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The continental secretariat of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), in collaboration with the Africa Governance Platform (AGA Platform) and Africa Governance Institute (AGI) is set to hold a Consolidated Launch of the 2019 Africa Governance Report (AGR), between 9th and 10th of December, 2019, in Nairobi, Kenya.    …

Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Winnie Byanyima has said communities could be the best hope for ending AIDS around the globe, in a press statement on the occasion of the 2019 World AIDS Day.     The global community on Sunday commemorated the 2019…

I had one of those way-cool moments — and what I now call the most memorable experience of my life — this past week in Mombasa, Kenya. It all started in late October, when I received an invitation from the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) to attend the Open Forum…

Mwanja Ng’anjo is the head of communications at African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), the rebranded African Union’s agency responsible for implementing Agenda 2063 – the continent’s strategic framework for socio-economic transformation       What exactly does AUDA-NEPAD seek to achieve with the Agenda 2063 Media Network? We started the…

After analyzing the experiences of African countries that had suffered network disruptions and shutdowns, freedom of expression stakeholders in Africa have proposed strategies for ending the increasingly recurrent culture of shutting down of the internet during elections by national governments in Africa. The stakeholders made the recommendations during a session on…

Bakary Koné, director in charge of strategic planning, partnerships and resource mobilisation at African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), a specialized agency of the African Union, has said for the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement to succeed, Africa must stop importing automobiles, proposing instead; automobile manufacturers begin to assemble…

Abdullahi Tsanni, a freelance science journalist and reporter of African Newspage, has emerged winner of the 2019 Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB) in Africa media awards, for print and online category, at an event held Thursday, at the Saravo Whitesands Hotel, in Mombasa, Kenya. The Open Forum on Agricultural…

Over 180 veterinary officers and animal health stakeholders from across 51 African countries  were in Dakar, Senegal, last week, for a 5-day capacity building workshop themed: “Leadership and Functional Competencies for Quality Veterinary Services,” convened by the African Union InterAfrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) Farm animals or livestock are…

The second annual Africa Industrialization Week (AIW 2019), under the theme: “Positioning African Industry to Supply the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Market,” has Monday kicked-off in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This year’s commemoration is coming months after the launch of the operational phase of the African Continental Free Trade…

The Pan African Manufacturers Association (PAMA) on Monday held their inaugural meeting on the sidelines of the ongoing second annual Africa Industrialization Week (AIW 2019) themed: “Positioning African Industry to Supply the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Market,” holding in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In a bid to provide a…