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There is renewed concern about the sustainability of rising debt levels in many African countries. Much of this debt is being incurred through foreign currency denominated Eurobonds issued on international financial markets. The total value of Eurobonds issued between 2018 and 2019 was more than the value of all bonds sold between 2003 to 2016.  …

South Africa’s tendency to disregard repression in its backyard has left it ineffective at promoting democracy.     On February 9, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa assumed the presidency of the African Union (AU) at a summit held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. There he made mention of a “new epoch of governance…

Ahead of the 20th African Water Association International Congress and Exhibition (AfWA-ICE2020) beginning Monday in Kampala, Uganda, Speak Up Africa and its partners on  Friday launched their maiden Sanitation Media Fellowship focused on building the capacities of African journalists to increase reporting on water and sanitation issues on the continent.…

In commemoration of the first-ever World Neglected Tropical Disease (NTDs) Day, hundreds of Senegalese youths and civic groups, January 30, converged on Dakar, Senegal.  The gathering was convened by Speak Up Africa, in partnership with the Youssou  N’Dour Foundation to raise awareness on NTDs     The term ‘neglected’ refers…

After seven rounds of voting characterized by intense diplomatic battle, at the last AU Summit, South Africa’s Wamkele Mene emerged the first-ever Secretary-General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) secretariat, to be headquartered in Accra, Ghana     Forty-two-year-old Wamkele Mene is a top trade diplomat, who until…

The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa`s 8th Africa Agriculture Science Week (AASW8) is now scheduled to hold between 15 and 18 June, 2020 in Accra, Ghana, under the theme: “Innovations, Institutions, and People.” AASW8 was earlier scheduled to hold between 28 and 30 October, 2019 in Cairo, Egypt, before…

Ahead of the just concluded AU Summit, African governments  were urged to strengthen strategies and policies aimed at encouraging the transition to a new climate economy and increasing investment in clean energy. By phasing out fossil fuels, Africa can lead by example in the global effort to combat climate change.…

The 20th African Water Association International Congress and Exhibition (AfWA-ICE2020) under the theme: “Breaking new grounds to accelerate access to safe water and sanitation for all in Africa,” is scheduled to hold February 24 – 27, at the Kampala Serena International Conference Center, in Kampala, Uganda.     The African…

Against the outbreak of the coronavirus disease in China, the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), activated an emergency operations center, aimed at curtailing the potential spread of the virus, now named Covid-19, on the continent       Coronaviruses belong to a large family of viruses…

The international community will Tuesday commemorate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, an annual awareness day commemorated every February 11, as part of the UN’s efforts to promote full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls.      The theme for the…