{"id":27361,"date":"2025-05-25T14:28:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T14:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbawumia.org\/sb\/?p=27361"},"modified":"2025-11-19T19:20:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T19:20:12","slug":"guest-speaker-in-the-fireside-conversation-themed-uniting-africa-advancing-the-africa-narrative-amid-planetary-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbawumia.org\/sb\/guest-speaker-in-the-fireside-conversation-themed-uniting-africa-advancing-the-africa-narrative-amid-planetary-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Speaker in the fireside conversation themed &#8220;Uniting Africa- Advancing the Africa Narrative amid Planetary Challenges&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"27361\" class=\"elementor elementor-27361\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1abeab2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default 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