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Raila Odinga Closer to AU Top Job as African Ministers Drop Gender Proposal
Raila Odinga’s bid to chair the African Union Commission (AUC) received a significant boost on Friday [March 15] as African foreign ministers dismissed the “rotational gender” requirement, which implies that Odinga’s candidacy remains on track unless he is disqualified during the vetting process. The 55 foreign ministers convened in Addis…
Read More »African Union Donkey Skin Trade Ban Laudable but Doubt, Pessimism Cloud Implementation
The African Union (AU) heads of state ratified a motion proposing a 15-year ban on the donkey skin trade on February 18 which could go a long way in protecting African donkeys, but there is no timeline or mandate that requires African countries to implement the new regulation. Doubt and pessimism cloud…
Read More »Experts Allay AU Member States’ Fear of Free Movement’s Security Implications
Migration experts at a recent webinar by the African Union Economic, Social & Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), have dispelled the notion of securitization of migration, arguing that the fears are more imagined than real. Migration governance experts at a recent webinar on balancing…
Read More »4th Africa WPS Forum Push for Enhanced Women’s Role in Africa’s Peace, Security
The 4th High-Level Africa Forum on Women, Peace, and Security sought full integration of women in every aspect of peace processes in Africa towards the attainment of the vision of Africa’s Agenda 2063. The 4th High-Level Africa Forum on Women, Peace, and Security was recently convened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia…
Read More »IN-DEPTH | AfCFTA Youth Symposium: Igniting the Future of Youth in Intra-African Trade
Between August 21st and 23rd, the secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), in collaboration with the Government of Zambia, hosted the inaugural AfCFTA Youth Symposium (AfCFTAYS2023) in Lusaka, Zambia. Africa’s youth population is projected to reach 1.3 billion by 2100, almost half the world’s youth…
Read More »OP-ED | Youth-led enterprises as solutions to Africa’s unemployment and drivers of economic growth, By Leah Nduati
By creating youth-friendly economic policies, African governments will help youth-led enterprises create job and entrepreneurship opportunities, thereby addressing the continent’s youth unemployment crisis. Africa, the world’s youngest continent, is grappling with a pressing youth unemployment challenge. According to a 2015 study by the African Development Bank (AfDB), one-third…
Read More »DFS-2: African leaders offer pathway to continent’s infrastructure development
African leaders at last week’s 2nd Dakar Financing Summit for Infrastructure Development (DFS-2) proffered various strategies for accelerating the continent’s infrastructural development. The 2nd Dakar Financing Summit for Africa’s Infrastructure Development (DFS-2) was hosted by the Chairperson of the African Union, Senegalese President Macky Sall under the theme…
Read More »DFS-2: Catalyzing Public-Private Partnerships for Africa’s infrastructure development
To mobilize the collective support of governments, the private sector, financing institutions, and development partners for the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa’s 2nd Priority Action Plan (PIDA PAP2) projects, Republic of Senegal last week hosted in its new city of Diamniadio the 2nd Dakar Financing Summit for Africa’s Infrastructure…
Read More »REVIEW | Wamkele Mene and AfCFTA Roulette
Bruce Byiers and Poorva Karkare focus on how Dercon’s thinking applies to African economic integration, and what someone like Wamkele Mene, the Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), and his partners, might use from it. The book’s arguments The book’s main argument is that growth and…
Read More »When industrialization became a centrepiece of Africa’s agenda
The African Union Summit on Industrialization, Economic Diversification cum Extraordinary Session on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) held November 25 in Niamey, Niger. The 1980s First Industrial Decade for Africa (IDDA1) marked the beginning of a conscious policy effort to make Africa’s industrialization a priority. Subsequently,…
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