Showing posts with label #SDGs. Show all posts
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Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Sanders Serves as Visiting Woodrow Wilson Scholar at CBU, Riverside, California
















CEO-FEEEDS, Dr. Robin Sanders served as the 2019 annual Woodrow Wilson Visiting Scholar at Catholic Baptist University(CBU), Riverside, California. Her worked focused on educating students about world affairs, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSAfrica), implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Africa, particularly in the health and education sectors, sharing the goals of the U.S.' trade facilitation program called the African Growth and Opportunity Act (or AGOA), and stressing the importance of Americans seeing SSAfrica differently as a
strategic investment, trade, and security partner.


Dr. Sanders was also given a tour of CBU's upgraded air fleet  of Piper 2-seater planes at its flight school, which included a  hands on flight with the school's flight director and Sanders taking the plane controls for a short period to loop over the famous, but rare " super blooming poppy fields," of California's Lake Elsinore and Walker Canyon of Western Riverside County.


As part of her subject matter expertise on Africa, Sanders also discussed the China-Africa and US-Africa relationships, noting that these were separate relationships and not a tripartite or 3-dimensional relationship. "Africa will chose its partners, and we can work with the region to help in better scrutinizing contracts, sharing best practices, and pushing our competencies, our value-added expertise, and assist with capacity building" Sanders added.




While at CBU Ambassador Sanders, in addition to her lectures with students, gave a public speech entitled The U.S & 21st Century Africa," as part of a joint CBU-World Affairs Council event that also included a book signing of both Sanders books -

















  
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Monday, September 11, 2017

Amb. Sanders TEDxTALK Video on Impact of Africa's Small Business (SMEs) on Region's Development


Ambassador Sanders presents at TEDxTALK Emory on the Key Role Africa's Small & Medium Size Enterprises are playing in advancing the development of the Sub Saharan Africa Region and their role in growing Africa's Middle Class - presentation highlights this "good news story" about the region. Click Below to see Sanders TEDxTALK on the subject:

 













                                                                                                                                                                

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Friday, July 28, 2017

Dr. Sanders on Mandela Fellows Panel July 28,2017 at US Chamber on Impact of Africa's SMEs



Dr. Sanders' participated in a panel on the important roles that Africa small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) can play for the group of the 2017 Mandela Fellows at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on July 28, 2017.  Highlights also included roundtable discussions on the Mandela Fellow's vision for the future on issues ranging from development to education. A book signing of Sanders' work "The Rise of Africa's Small and Medium Size Enterprises was held as part of the day-long event. This group had attended the University of Virginia, and their visit had been organized by the Presidential Precinct.







Book signing with Mandela Fellow. Sanders had created special downloadable version's of her book with active links for the Fellows to have and use for research and reference purposes.


Below is the extensive media coverage to date on her book on Africa SMES, which she also addressed at the U.S. Chamber hosted event as well as held a book signing
















The Rise of Africa Small and Medium Size Enterprises: Spurring Development & Growing the Middle Class

Book’s Print Media Coverage

African Union:
Allafrica.com links:





Also see other FEEEDS Advocacy Initiative Stories on Allafrica.com: www.bit.ly/FEEEDSArticlesonAllafrica
Nigeria's Guardian Newspaper:

Television Continental (TVC):

Book’s Video Link:

Ambassador Robin Renee Sanders, The Africa Post (TAP) for FEEEDS: Ambassador
Sanders' Book Video on "The Rise of Africa's Small and Medium Size Enterprises"
www.bit.ly/Video-SMEBook or on the FEEEDS Youtube channel at:

Book’s Press Release Placement List in sector-specific media:

A.) Banking, Finance & Investment Distribution Channel





























B.) Books Distribution Channels


C.) Business & Economy Distribution Channels













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Friday, March 3, 2017

Allafrica.com Highlights Sanders' New Book on Insta-impact of Africa's SMEs



Ambassador Robin Renee Sanders’ new book on “The Rise of Africa’s Small & Medium Size Enterprises” (SMEs) is an insightful examination of the dramatic shift in the development paradigm for Sub Saharan Africa – driven in large part by the imaginative, innovative and insta-impact leadership of the region’s small businesses or SMEs. “SMEs have helped drive economic growth and aided in increasing the size of the Continent’s middle class,” Sanders says. The book’s Introduction is by renowned civil rights leader Ambassador Andrew Young, and the Foreword is by Africa’s leading businessman, Mr. Aliko Dangote. Sanders’ credits the determination of Africa’s SMEs to step into the void left by 40 years of post-independence development efforts that had little impact on overall poverty reduction and job creation in the region. (click here to  purchase book)

 The book also has recommendations on what donors, the African Union, African Governments, and the new U.S. Administration can do to further assist Africa SMEs. For the US, Sanders notes that as the new U.S. Administration seeks to have markets for its goods and services as part of its efforts to reinvigorate jobs in the US Rust Belt (the Midwest Region), and as Africa SMEs expand their procurement sources and help expand the region’s manufacturing base – both efforts can be synergistic, and help stimulate America's as well as Sub Saharan African economies. There is also an extensive discussion on China called the China Factor – highlighting what it is doing in the Africa SME sector, both the big pluses, like special economic zones, the potential role of the New Development Bank, and becoming the world’s net credit lending country, as well as noting some of the things on which it needs to do better. Other areas of focus in the book are on Africa SME women, youth, the importance of having what she calls a continent-wide "Africa SME Strategic Plan," or Africa SSP, a single, coherent policy and financing approach which African institutions, governments and private sector can  work from and together. The book also provides a range of examples of the innovative small businesses on the Continent in areas as far ranging as agriculture, climate change, tourism, and creative apps to improve quality of life.

Included in the book are DataGraphs from the world- respected Gallup Analytics® on the enabling environment for Africa’s SMEs and comments on the importance and impact of the region’s SMEs from other key notables such as Gallup’s Managing Partner Jon Clifton, Nigeria telecom leader and Chairman of Etisalat Nigeria Hakeem Belo Osaige, CEO of the Nigerian Stock Exchange Oscar Onyema, Chairman of Operation Hope John Bryant, CEO of Homestrings Eric Guichard, former Senior U.S. Small Business Administration official Ngozi Bell, and the Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises of the Republic of Congo, Madame Yvonne Adelaide Mougany. Dr. Frederick G. Kohun, nationally-recognized scholar of Pittsburgh’s Robert Morris University (RMU), a University Professor of Computer and Information Systems at RMU’s School of Communications and Information Systems, underscores Sanders point  in the book that the impact of Africa SMEs is not only a result of technology and its mobility, but the sister relationship that these have with providing access to knowledge management for communities around the world that have helped small businesses globally transform their societies and their nations.

 The prestigious Association of Diplomatic Studies and Training (ADST) has included Sanders' Africa SME book in its recognized series of Memoirs and Occasional Papers Series (MOPS) given its additional focus on the role and changes in diplomatic approaches to development over the ages, including the shift changes brought about by the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

See other stories on Sanders' book and the press release on Africa's premier online media platform Allafrica.com at these links: Sanders' New Book Notes the Insta-impact of Africa's Small Businesses; and, Rise of Africa’s Small & Medium Size Enterprises - Robin Sanders
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Monday, May 23, 2016

Dr. Sanders Keynotes@Washington Center's Robert Morris University NationalSecuritySeminar


Washington D.C. - Ambassador Sanders was the recent keynote speaker for Pittsburgh's Robert Morris University (RMU) National Security Seminar, which is part of the school's goal to provide its students with an opportunity to interact with national security subject matter experts in Washington, D.C. The seminar, held annually at The Washington Center, focuses particularly on current cyber security issues for its students, faculty and other guests who are part of, or connected to, the School of Communications and Information Systems.

RMU, which is dedicated to ensuring its students have a global engagement awareness, invited Sanders, an alumnae of the University's doctoral program in information systems and communications, to provide her thought-leadership on the issue of cyber security and global development trends. Ambassador Sanders discussed with students the key global development issues she saw, which had linkages to many people (certainly not all) being lured or forced into cyber security crimes, or participation in terrorist activities because of their dire economic circumstances or human condition. This, of course, excludes those who were and would be criminals or involved in terrorism no matter what. She noted, as an example, Nigeria's Boko Haram forcing many of its captives, particularly girls and young women, into acts of terrorism such as suicide bombings.

Some of the global poverty issues highlighted in the discussion included terrorists using the Syrian refugee flux to Europe as a gateway to enter France and Belgium recently to execute terrorist attacks, and the long-term planning (at least two years) for the terrorist attacks in San Bernardino, California last year executed by an American and his Pakistan-born wife. Investigators are considering now if from the onset, the wife was possibly a terrorist sleeper-cell operative for the Islamic State. In all cases, the use of cyber and mobile platforms played a significant role. Possible other additional gateways for terrorists to use could also be the migrant flux from Libya as well as the new migrant and refugee gateway which has now opened from Alexandria, Egypt to southern Europe, Sanders also highlighted.

Dr. Sanders, having just returned from Indonesia and Russia, noted that the U.S. needed to better help and assist friendly-partner developing nations, as well as some developed nations, with improving their security infrastructure and interagency coordination and cooperation, as well as try to be more than several steps ahead of countries the U.S. currently does not have a good relationship with such as Russia, or "frenemy" countries such as China.

Ambassador Sanders was introduced at the event by the Dean of the School of Communications and Information Systems, AnnMarie LeBlanc.


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Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Clinton School of Public Service: Ambassador Sanders Keynotes on Africa: Covers US Policy Issues & Discusses #SDG's for Africa

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"The Sustainable Development Goals and What They Mean for Africa"
Ambassador (Dr.) Robin Sanders, CEO of FEEEDS Advocacy Initiative
Dr. Robin Sanders is the former U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria and the Republic of Congo, former U.S. Permanent Representative to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and former director of the Africa National Security Council at the White House. She currently serves as CEO of FEEEDS Advocacy Initiative, which focuses on food security, education, environment, economic development and self-help projects, particularly in Africa. An international lecturer, and writer on Africa, Sanders has lectured on international and African affairs, national security strategies, strategic and cultural communications, and conflict resolution. She also focuses on other areas of expertise, such as election and democratic processes, smart food security-environment systems, education and the environment. Dr. Sanders also holds a doctorate degree in Information Systems and Communications from Pittsburgh's Robert Morris University

When: Thursday, May 19, 2016
Where: Clinton School of Public Service, Little Rock Arkansas
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