In-depth
IN-DEPTH | 5th All Africa IP Summit: Leveraging IP Ecosystem for Africa’s Sustainable Development
The All Africa Intellectual Property Summit 2024, held from November 28 to 30 in Kigali, Rwanda, underscored the critical role of IP in fostering innovation, driving industrial growth, highlighting IP’s role in innovation, education, economic growth, and cultural preservation, tackling poverty, improving SME market access, and fostering agricultural innovation in…
Read More »Climate-Health Nexus: Insights from 2024 Future of Health Conference
Nigeria Health Watch’s 10th Future of Health Conference under the theme: “From Evidence to Action: Building Resilience at the Climate-Health Nexus,” focused on the intersection of climate change and public health, emphasizing the urgent need for actionable policies to mitigate the health impacts of climate change. The twenty-eighth Conference of…
Read More »2024 Future of Health Conference: Amplifying Nigerian Youth Voices for Climate-Health Action
The Nigeria Health Watch’s 10 Future of Health Conference Youth Pre-Conference themed “Amplifying Youth Voices for Climate-Health Action” brought together young people from various fields such as health, agriculture, and environmental sectors who proffered tangible solutions for mainstreaming youth voices in climate-health action. A panel session at the youth-pre conference…
Read More »As African Union Launches its Enterprise African Network (EAN) Fellowship
The African Union has taken a crucial step towards supporting African Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) with the launch of the inaugural Enterprise African Network (EAN) Fellowship, which seeks to create a new generation of African entrepreneurs ready to compete on the global stage. The Inaugural Enterprise Africa Network Fellows…
Read More »3rd AU MSME Forum: SMEs as Lifeblood of Africa’s Economic Transformation
The 3rd Annual African Union Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Forum, held in Windhoek, Namibia, from September 9th to 13th, 2024, brought together policymakers, industry leaders, entrepreneurs, and development organizations from across Africa under the theme “Fostering Financial Empowerment and Educational Innovation for African Startups & MSMEs.” A cross-section…
Read More »NGYouthSDGs: Mainstreaming Nigerian Youth in SDGs Implementation
In commemoration of International Youth Day 2024, the Network of Youth for Sustainable Initiative also known as the Nigerian Youth SDGs Network (NGYouthSDGs), hosted a two-day convening between August 12-13 in Abuja, Nigeria, which sensitized young people on their crucial roles in fostering gender equality, climate action, education, decent work…
Read More »2024 UNCSC: Mainstreaming Civil Society Voices in Summit of the Future Processes
Ahead of the United Nations Summit of the Future (SOTF), which seeks to patch up the increasingly eroding trust in multilateral cooperation’s capacity to effectively tackle current and future global challenges, the 69th UN Civil Society Conference (2024 UNCSC) in Support of the SOTF took place on May 9-10 in…
Read More »C4UN: Mobilising Civil Society Perspectives for the Pact of the Future
In a bid to foster understanding of the content of the Pact for the Future and equip civil society actors with the requisite knowledge and skills to actively engage in the intergovernmental process leading up to and following the SOTF, C4UN hosted a side workshop at the 2024 UN Civil…
Read More »AMDC: Towards a Continental Artisanal Mining Strategy
The African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC) recently hosted the East and Southern Africa Regional Consultative Workshop for a Continental Artisanal and Smale-Scale Mining (ASM) Strategy in collaboration with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the ACP-EU Minerals Development Programme , in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Panelists speaking at the maiden…
Read More »PAFOM-8: Bolstering Free Movement – Free Trade Nexus in AfCFTA
The 8th Pan African Forum on Migration (PAFoM-8) proffered crucial recommendations, which, if implemented, will help Africa harness the benefits of the nexus between trade and the free movement of people, especially labor migration. Free movement of people, capital, goods and services is at the heart of Africa’s…
Read More »