{"id":86,"date":"2024-05-14T16:45:59","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T20:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/?page_id=86"},"modified":"2025-04-14T13:41:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T17:41:04","slug":"africa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/regions\/africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"alignwide has-text-align-wide\">Discover the dynamic role of Africa in the global economy, where rapid growth and innovation are matched with a young and rapidly growing population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Past Events<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-cta\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/events\/?s=&amp;filters%5B%5D=event%7Carea%7Cafrica&amp;filters%5B%5D=event%7Cdate%7Cpast&amp;relation=&amp;operator=\">View all past Africa events<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-dmsb-event-card\">\n\n\t\n\n\n\t<div class=\"event-cards\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div\n\tclass=\"event-card column is-clickable has-featured-image\"\n\tid=\"post-259\"\n\titemscope\n\titemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Event\"\n>\n\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"event-card__featured-image\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/bridge_contracts_africa_1800x755-960x540.jpg\" alt=\"Nardone Family Seminar: Mobile Money in Africa\" \/>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"event-card__content\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"event-card__date\" itemprop=\"startDate\" content=\"2024-01-31T12:00:00-04:00\">\n\t\t\tJan 31\t\t<\/span>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"visually-hidden\" itemprop=\"location\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Place\">\n\t\t<div itemprop=\"address\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/PostalAddress\">\n\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"streetAddress\" content=\"Curry Student Center 346, Northeastern University\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"event-card__title\" itemprop=\"name\">\n\t\t\tNardone Family Seminar: Mobile Money in Africa\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"event-card__read-more wp-block-button is-style-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/events\/nardone-family-seminar-mobile-money-in-africa\/\" itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t\tLearn more\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div> <!-- .post-259 -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div\n\tclass=\"event-card column is-clickable has-featured-image\"\n\tid=\"post-274\"\n\titemscope\n\titemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Event\"\n>\n\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"event-card__featured-image\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/EventPage-Banner-1800x755p-3-960x540.jpg\" alt=\"Nardone Family Seminar: How We Built South Africa's Largest Digital Bank from Scratch\" \/>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"event-card__content\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"event-card__date\" itemprop=\"startDate\" content=\"2023-02-22T12:00:00-04:00\">\n\t\t\tFeb 22\t\t<\/span>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"visually-hidden\" itemprop=\"location\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Place\">\n\t\t<div itemprop=\"address\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/PostalAddress\">\n\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"streetAddress\" content=\"Virtual via Zoom\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"event-card__title\" itemprop=\"name\">\n\t\t\tNardone Family Seminar: How We Built South Africa's Largest Digital Bank from Scratch\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"event-card__read-more wp-block-button is-style-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TRDf4Haapv4&#038;list=PLMomnP8g6kQRWu-nT8dhemlCyYsSE7biW&#038;index=2\" itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t\tWatch recorded session\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div> 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class=\"event-card__title\" itemprop=\"name\">\n\t\t\tNardone Family Seminar: Private Equity in Africa\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"event-card__read-more wp-block-button is-style-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Tfup0KQDJyQ&#038;list=PLMomnP8g6kQRWu-nT8dhemlCyYsSE7biW&#038;index=4\" itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t\tWatch recorded session\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div> <!-- .post-255 -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .row -->\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Africa Business Conferences<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-dmsb-event-card\">\n\n\t\n\n\n\t<div class=\"event-cards\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div\n\tclass=\"event-card column is-clickable has-featured-image\"\n\tid=\"post-266\"\n\titemscope\n\titemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Event\"\n>\n\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"event-card__featured-image\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" 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