The UK and Sub-Saharan Africa: prosperity, peace and development co-operation Contents

Appendix 2: List of witnesses

Evidence is published at https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/360/international-relations-and-defence-committee/publications/ and available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives (0207 219 3074).

Evidence received by the Committee is listed below in the chronological order of oral evidence session and in alphabetical order. Those witnesses marked with ** gave both oral and written evidence. Those marked with * gave oral evidence and did not submit any written evidence. All other witnesses submitted written evidence only.

Oral evidence in chronological order

*

Andrew Mitchell MP, Member of Parliament for Sutton Coldfield, Secretary of State for International Development 2010–12

QQ 1–11

*

David Lammy MP, Member of Parliament for Tottenham

QQ 1–11

*

Harriet Mathews OBE, Director for Africa, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

QQ 12–28

*

Jane Edmondson, Director, East and Central Africa Division, Department for International Development

QQ 12–28

*

Dr Nick Westcott, Director, Royal African Society

QQ 29–35

*

Baroness Amos, Director, School of African and Oriental Studies

QQ 36–48

*

Dr Dirk Willem te Velde, Principal Research Fellow and Director of Programme, International Economic Development Group, Overseas Development Institute

QQ 49–55

*

Tom Pengelly, Director, External Secretariat for All-Party Parliamentary Group on Trade out of Poverty, and Managing Director, Saana Consulting

QQ 49–55

*

Professor Tim Murithi, Head, Peacebuilding Interventions and Extraordinary Professor of African Studies, University of Free State, South Africa

QQ 56–63

*

Dr Dambisa Moyo, author and economist

QQ 64–74

*

Myles Wickstead CBE, Visiting Professor (International Relations), King’s College London, and former Head of the Secretariat, Commission for Africa (2004–05)

QQ 64–74

*

Dr Comfort Ero, Programme Director, Africa, International Crisis Group

QQ 75–81

*

Colin Buckley, General Counsel and Head of External Affairs, CDC Group

QQ 82–88

*

Peter Maila, Investment Director, Africa Coverage Team, CDC Group

QQ 82–88

**

Professor Gibril Faal OBE, Visiting Professor in Practice, London School of Economics, and Director, GK Partners

QQ 89–94

**

General Sir Richard Barrons KCB CBE, former Commander, Joint Forces Command, and Distinguished Fellow, Royal United Services Institute

QQ 95–101

*

Dr Ngozi Okonjo-lweala, African Union Special Envoy to mobilise international support for Africa’s efforts to address the economic challenges African countries will face as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic

QQ 102–117

*

James Duddridge MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Department for International Development, (Minister for Africa)

QQ 118–142

*

Harriet Mathews OBE, Director for Africa, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

QQ118–142

*

Debbie Palmer, Director, West and Southern Africa Division, Department for International Development

QQ 11–8142

Alphabetical list of all witnesses

The African Trade Policy Centre, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

ZAF0037

Africa Regional Office, Open Society Foundations

ZAF0048

The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Africa

ZAF0007

*

Baroness Amos, Director, School of African and Oriental Studies (QQ 36-48)

Dr James Angove, University of Oxford

ZAF0018

Dr Seife Ayele, Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies

ZAF0042

**

General Sir Richard Barrons KCB CBE, former Commander, Joint Forces Command and Distinguished Fellow, Royal United Services Institute (QQ 95–101)

ZAF0030

Dr Rachel Bennett, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Gloucestershire

ZAF0006

Lord Boateng PC DL, former UK High Commissioner to South Africa, and former Chief Secretary to the Treasury

ZAF0044

British Council

ZAF0012

*

Colin Buckley, General Counsel and Head of External Affairs, CDC Group (QQ 82–88)

Catholic Agency for Overseas Development

ZAF0040

CDC Group

ZAF0026

Centre for a Spacefaring Civilization

ZAF0015

Professor Tony Chafer, Professor of French and African Studies, Portsmouth University

ZAF0039

Christian Aid

ZAF0038

Climate Policy Initiative

ZAF0051

Coalition for Genocide Response

ZAF0025

Commonwealth Secretariat

ZAF0053

Dr Daniel Mulugeta, Department of Politics and International Studies, School of African and Oriental Studies, University of London

ZAF0014

Dr Carl Death, Senior Lecturer in International Political Economy, University of Manchester

ZAF0036

Bob Dewar CMG, Associate Fellow, Africa Programme, Chatham House

ZAF0027

Elizabeth Donnelly, Deputy Director and Research Fellow, Africa Programme, Chatham House

ZAF0027

*

James Duddridge MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Department for International Development, (Minister for Africa) (QQ 118–142)

ZAF0057

Dr Charles Ebikeme, London School of Economics and Political Science

ZAF0059

*

Jane Edmondson, Director, East and Central Africa Division, Department for International Development (QQ 12–28)

Environmental Investigation Agency

ZAF0016

*

Dr Comfort Ero, Programme Director, Africa, International Crisis Group (QQ 75–81)

**

Professor Gibril Faal OBE JP, Visiting Professor in Practice, London School of Economics, and Director, GK Partners (QQ 89–94)

ZAF0034

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

ZAF0003

Freedom Now

ZAF0008

Dr François Gaulme, Associate Research Fellow, African Studies Center, Institut français des relations internationales

ZAF0033

Dr Linda Gibson, Associate Professor of Public Health, School of Social Sciences, Nottingham Trent University

ZAF0017

The Global Campaign for Peace and Justice in Cameroon

ZAF0028

Health Poverty Action

ZAF0024

Mark Higham, former Director, the Africa Centre London

ZAF0020

Dr Georgina Holmes, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Reading

ZAF0046

Human Rights Watch

ZAF0050

Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust

ZAF0005

Dr Stephen Hurt, Reader in International Relations, Oxford Brookes University

ZAF0010

Dr Eka Ikpe, African Leadership Centre, King’s College London

ZAF0023

The International Department of the Conservative Party

ZAF0001

International Organisation for Peace and Social Justice (PSJ UK)

ZAF0031

Dr Lyn Johnstone, Lecturer in International Relations, Royal Holloway, University of London

ZAF0041

Dr Will Jones, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Royal Holloway, University of London

ZAF0055

*

David Lammy MP, Member of Parliament for Tottenham (QQ 1–11)

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

ZAF0054

London Stock Exchange Group

ZAF0049

*

Peter Maila, Investment Director, Africa Coverage Team, CDC Group (QQ 82–88)

Dame Rosalind Marsden, Associate Fellow, Africa Programme, Chatham House

ZAF0027

*

Harriet Mathews OBE, Director for Africa, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (QQ 12–28) and (QQ 118–142)

Dr Terence McSweeney, Southampton Solent University and the London School of Economics and Political Science

ZAF0013

Dr Peace A. Medie, Senior Lecturer in Gender and International Politics, School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies, University of Bristol

ZAF0052

Paul Melly, Consulting Fellow, Africa Programme, Chatham House

ZAF0027

*

Andrew Mitchell MP, Member of Parliament for Sutton Coldfield, former Secretary of State for International Development (2010–12) (QQ 1–11)

Yemisi Mokuolu, Director, Hatch Africa

ZAF0021

*

Dr Dambisa Moyo, author and economist (QQ 64–74)

*

Professor Tim Murithi, Head, Peacebuilding Interventions and Extraordinary Professor of African Studies, University of Free State, South Africa
(QQ 56–63)

Dr Lars Otto Naess, Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies

ZAF0042

Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich

ZAF0047

Dr Sarah Njeri, Africa Leadership Centre, King’s College London

ZAF0023

*

Dr Ngozi Okonjo-lweala, African Union Special Envoy to mobilise international support for Africa’s efforts to address the economic challenges African countries will face as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic
(QQ 102–117)

Sandy Oliver, Director, Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education , University of London

ZAF0004

Dr Modupe Oshikoya, Department of Political Science, Virginia Wesleyan University

ZAF0056

Overseas Development Institute

ZAF0022

Chief Uzo Owunne, INGO Africa Ambassadors Interactive Forum

ZAF0019

*

Debbie Palmer, Director, West and Southern Africa Division, Department for International Development (QQ 118–142)

Tom Pengelly, Director, External Secretariat for All-Party Parliamentary Group on Trade out of Poverty, and Managing Director, Saana Consulting (QQ 49–55)

Remote Warfare Programme, Oxford Research Group

ZAF0045

The Royal African Society

ZAF0002

Search for Common Ground

ZAF0009

Ben Shepherd, Consulting Fellow, Africa Programme, Chatham House

ZAF0027

Ahmed Soliman, Research Fellow, Africa Programme, Chatham House

ZAF0027

The Southern Africa Network of Democrats

ZAF0001

Ruth Stewart, Director, Africa Centre for Evidence, University of Johannesburg

ZAF0004

Dr Andrew Edward Yaw Tchie, Senior Research Fellow for Africa Security, and Obasanjo Fellow, the Royal United Services Institute

ZAF0032

Jodie Thorpe, Cluster Leader, Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies

ZAF0042

Rebecca Tinsley

ZAF0029

Christopher Vandome, Research Fellow, Africa Programme, Chatham House

ZAF0027

Dr Alex Vines OBE, Managing Director, Ethics, Risk & Resilience and Director, Africa Programme, Chatham House

ZAF0027

Onyekachi Wambu, Executive Director, The African Foundation for Development (AFFORD)

ZAF0043

Dr Philippa Waterhouse, Lecturer in Health and Social Care, the Open University

ZAF0006

*

Dr Nick Westcott, Director, Royal African Society (QQ 29–35)

*

Myles Wickstead CBE, Visiting Professor (International Relations), King’s College London, and former Head of Secretariat, Commission for Africa (2004–05)
(QQ 64–74)

*

Dr Dirk Willem te Velde, Principal Research Fellow and Director of Programme, International Economic Development Group, Overseas Development Institute (QQ 49–55)

Dr Roxana Willis, University of Oxford

ZAF0018

World Food Programme, London Office

ZAF0035





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