FP Analytics Report Launch: Investing in Resilience From the Ground Up

How community-led development fosters growth and security across Africa

FP Analytics and the US African Development Foundation released a groundbreaking new study examining key drivers of economic and social resilience within African communities amid the pandemic. The report features frontline insights from entrepreneurs, investors, and leaders in the international development community and highlights how capacity-building at the local level and investment in local enterprise can facilitate conflict recovery and generate community resilience and sustainable, equitable growth.

This dynamic program convened policy leaders working at the intersection of economic development, conflict prevention and security along with trailblazers from across the continent who are innovating in the face of COVID-19. This program spotlighted community-driven partnerships, self-sustaining solutions and impact-focused business initiatives fostering growth and stability across the Sahel, the Horn, and Great Lakes regions of Africa.

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Speakers

Opening Speaker: C.D. Glin

PRESIDENT AND CEO, USADF
C.D. Glin is the President and CEO of the U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF), a catalytic, grant making, local capacity development organization established by the U.S....
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Opening Speaker: Corinne Graff

Senior Advisor, Conflict Prevention and Fragility, United States Institute of Peace
Corinne Graff is a senior advisor at USIP, where her work focuses on long-term strategies and policies to prevent the outbreak or escalation of conflict in fragile states. From ...
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Congressman Dean Phillips

D-MN
Dean Phillips is a father, businessman, civic leader, eternal optimist, and Representative for Minnesota's Third Congressional District. A Gold Star Son who lost his bir...
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Congressman David Price

D-NC
David Price represents North Carolina's Fourth District  -- a rapidly growing, research-and-education-focused district that includes parts of Orange, Durham, and Wake counti...
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Moderator: Allison Carlson

MANAGING DIRECTOR, FP ANALYTICS
Allison oversees all global research and analysis. She counsels clients on current and prospective market, policy, and security developments with a focus on emerging trends, sce...
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Panelists

Sherrie Deans

Executive Director, National Basketball Players Association Foundation and Acting Chief Operating Officer, NBPA
Sherrie Deans currently serves as the Executive Director for the NBPA Foundation and Acting COO of the NBPA. In her role as ED, Sherrie leads the philanthropic efforts of the Un...
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Sherrie Deans

Dr. Ahmed Hussein Esa

Executive Director, Institute for Practical Research and Training
Dr. Ahmed Hussein Esa is the founder and leader of several non-profit organizations in the Horn of Africa. He is the founder and current President of Abaarso Tech University (AT...
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Dr. Ahmed Esa

Kindra Halvorson

Chief Transformation Officer, TechnoServe
Kindra Halvorson is the Chief Transformation Officer of TechnoServe. Previously she was the Senior Vice President of Program Development and Regional Director for East Africa.<...
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Kindra Halvorson

Isabel Schmidt

Policy Analyst, FP Analytics
Isabel Schmidt is a Policy Analyst with FP Analytics. At FP, her work is based on primary source interviews which combine with data to provide in-depth analysis and recommendati...
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