THE AFRICAN PUBLIC SQUARE (APS)
Second Continental Edition
at the ECOWAS @ 50 Conference
Future-proofing Regional Integration in Africa: ECOWAS @ 50
The African Public Square is pleased to officially announce that the Second Continental African Public Square Debate will be held during the Conference on ECOWAS at 50 on 31 October and 1 November 2025 in Abuja, Nigeria. This event is being co-organised by the African Leadership Centre, Amandla Institute and CODESRIA, in collaboration with WATHI. This edition of the APS open debate asks a core question: Are regional organisations a necessity for regional integration in Africa? The debate will open additional questions: What needs will drive a future ECOWAS of peoples? Can regional integration be achieved without a political community and economic base?
NEWS
APS Launch in Nairobi, Kenya|Debate: Sudan & South Sudan
Nairobi - June 2024
The African Public Square, under the auspices of the African Leadership Centre, Nairobi and in partnership with Nation TV, launched in June 2024 the maiden edition of the African Public Square Debate. This intergenerational and pan-African platform that seeks to roll back the eroded agency of Africa in an emerging new world order afflicted with crises. On this occasion, the opening Debate featured a cross-section of young activists, students, researchers/academics and policy makers in a live broadcast from the Trademark Hotel in Nairobi. The intergenerational debate focused on the lingering crises of Statehood in Sudan and South Sudan, asking: Can Africa escape the twin tragedy of militarification and externally imposed templates—and rebuild peaceful states that serve the many, not the few? Full Video here.
Read more about the June 2024 APS.
