Ghanaian Entrepreneur, Prince Kofi Kludjeson is due to speak at the 5th annual Harvard African Development Conference, which will be held on the 28th and 29th March 2014 at the Harvard Law School in Cambridge Massachusetts, USA.

The conference will take a multidisciplinary look at strategies and policies that are contributing to the development of various African nations.

Mr. Kludjeson, Executive Chairman of Kludjeson International Group of Companies has been invited to deliver a lecture on how African countries can catch up and benefit from today’s global technological advances.

This year’s conference comes on the heels of the 50th Anniversary of the establishment of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and the initiation of the African Union Agenda 2063, a 50-year development agenda spearheaded by the African Union, the New Partnership for African Development, the African Development Bank and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. The conference is therefore part of Harvard’s contribution to the development of the Africa 2063 Agenda.

The theme this year is “An agenda for Africa’s development: What do we want?” Drawing from the fields of law, government, technology, health, education, design, and media, we will seek to answer the question of what we want for the continent through keynotes, panel discussions, and plenary sessions. Panel discussions for this year’s conference will address topics such as “African Future Cities: Discourse on Models of Urban Development,” “Africa and the Media: The Danger of a Single Story,” and “Investing in Human Capital Capabilities: The Role of the Diaspora”.

The dialogue seeks to inform all who have a stake in Africa’s development about the strategies, policies, and paradigm shifts that are bettering African nations and their peoples.

The Harvard African Development Conference seeks to bring together a rich array of global policy makers, business leaders, civil society actors, philanthropists, academics, and students who are passionate about Africa’s development. Some of last year’s speakers included His Excellency Macky Sall (President of the Republic of Senegal), Antoinette Sayeh (Director of the African Department at the IMF), and His Excellency Elkanah Odembo (Ambassador of the Republic of Kenya to the United States).