - takes place at LSE each year in October. It is a platform for African thought leaders, policy makers and activists and to reflect on the past, present and future of Africa. Former speakers (pictured below) include Revd Canon Barney Pityana, a co-founder of the Black Conciousness Movement in South Africa and Adama Samassekou, founder and former president of the African Academy of Languages. Musician and activist Hugh Masekela will deliver the 2014 Steve Biko Memorial Lecture Europe at LSE.
The LSE Africa Summit
The LSE Africa Summit, led by students, aims to provide a forum to address the salient issues facing the African continent using an entrepreneurial lens within a community of leaders, businessmen, academics and civil leaders. It comprises a research and a business conference. The President of Ghana, John Mahama was the keynote speaker at the first LSE Africa Summit in April 2014. The next Summit is due to take place in 2015.
LSE Cape Town Conference
The LSE Cape Town Conference is an evening conference in Cape Town which takes place during the annual LSE-UCT July School.