Side Events: 2025 Spring Meetings

SAIIA is co-hosting three side events during the 2025 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, D.C.

Data Governance and the Digital Economy in Africa

The aim of the roundtable was to facilitate a discussion between diverse stakeholders including policymakers and civil society on the key challenges facing Africa’s data governance linked to the digital economy.

Central and Eastern Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa Engagement

Almost 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and more than a decade into EU membership, Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is moving past its thorough transition period and European integration process, seeking to re-establish relations with the rest of the world.