Akinyi Lisa Agutu
@akinyiagutu
International Trade Lawyer
LL.M., Georgetown Law; Legal Fellow at New Markets Lab
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07-04-2020 21:35:11
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Such a treat to catch up with my sister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on the sidelines of the #SpringMeetings! Our partnership is getting stronger with staff exchange, and new plans to expand our research work on Trade Finance to new countries in #LatinAmerica & the #Caribbean. More soon!
Thank you to all who attended the Afronomicslaw African Sovereign Debt Justice Network event in DC yesterday. It was specially nice to finally meet my brother Jason Rosario Braganza of AFRODAD in-person. Long over due! Thanks for all you and your team do for Africa & beyond.
#GrandFinals - Two teams are confronting for the first place on the African Regional Round of the J. H. Jackson Moot Court Competition. #JHJMCC2024 #ELSA Kabarak Law School #law #trade #Africa
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined, shared, and contributed to the conversation at our side event. It was wonderful to reconnect with old friends and meet new ones. Your support and engagement are what make our efforts at Afronomicslaw truly impactful.
📢 NEW DATA! Javier Flórez (Javier Flórez Mendoza), Mario Larch, Sebastien Bradley, and I are very happy share the most disaggregated dataset of consistently constructed international and domestic trade flows -- GRANTPA. So, let’s estimate GRAVITY with GRANTPA. ideas.repec.org/p/ris/drxlwp/2…
We had a very stimulating time! There was so much to unpack and so little time. Perhaps we can go at it again? Special thanks to the speakers, Delphine Nakache and Ian M. Kysel. Your research demonstrates how 'vulnerability' is currently and should be conceptualized in migration,
The UDH is norm, but not fact… As with all normative systems, a system’s reach ought to exceed its grasp. Whats a heaven for? On the commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDH) at Johns Hopkins SAIS Full vid here: youtube.com/watch?v=gWfPbN…
The AfCFTA Secretariat Official's suite of digital trade platforms takes another step forward: "unlike Pan-African Payment And Settlement System - PAPSS, SMARTAfCFTA is not a payment platform but will be interoperable with PAPSS" says SG Wamkele Mene. leadership.ng/zenith-bank-af…
Thrilled to sign an impactful agreement with @Eni & Cassa Depositi e Prestiti to establish an advanced biofuels value chain in #Kenya. This initiative positions Kenya as a global leader in biofuels, aiming to decarbonize transport and uplift up to 200,000 farmers. wrld.bg/RMSL50RJyJV
So much has been said about the phenomenal event Olabisi D. Akinkugbe and MK Odeh pulled together over the weekend SchulichSchoolofLaw I’ll echo it in photos. Dr W said it best: they fed us Mind and Body - I wouldn’t fail to mention…the jollof rice! 🤤
Just chaired the 1st panel at United Nations HQ in NYC at the United Nations Academic Conf on Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Africa! With me: #1 Chief Editor of UNTV, the Hon. Chief Justice of Ghana, Prof Penelope Andrews and Prof Chidi Odinkalu, CGoF. #2 Justice Joel Ngugi of the Kenya Court of Appeal
With the indefatigable UN Under Secretary General for Africa UN Office of the Special Adviser on Africa, Ms Christiana Duarte. Also, the former Minister of Fi ancestors of Cabo Verde At the United Nations Academic Conference for #Africa