Law and Crisis Management:​ Working with Lawyers to Manage the Challenges of COVID-19

A timely and valuable series produced by Africa.com in partnership with faculty from Harvard Business School to address this unprecedented humanitarian and economic crisis as a result of COVID-19.

Professor David B. Wilkins leads the discussion with top lawyers across Africa while the welcome is delivered by Eric Holder, 82nd Attorney General of the United States.

Panelists:

• Gerald Abila, Founder and Executive Director, BarefootLaw
• Dr. Myma Belo Osagie, Co-Founder, Udo Udoma Belo-Osagie
• Michel Brizoua-Bi, Partner, Bilé-Aka, Brizoua-Bi & Associés
• Stephen Chege, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Safaricom
• Prof. Vincent O. Nmehielle, SJD, Secretary-General, African Development Bank Group Office of the Secretary-General and General Secretariat
• Prof. Ruth L. Okediji, Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, and Co-Director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society
• Sandie Okoro, Senior Vice President, and General Counsel, World Bank Group
• Thandi Orleyn, Chairperson, Legal Resources Trust
• Dr. Godfred Penn, General Counsel & Director, African Development Bank