Section on African Public Administration (SAPA) Symposium
Vision 2020 for Africa’s Development Transformation: Challenges & Opportunities
Friday, April 3 | 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. | Salon 8
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Presenters
Paul Danczyk
President, American Society for Public Administration and Director, Executive Education, University of Southern California
Rym Kaki
Chair, ASPA Section on African Public Administration and Associate Professor and Vice Chair, Governance & Management Department, University of Southern California
Simone Martin-Howard
Chair, SAPA 2020 Symposium Committee and Assistant Professor, Long Island University
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Presenters
James Agbodzakey
Professor, University of North Texas at Dallas
Africa's Governance Infrastructures: The Case of Cuba's Medical Diplomacy in Health Care Capacity Building
Macsu Hill
Rutgers University—Newark
How Can African Youth Be More Empowered and Engaged in Their Respective Countries’ Development Governance
Simone Martin-Howard
Assistant Professor, Long Island University
Narratives from Government Officials and NGO Staff: A Case Study on Teenage Pregnancy in the Western Cape, South Africa
Reuel Mebuin
Rutgers University—Newark
How Can African Youth Be More Empowered and Engaged in Their Respective Countries’ Development Governance
Emmanuel Nnadozie
Professor, The African Capacity Building Foundation
Transformative Leadership in Africa: Capacity Requirements for Africa’s Development
Herbert Robinson
Professor, The African Capacity Building Foundation
Transformative Leadership in Africa: Capacity Requirements for Africa’s Development
3:00 p.m - 4:00 p.m.
Presenters
Sombo Chunda
Doctoral Student, Virginia Commonwealth University
Changing the Narrative? Understanding Entrepreneurship in Africa
Sara Compion
Professor, Kean University
The Effect of Women’s Leadership on Social Enterprises in Southern and Eastern Africa: Economic, Social and Governance Dimensions
Sait-Matty Jaw
Public Service Delivery: What Government Thinks and What Citizens Want–A Case Study of the Gambia
Bok Jeong
Professor, Kean University
The Effect of Women’s Leadership on Social Enterprises in Southern and Eastern Africa: Economic, Social and Governance Dimensions
Mitzi Romina Salgado
Graduate Student, University of Southern California
The Influx of Cameroonian Asylum Seekers at the Northern United State-Mexico Border
Ezechiel Sentama
Professor, Coventry University
Local Government in Post-Violence Recovery: Lessons from Post-Genocide Rwanda
Aminata Sillah
Professor, Towson University
Public Service Delivery: What Government Thinks and What Citizens Want–A Case Study of the Gambia
4: 00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Presenters
Albert Ahenkan
Professor, University of Ghana Business School
Corporate Environmentalism: An Assessment of Sustainability Reporting Among Firms in Ghana
Kwame Antwi-Boasiako
Professor, Stephen F. Austin State University
Deconstructing and Constructing an Effective Leadership in Africa
Bakry Elmedni
Professor, Long Island University—Brooklyn
The Public Sector's Role in Promoting the State of Infrastructure in Sudan
Peter Haruna
Professor, Texas A&M International University
Africa in Light of Agenda 2063 Goals: Gaps and Inequalities in Socio-Cultural and Economical-Physical Infrastructures
Bernard Munezero
Researcher, University of Lay Adventists of Kigali
The African Infrastructure: Strategies to Closing the Gaps
5:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.
Presenters
David Bell
Professor, Indiana University
Pro-Poor Financial Sector Development: Strengthening Ethical Leadership through Understanding Ethical Dilemmas
Rym Kaki
Professor, University of Southern California
Development Social Finance Innovations and Poverty Reduction: Comparative Lessons from North Africa
Aroon Manoharan
Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts—Boston
E-Governance in Large African Cities: Understanding Key Factors in Enhancing or Impeding Access to Information and Services
Malcolm Ruyssell Einhorn
Senior Fellow at the Center for Peace, Democracy, and Development, University of Massachusetts—Boston
E-Governance in Large African Cities: Understanding Key Factors in Enhancing or Impeding Access to Information and Services
Genevieve Enid Meyers
Professor, University of Detroit—Mercy
Development and the Challenge of Gender-Responsive Budgeting in Africa: The Case of Uganda
Papa Tandia
Doctoral Student, United Nations Development Program
An Empirical Analysis of the Link Between Corruption, Human Capital and Social Development: Evidence from Southern Africa