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The 9th South America – Africa – Middle East- Asia Women Summit (SAMEAWS) 2021– Virtual

DATE: 30 November 2021
WHERE: Virtual

THEME: Forging and Adapting to New Realities for Greater Influence and Impact in a Rapidly Changing World

EVENT’S BRIEF

The South America-Africa-Middle-Asia Women Summit (SAMEAWS) is an annual programme that brings together, the most influential and prominent women as well as key stakeholders from the South America, Africa, Middle East, and Asian regions to re-emphasize the critical role of women in the future of developing economies, celebrate influential and prominent female role models who are directly contributing to their development, and most assuredly, confront the inequalities women face and focus on the change we want to see – and create – in the world.

The Way To Attending To Africa’s Challenges Is Through Problem Solving – Professor Phakeng

Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and a renowned mathematician. She holds a PhD in mathematics education from the University of Witwatersrand. She is a highly regarded B1 NR-rated scientist with over, 80 research papers and five edited volumes published. She has been invited to deliver over 40 keynote plenary talks at international conferences, and also as a visiting professor at universities around the world.