Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - AFRICAN UNION CHAIRPERSON, DR. NKOSAZANA DLAMINI-ZUMA, TO BE FEATURED SPEAKER AT 2ND GLOBAL TELECONFERENCE ON AFRICAN AGENDA 2063

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AFRICAN UNION CHAIRPERSON, DR. NKOSAZANA DLAMINI-ZUMA, TO BE FEATURED SPEAKER AT 2ND GLOBAL TELECONFERENCE ON AFRICAN AGENDA 2063

NEW YORK, NY, Sept. 17, 2014  -  The African Union Chairperson, Her Excellency Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma will be the featured speaker at the 2nd Global Teleconference on the African Agenda 2063, taking place on Monday September 22, 2014.  The 2nd Globa Teleconference on the "African Agenda 2063" is a world-wide event, organized through a conference call that any African interested in the African continent is welcomed to participate and listen to Dr. Dlamini-Zuma, articulate her vision and the essence of Agenda 2063 which she issued earlier this year.

According to the organizer, Dr. Chika Onyeani, "No Africans could complain that they were not invited to a major event organized for the Chairperson, because anybody could pick up their phone and participate."  The event will be broadcast in its entirely on WPAT930 AM in New York at 12 midnight the same day.  Radio stations that wish to broadcast the event are advised to contact the organizer at 917-279-4038.

The 2nd Global Teleconference on Vision 2063 will start promptly at 5 pm Eastern Time, 4 pm Central Time, 3 pm Mountain Time and 2 pm Pacific Time.  Participants calling from outside the U.S. should check their equivalent time.  Local numbers for participants outside the U.S. from 40 countries will be provided on Sunday Sept. 21, 2014 or posted at www.africansuntimes.com.

Conference call number is: 1-424-203-8405, and access code is 771294#.  Participants are advised to call in 15 minutes before 5 pm.  Chairperson Dr. Dlamini-Zuma will start her speech at 5 pm Eastern Time.

The 2nd Global Teleconference on Vision 2063 is informed by the 1st Global Teleconference, which took place on  March 15, 2014. Her Excellency Dr. Dlamini-Zuma called into the program but due to the format designed for participant discussions,  she did not have the opportunity to make detailed  presentations.

The 2nd Global Teleconference is specifically organized for the Chairperson of the African Union Commission to speak to a global African audience about her vision of Africa.  As we wrote last time, "On the 24th of January, 2014, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, the African Union Commission Chairperson, penned a historical and exciting document about what she envisions as the future of our continent - Africa.

In 2063, what would be the fate of Africa, what would be its standing in the world?  This is a document that needs to be discussed seriously by Africans throughout the world - Continental Africans and Diaspora Africans.  Fortunately, technology has made it possible for us not to spend millions of dollars to have another Global African Diaspora Summit to discuss this very important document as to the shape and future of our continent." 

Unlike the Ist Global Teleconference where participants engaged in interactive discussions, Her Excellency Dlamini Zuma will be the only featured speaker. After speaking, questions will be directed at her. The questions will be culled from those who have already provided their questions.  After the questions are answered, if there is still time, individuals will be called upon to ask further questions or elucidate on earlier points.  This platform will be strictly followed.

Questions are being emailed by Africans from all over the world to the designated email address: africanagenda2063@yahoo.com.  Those who have questions for Chairperson Dr. Dlamini-Zuma should write it out and email to: africanagenda2063@yahoo.com. nya

The 2nd Global Teleconference on Agenda 2063 is being moderated by former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Botswana and former Executive Director for African Affairs, at the State Department, Ambassador Joseph Huggins.

Advisors include:

Ambassador Erieka Bennett: Founder, African Union Diaspora African Forum, Accra, Ghana

Dr. Sam Chekwas: Author, CEO Seaburn Publishing,who personally translated and published Amiri Baraka's 20 Poems into Greek

Prof. Mamadou Diouf:  Director of the Institute of African Studies, Columbia University

Rev. Marcia Dyson: Founder, Women's Global Initiative

Mr. Melvin Foote:  President, Constituency for Africa
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Dr. David Horne: Acting Chair, Africana Studies Department, California State University, Northridge, CA

Ambassador Howard F. Jeter: Former U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, President's Special Envoy to Liberia

Dr. Stranger Kgamphe:  Director, African Scientific Institute, Southern Africa.

This program is made possible by Celebrate African Foundation,  a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization, creator the "BEST AFRICAN COUNTRY OF THE YEAR AWARDS"; and the African Sun Times (www.africansuntimes.com), Africa's No.1 newspaper in America.

For more information
on the 2nd Global Teleconference on Vision 2063, contact:

Dr. Chika A. Onyeani
Publisher/Editor-in-Chief
African Sun Times: www.africansuntimes.com
Email: conyeani@africansuntimes.com

Tel: 973-675-9919
Cell: 917-279-4038

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