Interviews

Dr (Engr) Ahmed Hamdy, Executive Director of the African Union Scientific, Technical and Research Commission (AU-STRC), decries Africa’s low-level funding for Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) which inhibits its development.  Dr (Engr) Ahmed Hamdy, Executive Director of the African Union Scientific, Technical and Research Commission (AU-STRC) Newspage: The AU-STRC is…

Prof Gibril Faal, a world-renowned migration expert cum visiting professor in practice at the London School of Economics (LSE), speaks about labor migration and free movement in Africa vis-à-vis the African Union Free Movement Protocol (AU FMP).     Newspage: You blame the ‘lump of labor’ fallacy for discrimination against…

Dr Tobias Thiel, Director of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Office to the African Union, speaks on the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (BMZ) New Africa Strategy: Shaping the Future with Africa, focused on trade, migration, peace and security as well as public health, among…

Since 2014, Mme. Bineta Diop has served as AU Special Envoy on Women, Peace and Security (WPS), advocating for the implementation of the continent’s WPS agenda and raising the voices of women and girls affected by conflicts. She speaks on how Africa’s pioneering WPS agenda is being copied by countries…

In commemoration of Africa Day 2023, we bring you an exclusive interview with acting executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), on ECA’s crucial role in Africa’s effort to boost intra-African trade, achieve industrialization and economic transformation.     Newspage: The African Union theme for 2023 is accelerating…

In this no-holds-barred interview, Prof Wafula Okumu, co-editor of the book African Union at 20: African Perspectives on Progress, Challenges and Prospects, provides an incisive analysis of the trajectory of the African Union’s evolution, challenges as well as its prospects for integrating, unifying, and developing Africa.     PAV: You…

Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga cum the African Union High Representative for Infrastructure Development, speaks exclusively to African Newspage on the sidelines of the recent 2nd Dakar Financing Summit for Infrastructure Development (DFS-2) on de-risking investment in Africa and making the continent attractive for domestic private investment.    …

Pamela Coke Hamilton, executive director of the International Trade Centre (ITC), speaks exclusively to African Newspage on the sidelines of the recently held 2022 Africa Industrialization Week (AIW) in Niamey, Niger.     Newspage: You are one of the organizing partners for the 2022 Africa Industrialization Week (AIW). Why are…

Ms. Charity Nchimunya, Executive Secretary of the African Union Advisory Board Against Corruption (AUABC), speaks on the Board’s support to African countries to implement the provisions of the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption (AUCPCC).     Newspage: The AU ABC was established to “promote and encourage the…

Poncelet Ileleji chairs the Economic for Africa (ECA) Africa taskforce on the 17th Global Internet Governance Forum (IGF), scheduled for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from November 28 to December 02, 2022.     Newspage: The theme for the 17th Global IGF is: Resilient Internet for a ‘Shared Sustainable and Common Future.’…