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The African Railway Roundtable, focused on advocacy for accelerated implementation of Africa’s Integrated High Speed Railway Network Project (AIHSRN), has tasked President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana, the newly elected head of the 15-nation Economic Commission of West African States (ECOWAS), to leverage his chairmanship of the block to revive the…

The year 2020 began on a high note for the African Women Leaders Network (AWLN). As the world was preparing to mark 25 years since the Fourth World Conference on Women, AWLN sought to commemorate the anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action with the launch of 25…

Deadline: September 25,  2020 by 23:00 (GMT+3)       The advent of COVID-19 has exacerbated challenges in Africa’s education system and reinforces the need for fit for context, innovative and scalable solutions in education. DOTSS provides an approach for reorienting Africa’s education and training systems to meet the knowledge,…

As part of the Youth Silencing the Guns campaign launched by the African Union (AU) in July 2020, the African Union Office of the Youth Envoy (OYE), has launched a series of regional consultations on the roles of youth engagement in Silencing the Guns in Africa     In recognition…

Mansa Media, in partnership with Afrochampions and Africa Development Solutions Group (ADS), is organizing a virtual conference to discuss the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic on Africa, and how the continent can navigate this ‘new normal’ to come out stronger.     Mansa Media is focused on reporting business…

Systemic racism has its roots in extractive capitalism in Africa. Black people need to start telling their stories themselves. When we really know each other, recognize our contribution to a common history, and see that all solutions hold value, we may start to shift systems.     When Barack Obama…

Atlas4dev in partnership with the AU Youth Envoy Office and with the support of Peace First organization and the Department of Cooperation and Cultural Action of the French Embassy in Morocco, is launching the 2nd edition of the 2063 Academy, from 23-28 November.     After the success of the…

Africa is becoming a new COVID-19 epicenter. Unless the European Union urgently rethinks its protectionist trade policies, a sharp uptick in food insecurity will turn the COVID-19 crisis into a catastrophe.     Africa is becoming a new COVID-19 epicenter. In the recent weeks, South Africa reported a 60% increase in natural…

The African Development Bank (AfDB), the International Union of Railways (UIC), as well as the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), have expressed their interest in financing and supporting the Africa Integrated High-Speed Railway Network (AIHSRN) project.     Representatives of AfDB, UNECA and UIC made this commitment while speaking…

If it cannot address systematic human rights abuses on the continent, what really is the purpose of the African Union?     On May 29, just four days after George Floyd’s death in police custody, African Union Commission’s Chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat issued a scorching statement condemning the Black man’s…