Interviews

Luckystar Miyandazi works as policy officer at the African Institutions and Regional Dynamics Programme of the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) — an independent think tank that monitors and support development co-operation between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries. She speaks about the…

William Carew, principal coordinator of the newly established African Union Economic, Social and Cultural Council (AU ECOSOCC) Secretariat, based in Lusaka, Zambia, speaks about his plans for the AU’s advisory organ, aimed at promoting African Civil Society’s participation in the implementation of policies and programmes of the Union    …

 Salah Hammad, head of the African Governance Architecture (AGA) Secretariat, spoke about the inaugural Africa Governance Report (AGR), amongst other issues, at the recent launch of  the AGR in Nairobi, Kenya     We have just concluded the launch of the inaugural Africa Governance Report (AGR). What are the specific…

Prof Eddy Maloka, CEO of the continental secretariat of African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), spoke about the inaugural Africa Governance Report (AGR), at its launch in Nairobi, Kenya     We have just concluded the launch of the inaugural Africa Governance Report (AGR). What actually inspired this Report? I think…

Mansur Ahmed, the interim president of the newly formed Pan African Manufacturers Association (PAMA), the umbrella body of manufacturers in Africa, spoke on the sidelines of the 2019 Africa Industrialization Week (AIW), held November in Addis Abba, Ethiopia     The Pan African Manufacturers Association (PAMA) has just been launched…

 Jasper Eradiri, who was at the 2019 Africa Industrialization Week (AIW) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, is the Secretary-General of the All Africa Association for Small and Medium Enterprises (AAASME), a continental advocacy body working to support the development of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) ecosystem in Africa   How did the…

Aurelia Patrizia Calabro, director of United Nations Industrial Development Organisation’s Ethiopia regional hub cum representative to the African Union, speaks about the Third Industrial Development Decade for Africa (IDDA3), on the sidelines of the 2019 Africa Industrialization Week   How is the implementation of the Third Industrial Development Decade for…

Dr Souleymane Abdallah is an economist at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), in charge of industrialization and trade diversification issues; he spoke on the Third Industrial Development Decade for Africa (IDDA III) and the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), on the sidelines of the 2019 Africa…

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…

Batlokoa Makong, the African Peer Review Mechanism’s liaison officer to the African Union, speaks about the Mechanism’s strides as the AU’s  self-assessment instrument whose mission is tracking of the implementation of the Union’s key governance initiatives including monitoring and evaluation of AU Agenda 2063 and SDGs 2030     Can…