The first time Nelson Mandela and FW de Klerk met in public on foreign soil was at Davos. Mandela, then president of the recently unbanned African National Congress, had been released from prison two years earlier. Although he had met the South African president on several occasions on home soil, it was at the World Economic Forum that they encountered each other for the first time under the full international glare. He was early to sound a warning over climate change, which today threatens Africa with drought and destructive weather patterns. By inviting people with ideas about how to transform Africa, not just those who can afford to pay, Mr Olojede argues his event is more relevant to the real needs of the continent.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 22, 2020 04:01 UTC