Session 6 with Hilltop Global Group: Connecting US Academic Institutions and the African Continent (8 May 2021)

For our next webinar on 8 May (VE Day), we will host Osa Imohe and Phil Agbeko. Phil and Osa founded Hilltop Global Group, a small education consulting firm in DC, focused on assisting U.S. academic institutions implement experiential learning programs in Africa. 

Our discussion will center on the following themes:

1. Accurately conveying an African narrative to an audience interacting with the continent for the first time.
2. Soft Power via private enterprise responding to a need from academic institutions.
3. Role of the diaspora in facilitating exchanges between the US and the African continent.
4. Challenges and opportunities doing business in Africa before/during/after COVID.

Previous FRAG Sessions:

Session 1: China in Africa with Professor Jennifer Cooke

Session 2: A Discussion on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam with Dr. Harry Verhoeven

Session 3: Nationalism and Pan-Africanism--Challenges and Opportunities Discussion with Professor Tristan Mabry

Session 4: Nigeria and the Nation-State: Rethinking Diplomacy with the Post-Colonial World with Amb. Campbell

Session 5: Food (In) Security with Roger Thurow