Our Africa Campaign 2020 concluded on December 8, 2020 with a delightful webinar about arbitration in Angola. Ambassadors Aécio Oliveira and Maria Camila Hoyos hosted the event, which featured two of the most experienced Angolan arbitration practitioners: António Caxito Marques, Partner of Dentons Lead, and Itweva Nogueira, Executive Director of the UK-Angola Chamber of Commerce and Partner of IN - Sociedade de Advogados.

As a part of our Arbitrator Intelligence Africa Campaign, we had the chance to welcome Dr Gaston Kenfack, Ms. Dipna Gunnoo, Ms Capucine du Pac de Marsoulies and Dr. Achille Ngwanza. Our eminent speakers provided us with a very interesting discussion on the topic - “The New Information Age and its Effects on African Arbitral Institutions”. Catherine Rogers, Founder & CEO of Arbitrator Intelligence, welcomed the attendees, and Margarita Chatzi, Ambassador of Arbitrator Intelligence moderated the discussion.

Besides fairness, international arbitration should embrace diversity and inclusiveness as core values, hence efforts should be made in order to guarantee access to all these attributes in the same measure. Fairness may include the right to be heard, having both an independent and impartial panel, etc. however, when scholars discuss the underpinning aspects of diversity, it is often reviewed under different groups, such as gender and age diversity, or geographic, and ethnic diversity, when in reality it encompasses more than cultural points. This paper seeks to chart progress of the use of technology in arbitration on this scope.