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Michael Dunford
Michael Dunford became regional director of the United Nations World Food Programme’s Eastern Afr
ica Bureau based in Nairobi in June 2020.
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William Holden
William Holden is an innovative financing advisor at WFP’s IGNITE East African Innovation Hub. He
has 13 years of experience in energy, agribusiness, and sustainable development across Africa and Europe.
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Investing in Africa's Creative Economy
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Africa’s Talent Has the Potential to Help Power the AI Revolution
If you read the headlines, the conversation about AI revolves around chip shortages, record-breaking
stocks, and unruly chatbots.,
Are businesses and governments maximizing the potential of global talent?
, The beneficiaries of the AI revolution won’t necessarily be companies with the most sophisticated technology; they will be the ones that harness the talent who know how to best deploy that technology.
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Milken-Motsepe Prize in AgriTech Finalists: Hello Erf
Pictured (left to right): Dawit Ephrem, Birtukan Kassa, Gizachew Mesfin, Alazar Michael, and Dawit L
anteyideru.
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A National Pension Promise
We live in tumultuous times. Wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, a global pandemic, and rapid techn
ological change have all challenged us in ways we couldn’t have imagined five years ago.,
In this landscape, countries with strong pension funds have a decided advantage—and Canada is among them.
, Indeed, patterns of aging suggest nations will face vastly different challenges in the years ahead.
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World Leaders, Global CEOs from Tech, Finance and Health Industries, to Join Leading Experts in Economics, Academia, Government, and Philanthropy to Address Pressing Global Issues at Milken Institute 2024 Global Conference
LOS ANGELES, CA (April 11, 2024) — The Milken Institute today announced its program agenda
and initial list of distinguished speakers for its 2024
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