In-depth

The Economic, Social and Cultural Council of the African Union (AU-ECOSOCC), an advisory organ established to give African Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) a voice within AU’s decision-making processes, recently constituted and inaugurated its 4th Permanent General Assembly (PGA) for a four-year tenure.     The 4th Permanent General Assembly (PGA)…

The African Union Summit on Industrialization, Economic Diversification cum Extraordinary Session on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) held November 25 in Niamey, Niger.     The 1980s First Industrial Decade for Africa (IDDA1) marked the beginning of a conscious policy effort to make Africa’s industrialization a priority. Subsequently,…

The African Union Policy Conference on the Triple Nexus between peace, security and development featured reflections on strategies of simultaneously promoting development and integration, along with peace and security.      It is a universal belief that there can be no sustainable development without peace and no peace without sustainable…

Africa has recently grappled with an upsurge of unconstitutional changes of government (UCG), with countries such as Mali, Sudan and Guinea witnessing successful military takeovers, while others like Niger and Guinea-Bissau saw unsuccessful coup attempts.     By Adam Alqali While varied factors are responsible for the rising trend of…

The African Electronic Trade (AeTrade) Group hosted a high-level session on the role of SMEs, youth and women in the implementation of the AfCFTA at the virtual 2021 African Integration Day held Wednesday (July 7), after which the Group announced Rwanda and Ethiopia as hosts for its continental and East…

    Situated at the end of an eight-kilometer long access road off the busy Gombe – Yola highway in northeastern Nigeria, Maiganga is a quiet resettled mining community. On this bright Thursday morning, members of the Maiganga women farmers group were in high spirit, as they showcase various food…

The Africa Industrialization Week 2020 (AIW 2020) climaxed with a high-level session commemorating the African Industrialization Day 2020 (AID 2020), where President Mahamadou Issoufou of the Republic of Niger cum AU’s President Champion of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was honoured for his transformational leadership of the AfCFTA…

Ahead of the commencement of trade under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on January 1, 2020, on Monday, the government of the Republic of Ghana, officially handed over the new AfCFTA secretariat building in the country’s capital Accra, to the African Union     The official handover cum…

In commemoration of the maiden Africa Integration Day, the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) and the AU Commission, hosted stakeholders to a webinar discussion, exploring the urgency of boosting Africa’s industrialization drive, as the continent readies to implement the AfCFTA       July 7th was declared as Africa Integration…

The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) on Monday virtually unveiled its preliminary COVID-19 study titled: “Africa’s Governance Response to COVID-19” before African policymakers and stakeholders from across the continent     Many factors have been attributed to Africa’s still relatively low infection and fatality rates resulting from the coronavirus, despite…