Workshop program
The Competence Center for African Research, University of St.Gallen & Afronomicslaw.org
Date: July 13, 2022 (All time is in Central European Time)
Meeting-Registration- Zoom
13:20-13:30 – Room opens / technical check/ quick intro & housekeeping rules (Kebene)
13:30-13:50 – Opening and welcoming:
Prof. Florian Wettstein, Director of the Institute for Business Ethics and CCAR, University of St.Gallen
Dr. Thierry Ngosso, Managing Director of the CCAR, Institute for Business Ethics, University of St.Gallen
Panel I: Digitalization & human rights (13:50 – 15:20)
Chair: Somtochukwu Mbelu, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Discussants:
Jake Okechukwu Effoduh, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
Dr. Isabel Ebert, University of St.Gallen & UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, B-Tech Project
Ikechukwu Uzoma, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
Panelists:
14:00-14:10 – The emerging role of African sub-regional courts in fostering human rights on the Internet
Christopher Yaw Nyinevi, Monash University & Yohannes En-eyew Ayalew, Monash University
Comment by: Jake Okechukwu Effoduh, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University(5-6mins)
14:25-14:35 – Data protection Impact assessment as a human rights duty of state?
Nelson Otieno Okeyo, University of Bayreuth
Comment by: Ikechukwu Uzoma, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (5-6mins)
14:45-14:55 – Les coupures d’internet en Afrique et la responsabilité des entreprises de té-lécommunications en matière de droits de l’homme
Dr. Aliou DIOUF, Business and Human Rights Resource Centre
Comment by: Dr. Isabel Ebert, University of St.Gallen & UN Office of the High Commis-sioner for Human Rights, B-Tech Project (5-6mins)
15:05-15:15 – Q&A
15:20-15:30 – Virtual coffee break or networking in breakout rooms
Panel II: Promises & challenges of digital trade (15:30 – 16:50 CET)
Chair: Wangui Kimotho, University of St. Gallen
Discussants: Dr. Abdul Z. Abdulrahim, COO, Stears
Evans Awuni, University of Erfurt
Panelists:
15:30-15:40 – Digital Trade in the African Continental Free Trade Agreement: Exploring its promises and challenges
Bereket Alemayehu Hagos, Addis Ababa University and the UK Department for International Trade in Addis Ababa
Comment by: Dr. Abdul Z. Abdulrahim, COO, Stears (5-6 mins)
15:50-16:00 – Digitalizing trade finance under the African Continental Free Trade Agreement: Lessons from the Model Law on Electronic Trans-ferable Records
Uchenna Anyamele, Durham University and Hakakire Legal Con-sulting
Comment by: Evans Awuni, University of Erfurt (5-6 mins)
16:10-16:20 – The Role of Courts in Safeguarding Africa’s E-commerce Envi-ronment
Michael Asiedu, University of St.Gallen & Louis Gitinywa, Kigali Atneys Chamber LLP
Comment by: Evans Awuni, University of Erfurt (5-6 mins)
16:30-16:35 – Q&A
Panel III: Normative accounts of digitalized governance (16:40 -18:30)
Chair: Michael Asiedu, University of St. Gallen
Discussants: Yohannes Eneyew Ayalew, Monash University
Dr. Edwin Ameso, University of Leipzig
Louis Gitinywa, Kigali Attorneys Chamber LLP
Panelists:
16:40-16:50 – Of fissures and reforms: Tracing Africa’s Digital Transformation and its Distributional Consequences
Megan Kathure, Lawyers Hub Kenya
Comment by: Yohannes Eneyew Ayalew, Monash University (5-6 mins)
17:00-17:10 – The African Union and the digitalized governance of the energy transition: From AU bodies to non-state actors through energy effi-ciency (French & English)
Dr. Aubin Nzaou-Kongo, University of Houston
Comment by: Louis Gitinywa, Kigali Attorneys Chamber LLP / Kebene
17:20-17:30 – Safeguarding sovereignty and digital transformation in Africa
Kimberley Nyajeka, World Trade Institute, University of Bern
Comment by: Dr. Edwin Ameso, University of Leipzig (5-6mins)
17:40-17:50 – Q&A
17:50-18:00 – Wrap up
