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Between August 21st and 23rd, the secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), in collaboration with the Government of Zambia, hosted the inaugural AfCFTA Youth Symposium (AfCFTAYS2023) in Lusaka, Zambia.     Africa’s youth population is projected to reach 1.3 billion by 2100, almost half the world’s youth…

By creating youth-friendly economic policies, African governments will help youth-led enterprises create job and entrepreneurship opportunities, thereby addressing the continent’s youth unemployment crisis.     Africa, the world’s youngest continent, is grappling with a pressing youth unemployment challenge.  According to a 2015 study by the African Development Bank (AfDB), one-third…

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…

To mobilize the collective support of governments, the private sector, financing institutions, and development partners for the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa’s 2nd Priority Action Plan (PIDA PAP2) projects, Republic of Senegal last week hosted in its new city of Diamniadio the 2nd Dakar Financing Summit for Africa’s Infrastructure…

Bruce Byiers and Poorva Karkare focus on how Dercon’s thinking applies to African economic integration, and what someone like Wamkele Mene, the Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), and his partners, might use from it. The book’s arguments The book’s main argument is that growth and…

The African Union Summit on Industrialization, Economic Diversification cum Extraordinary Session on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) held November 25 in Niamey, Niger.     The 1980s First Industrial Decade for Africa (IDDA1) marked the beginning of a conscious policy effort to make Africa’s industrialization a priority. Subsequently,…

The African Union Summit on Industrialization, Economic Diversification and the African Union Extraordinary Session on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), alongside the commemoration of the 2022 Africa Industrialization Week (AIW2022), are set to be held November 20 – 25 in Niamey, Niger.     AIW 2022 is billed…

The 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP27) is currently underway in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, with an estimated 5,000 delegates in attendance, including 120 world leaders, climate activists, and youth representatives.     For the 27th time, world leaders at COP27 are sharing more plans towards mitigating climate…

The African Union Policy Conference on the Triple Nexus between peace, security and development featured reflections on strategies of simultaneously promoting development and integration, along with peace and security.      It is a universal belief that there can be no sustainable development without peace and no peace without sustainable…

Will the single market be realized fast enough to withstand the global storms where powerful societies are devising ways, covert and overt, to devour others?     Imagine a big plane with hundreds of passengers racing on the tarmac readying to take off. But towards the end of the runway,…