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The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat has confirmed a strategic partnership with the 6th All Africa Intellectual Property (IP) Summit, scheduled for November 12th to 14th 2025 in Dakar, Senegal. This partnership, which aligns the Summit’s mission with AfCFTA’s ambitious agenda to harmonize intellectual property rules across the continent, promises to be a…

A week ago, the new Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, held his first official press briefing at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where he unveiled his Commission’s roadmap, pledging to prioritize engagement with the African media. Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahamoud…

On May 3, the African Union convened the crème de la crème of African media leaders to mark the 2025 World Press Freedom Day, followed by a two-day roundtable on media and democratic socialization, which reaffirmed the necessity of defending press freedom and improved working conditions for African journalists. A…

The post-COP29 LDCs Group on Climate Change convening provided a chance for LDCs’ climate negotiators and government officials to reflect on the outcome of COP29 and lay out strategies that ensure the needs of vulnerable nations are fully addressed at COP30. Dr Owen Chomanika, Malawi’s Minister of Natural Resources and…

Nigeria has officially gazetted and transmitted the ECOWAS Schedule of Tariff Offers for Trade in Goods under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to the AfCFTA Secretariat, according to reports by Nairametrics. President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria The gazetting and submission took place ahead of the 16th AfCFTA Council…

A policy brief by Power Shift Africa (PSA) and Germanwatch says Germany should put food sovereignty at the centre of agricultural cooperation in Africa. Power Shift Africa (PSA), a Kenyan climate development policy think tank, and Germanwatch, a German environmental and human rights organization, have urged the German Government to…

The 3rd African Forum on Mining was a critical platform for African mining stakeholders to reflect on over a decade and a half of implementing the African Mining Vision, the continent’s blueprint for resource-based industrialization and sustainable economic development. Cross-section of delegates at the 3rd African Forum on Mining in…

Nardos Bekele-Thomas, CEO of AUDA-NEPAD reflects on the crucial insights raised by The African Union Development Agency – European Union (AUDA-EU) report on Infrastructure Finance in Africa. Nardos Bekele-Thomas, AUDA-NEPAD CEO speaking at the 7th PIDA Week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Infrastructure development in Africa has long been a critical…

Africa has achieved a record-setting milestone with the listing of its first five human medicinal products under the African Medicine Regulatory Harmonization (AMRH) Initiative, marking a groundbreaking step toward guaranteeing the safety, efficacy, and quality of human medicinal products for Africans. Members of the African Medicines Regulatory Harmonisation (AMRH) Steering…

The 2024 Africa Industrialization Week (AIW) sought to harness Artificial Intelligence (AI), green bonds, and enhanced intra-African trade to foster green industrialization. Amb. Albert Muchanga, outgoing AU Commissioner for Economic Development, Trade, Tourism, Industry, and Minerals speaking during the opening session of the 2024 Africa Industrialization Week (AIW2024) The 2024…