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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Between August 21st and 23rd, the secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), in collaboration with the Government of Zambia, hosted the inaugural AfCFTA Youth Symposium (AfCFTAYS2023) in Lusaka, Zambia.     Africa’s youth population is projected to reach 1.3 billion by 2100, almost half the world’s youth…

As part of preparations for the 2024 UN Summit of the Future (SOTF), the African Union Economic Social and Cultural Council (AU-ECOSOCC) and Coalition for the UN We Need (C4UN), hosted a virtual African townhall on UN reforms to consolidate African voices in the ongoing negotiations leading to the SOTF.…

The 36th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union urged member states to double the spirit of pan-Africanism and intra-African solidarity by accelerating the operationalization of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).     “This is indeed a momentous and historic…