The second LSE Cape Town Conference will take place on Tuesday 1 July 2014.  Speakers will include the LSE Director, Professor Craig Calhoun and the LSE Chair in African Development, Professor Thandika Mkandawire.

The theme of the conference is Africa in the World, the World in Africa: Making regional integration and South-South relations work for growth and equality. The speakers will be examining how African countries can meet the challenges of delivering sustained economic growth and eradicating inequality by strengthening links within their region and with the Global South.

The purpose of this conference is to bring together the community of people linked to and interested in LSE from in and around Cape Town, including from government, business, media, NGOs, academia, policy and diplomatic communities.

If you would like to request an invitation, please contact Noita Sadler (n.j.sadler@lse.ac.uk).

LSE Cape Town Conference 2014
Africa in the World, the World in Africa: Making regional integration and South-South relations work for growth and equality
Tuesday 1 July 2014, 17.30 – 20.30, followed by a reception
Westin Cape Town, Convention Square, Lower Long Street, Cape Town, South Africa.