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AUDA-NEPAD Seeks to Expand Footprints Across Africa
In a move to enhance its impact across the continent, the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) is set to expand its operational footprint across the continent, says the Agency’s CEO Nardos Bekele-Thomas. Nardos Bekele-Thomas, CEO of the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) Ms Bakele-Thomas made this announcement during a press…
Read More »Yamoussoukro Decision Silver Jubilee Commemoration Holds Nov 28 in Brazzaville
The commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the landmark Yamoussoukro Decision (YD) on air transport liberalization in Africa will take place under the theme: “From Vision to Reality – The Benefits of Liberalization of Air Transport Market through SAATM Implementation” come Thursday in Brazzaville, Congo. The 25th YD Day commemorative…
Read More »8th PIDA Week Begins with Journalists’ Sensitization in Addis Ababa
Ahead of the 8th Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) Week, select African journalists under the aegis of the PIDA Journalists’ Network gathered Sunday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for a media sensitization workshop. Zipporah Maubane, Head of Communications, AUDA-NEPAD The workshop was organized by the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD)…
Read More »COP29: African CSOs Advance Mainstreaming Agroecology in Climate Agenda
African civil society organisations had during the agriculture day at the just concluded 29th Conference of Parties (CoP29) held November 11 to 22 in Baku, Azerbaijan, advocated for mainstreaming agroecology in the climate agenda. Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) General Coordinator Million Belay speaking at the COP29 Agriculture…
Read More »8th Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa Week Kicks-Off Nov 25 in Addis Ababa
The 8th edition of Africa’s premier infrastructure event, the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) Week, is set to take place November 25 to 29 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The 2024 PIDA Week will bring together infrastructure stakeholders from African governments, multilateral organisations and the private sector to explore…
Read More »AMQF Sets Network of African Reliance Laboratories’ Operationalization Roadmap
The African Medicines Quality Forum Technical Committee (AMQF) has during its Technical Committee’s meeting on the sidelines of the recent 4th African Medicines Regulatory Harmonization (AMRH) Week, set the roadmap for the operationalization of the Network of African Reliance Laboratories (NARL), a continental systematic approach to laboratory capacity strengthening to…
Read More »‘Why Africa Should Prioritize Gender-Responsive Climate Solutions’
Ahead of COP29 slated for Nov 11-22, 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan, Senior Gender Specialist at the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Dr Eileen Nchanji, said Africa should prioritize the implementation of gender-responsive climate solutions noting that there will be no climate justice without gender equality. Dr Eileen Nchanji, A…
Read More »NGO Requests ACPHR Investigate Guinea’s Role in Diallo Telli, Pioneer OAU Scribe’s Death
The Africa Vision 525 Initiative, an NGO that uses research-based simulation of the African Union Assembly to build Pan-Africanism in youth, has called on famous Nigerian lawyer and human rights activist, Femi Falana, to demand the African Commission for Human and People’s Rights (ACPHR) investigate government of Guinea-Conakry’s role in the death…
Read More »4th Africa Medicines Regulatory Harmonisation Week Kicks-Off in Maputo, Oct 28
The fourth edition of the African Medicines Regulatory Harmonisation (AMRH) Week, a crucial touchpoint in ongoing efforts to expand access to quality-assured medicines in Africa, is set to take place from October 28 to November 1, 2024 in Maputo, Mozambique. This year’s biennial event, organized by the Africa Medicines Regulatory Harmonisation…
Read More »Nigeria Health Watch’s 10th Future of Health Conference Spotlights Climate-Health Nexus
Nigeria Health Watch is set to host its 10th Future of Health Conference under the theme: “From Evidence to Action: Building Resilience at the Climate-Health Nexus,” focusing on the intersection of climate change and health and emphasizing the urgent need for actionable policies to mitigate climate-related health impacts, come October…
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Malaria is an African problem and Africa must find the solution
Krystal Birungi KAMPALA, Uganda, April 23, 2025 /African Media Agency (AMA)/ – Africa still …
