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Nombulelo Mbokazi is the executive director of the Agenda 2063 Academy, focused on making African citizens main drivers of the implementation of African Union’s Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want.     Newspage: The Agenda 2063 Academy was founded in July, 2019 to “engage African civil society, and in particular,…

It is wholly unacceptable that a mother in sub-Saharan Africa is over 100 times more likely to die during pregnancy and childbirth than a woman in Western Europe in an age when having a mobile phone and access to the internet alone can greatly enhance their life chances.    …

As Africa’s biggest economy, Nigeria’s sluggishness in signing the AfCFTA and its subsequent failure to ratify the agreement over a year later, is a major concern among stakeholders in the AfCFTA process   In a bid to bridge the huge gap in intra-African trade, thanks to numerous tariff and non-tariff…

Findings of a recent study by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Cameroon, under the Enhancing Capacity to Apply Research Evidence (IITA-CARE) project, shows young female maize farmer-marketers pay more for farm labour than their male counterparts, contributing more to the local economy.   The study, which explored…

Application Deadline: October 20, 2020 BACKGROUND Since independence, the several Member States of the AU have experienced diverse threats to peace and human security resulting in enormous deaths, injuries, displacement, the destruction of properties and livelihoods as well as the reversal of socio-economic and developmental gains. In order to alleviate…

Africa’s economic growth over the last 25 years has been accompanied by soaring inequality, which the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to worsen. Developing innovative products for the continent’s poorer “nonconsumers” will provide a more predictable, inclusive, and sustainable path to prosperity for hundreds of millions of people.     Eradicating poverty…

Ahead of the forthcoming 9th Tana Forum scheduled for October 19 – 24, the Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS), Tuesday hosted a joint virtual multi-stakeholders forum on the topic: “The AfCFTA and Private Sector: Unlocking potentials beyond the Pandemic.”     The meeting, which was jointly organized with…

For too long, Africa has been a strategic plaything of world powers. By bolstering its internal cohesion and economic integration, the continent can become a strong geopolitical force with an independent and unified voice on important global issues.   Africans must take responsibility for our continent’s affairs. We have all…

This year was supposed to be crucial for Africa-Europe relations, culminating in the sixth AU-EU Summit, scheduled for 28 and 29 October in Brussels. But then COVID-19 happened. After a long palaver, a decision was finally taken: the summit will be postponed to 2021, although a date still needs to…

Strengthening Africa’s agriculture systems will not only make the continent more self-reliant and resilient to future shocks, but will also boost global health, prosperity, and security. The international community therefore has both moral and self-interested reasons to support this process.     Over the next 30 years, Sub-Saharan Africa’s population will…