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The New Faces New Voices Nigeria (NFNV-NIGERIA), with support from United Parcel Service (UPS), recently hosted a one-day regional conference on the Prospects of Digital Financial Inclusion in Women Cross Border Trade (DFI-WCBT), in Lagos, Nigeria, to empower West African women cross-border traders with knowledge and skills to thrive in…

The African Union Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) recently concluded their year-long webinar series aimed at demystifying the African Union Free Movement Protocol (AU-FMP). The webinar series titled “Mobilising Africa: Promoting Free Movement for Growth and Development,” fostered dialogue on the…

In a bid to empower young entrepreneurs across the African continent, the Afrikan Youth Business Council (AfYBC) last week launched its Enterprise Development Webinar Series, with the inaugural webinar focused on the newly adopted AfCFTA Protocol on Women and Youth in Trade.  The inaugural webinar, which was hosted in collaboration…

The African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC) has hosted the East Africa launch of the Pan African Resource Reporting Code (PARC), a standardized code for public reporting of minerals and energy resources to ensure compliance with relevant financial and security regulations across Africa. Left to Right : Mr. Tunde Arisekola ,…

The Economic, Social, and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC), the civil society advisory organ of the African Union, has unveiled its year-long plans to commemorate its 20th anniversary of fostering citizens’ engagement within the work of the Union. The ECOSOCC Team addressing the press on the planned ECOSOCC@20 in Accra, Ghana Established…

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…

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…

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…

Research findings on African migration governance by the New South Institute’s (NSI) Migration Governance Reform Project (MIGRA) reveal new patterns and realities as well as dispelling long-held myths and prejudices about migration in Africa.      The Johannesburg-based New South Institute (NSI) is a think-tank which provides evidence-based policy and applied…

Rwanda exported its first consignment of goods to Ghana, on September 30, 2022, under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Guided Trade Initiative aimed to kick off commercially meaningful trade across the continent.     The first AfCFTA Certificate of Origin for Rwanda was issued to Igire Coffee –…