In late March 2023, IMANI’s Senior Vice-President, Kofi Bentil participated in an international conference hosted by the influential Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA) which undoubtedly is Israel’s global embassy for research-powered diplomacy. The conference brought together think tank and policy center representatives from 30 Middle East and African states.

JCPA’s leadership took a keen interest in Kofi’s ideas and has started talks with IMANI on potential collaboration to open more opportunities for cooperation to facilitate business especially Agric related to enhancing the closeness of West Africa to Israel for our mutual benefit.

Kofi spoke in a panel whose task was to answer the question-How Can Government Policy Assist in Deploying Solutions to Enhance Food and Water Security? Watch the panel discussion in the video below. Kofi’s contribution starts from the 16th minute.