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The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, in partnership with the Republic of South Africa, hosted the inaugural AfCFTA Business Forum, a platform for creating awareness on the business and investment opportunities created by the AfCFTA market for intra-Africa trade.     The AfCFTA Business Forum (ABF), which seeks…

The African Union Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) Thursday hosted the inaugural session of its five-part expert webinar series to foster civil society dialogue on the AU Free Movement Protocol (AU-FMP) as well as unpack myths about labour migration and free movement in Africa.   The expert webinar series…

Hunger Relief Africa (HRA), a non-profit which seeks to eliminate food insecurity in African communities by empowering food-insecure and vulnerable households, recently launched its flagship program, which seeks to provide 3.5 million meals to its target communities across Uganda and Kenya.      One in five Africans goes to bed…

Although the AU and EU have committed to promoting civic space and human rights, the current trend of accelerated shrinking civic space proves that mere recognition of civil society and youth as actors in the partnership does not guarantee meaningful engagement.     Why this mechanism? The African Union (AU)-European…

Africans Rising, a pan-African movement of people and organizations, working for unity, justice, peace and dignity in Africa, recently launched its People’s Petition for a Borderless Africa Campaign, aimed at the abolition of visa requirements for intra-African travel for Africans through the implementation of the AU Free Movement Protocol (AU-FMP).…

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…

The African Union Commissioner for Economic Development, Trade, Tourism, Industry and Minerals (ETTIM), Amb. Albert Muchanga, on Tuesday on the sidelines of the 2022 YouLead Africa Summit, launched the Afrikan Youth Business Council (AfYBC), a continental apex body for youth-led private sector entities advocating for a youth-friendly business policy environment…

The tralac Annual Conference 2022 which coincides with its 20th anniversary, focused on how African governments can leverage the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to find solutions to varied crises ravaging the continent.      Founded in 2001, the Trade Law Centre (tralac) is Africa’s leading trade capacity-building think-tank…

The long-awaited commercially meaningful trade has now commenced under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), as stakeholders gathered on Friday evening at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana, to launch the AfCFTA Guided Trade Initiative.     The Guided Trade Initiative, which seeks to test AfCFTA’s operational, institutional,…

The 2nd African Forum on Mining (AFM2022) commenced on Monday, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, which also marks the launch of the second phase of the African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC). AMDC is the AU’s specialized agency mandated to provide strategic operational support and coordination for the implementation of the African…