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When MINDS, AUDA-NEPAD celebrated 2020 Day of Africa’s Scientific Renaissance
In commemoration of the Day of Africa’s Scientific Renaissance 2020, the Mandela Institute for Development Studies (MINDS), in collaboration with the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), convened a webinar focused on reviving interest in the contribution of African Indigenous Knowledge Systems to modern science. The concept of African…
Read More »NTDs Roadmap 2021–2030: Speak Up Africa engages WHO`s director for control of NTDs
Speak Up Africa, the Dakar, Senegal-based nonprofit working to catalyze dialogues, drive policy changes and create awareness on health and sanitation issues in Africa, this week, hosted a conversation with the World Health Organization (WHO) on the theme: “Neglected Tropical Diseases and COVID-19: Why we need the new NTD Roadmap more…
Read More »AU ECOSOCC’s teleconference highlights youths’ strategic position in post-pandemic Africa
The African Union Economic, Social, and Cultural Council (AU ECOSOCC) and the African Development Bank (AfDB), Thursday, hosted a teleconference on the theme: “Role of Youth in Shaping a Post-Pandemic Africa,” focused on how African youths can contribute in shaping the continent`s future – post-pandemic. It was against…
Read More »AfDB, IsDB seeks to strengthen CSOs capacity in Africa’s fragile countries against COVID19
As the global response to COVID-19 pandemic transitions from emergency response to long-term reconstruction, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), in collaboration with the World Bank Tuesday hosted a webinar discussion focused on strengthening the capacity of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in African countries affected by…
Read More »AU’s Day of the African Child 2020 couch talk spotlights child development, education
In commemoration of the Day of the African Child 2020 and the 30th anniversary of the African Children’s Charter, the African Union hosted a virtual couch talk where high-level policymakers discussed a wide-range of issues fundamental to the welfare of the African child – early childhood development, education as well…
Read More »Building resilience in Africa’s education systems, post COVID-19
As African governments began plans for the reopening of schools, AU ECOSOCC and AfDB Gender, Women and Civil Society Department’s last bi-weekly COVID-19 awareness webinar series focused on the theme: Building resilience in education systems, post pandemic One of the fallouts of the COVID-19 pandemic across the globe…
Read More »Highpoints of African Union’s webinar on non-state actors’ role in Silencing The Guns
Last week Monday, the African Union hosted a virtual conference on the theme: “The Role of Non-State Actors in Silencing the Guns in Africa,” focused on the role of non-state actors in ending conflicts and human rights violations on the African continent The African Union’s theme for 2020…
Read More »On Africa Day 2020, AU ECOSOCC secretariat unveiled agenda for African media
In commemoration of Africa Day 2020, the secretariat of African Union Economic, Social and Cultural Council (AU ECOSOCC), hosted a roundtable discussion with journalists where the secretariat’s agenda for working with the African media was unveiled African Union Economic, Social and Cultural Council (AU ECOSOCC), a technical…
Read More »AUDA-NEPAD’s Africa Day 2020 convening reechoes African solutions to development challenges
In celebration of Africa Day 2020, the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), Monday hosted a high-level webinar discussion focused on highlighting African solutions to African problems in peace and security, public health and socioeconomic development Silencing the Guns in Africa is a flagship programme of Agenda 2063, Africa’s…
Read More »AU ECOSOCC, AfDB push for a gender-sensitive response to COVID-19 in Africa
In support of Africa’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the African Union Economic, Social and Cultural Council (AU ECOSOCC) and the African Development Bank (AfDB)’s Gender, Women and Civil Society Department, are jointly hosting a series of weekly thematic webinars aimed at raising awareness and sensitizing African citizens about the…
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