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8th Africa Industrialisation Week Begins with Call for Sustainable Industrialization
The 2025 Africa Industrialization Week (AIW 2025)— the flagship continental platform dedicated to advancing Africa’s industrial transformation—opened Monday in Kampala, Uganda, under the theme “Transforming Africa’s Economy through Sustainable Industrialization, Regional Integration, and Innovation.” The Media Breakfast Session of the 2015 Africa Industrialisation Week (AIW2025) in Kampala, Uganda. Since 2018,…
Read More »#BorderlessAfrica: Young Africans Unite in Addis Ababa to Dismantle Colonial Borders
141 years after the Berlin Conference that carved Africa into arbitrary territories, a new generation of young Africans is rising to rewrite the story — reclaiming their right to move, trade, and connect freely across the continent their ancestors once traversed without borders. One hundred and forty-one years ago, European…
Read More »AUDA-NEPAD CEO Appointed to Global Center on Adaptation Supervisory Board
The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) has appointed Ms. Nardos Bekele-Thomas, Chief Executive Officer of the African Union Development Agency-NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD), to its Supervisory Board—a strategic move that places African priorities and leadership at the centre of global climate adaptation governance. AUDA-NEPAD CEO Nardos Bekele-Thomas GCA is an international organization…
Read More »Afreximbank Calls for Stronger Trade Finance Capabilities to Accelerate Inclusive Growth Across Africa
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has called for stronger trade finance capabilities and deeper collaboration among African financial institutions to drive inclusive and sustainable growth across the continent. Ms. Gwen Mwaba, Managing Director for Trade Finance and Correspondent Banking at Afreximbank Speaking at the opening of the 25th Afreximbank Trade…
Read More »2025 Africa Land Conference Spotlights Reparative Justice for Africans, Diaspora
The 2025 Conference on Land Policy in Africa (CLPA 2025), scheduled for 10–13 November 2025 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, will bring together African leaders, policymakers, academics, and civil society representatives to discuss land governance, justice, and reparations for Africans and people of African descent. Anchored on the African Union’s 2025…
Read More »Africa Sets a New Global Mandate for Women, Peace, and Security at UN
Africa has reaffirmed its leadership in the global Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda at the United Nations Headquarters in New York during the week-long commemoration of the 25th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325. Dignitaries at the launch of “She Stands For Peace”, a commemorative book-project highlighting the…
Read More »Africa Leadership Foundation Launches First Pan-African Gender Budgeting Network
In a move to strengthen gender equality and inclusive governance across Africa, the Africa Leadership Foundation (ALF) has launched the African Gender Budgeting Network (AGEBUN) — the first-ever Pan-African platform dedicated to advancing gender-responsive budgeting (GRB) and inclusive fiscal policy across the continent. Participants at the virtual launch of the…
Read More »Africa Industrialization Week 2025 Holds November 17–21 in Kampala
The African Union Commission (AUC), in collaboration with the Government of Uganda through the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives (MTIC), will convene the Africa Industrialization Week (AIW) 2025 from November 17–21, 2025, at the Munyonyo Speke Resort Hotel in Kampala, Uganda. The week-long series of high-level events will bring…
Read More »Somalia Becomes 50th State Party to AfCFTA After Parliamentary Ratification
The Federal Parliament of Somalia has taken a historic step toward deepening continental economic integration by formally ratifying the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), thereby becoming the 50th state party to join the landmark trade pact. The Somali Federal Parliament during the voting for the ratification…
Read More »AU Launches Continental Media Network to Amplify Women’s Voices in Peace, Security
The African Union Commission’s Office of the Special Envoy on Women, Peace, and Security (OSE-WPS) has launched the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Network for Media Professionals—a pioneering initiative aimed at amplifying women’s voices and ensuring gender-responsive reporting on peace and security across Africa. Dignitaries at the opening of the…
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#BorderlessAfrica: Young Africans Unite in Addis Ababa to Dismantle Colonial Borders
141 years after the Berlin Conference that carved Africa into arbitrary territories, a new …
