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Ahead of the September 21 United Nations Ministerial Meeting for the Summit of the Future (SOTF), a group of prominent former government and UN leaders are calling on current world leaders to build on the outcomes from this year’s SDG Summit and utilize the 2024 UN SOTF to strengthen the…

The Surge Africa Organisation has launched its report titled Assessing Conflict and Fragility Risk in Nigeria, which provides foundational insights and analysis into the nexus of climate change and conflicts in Nigeria, expanding on the climate crisis and its associated risks to human security in Nigeria and the Sahel Region. …

The African Minerals Development Center (AMDC), in collaboration with the African Development Bank (AfDB) and Open Society Foundation (OSF), is set to host a high-level dialogue on Africa’s Green Minerals Strategy (AGMS) Tuesday on the sidelines of the inaugural Africa Climate Summit (ACS2023), to be held September 4–6 in Nairobi, Kenya.…

The secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), in collaboration with the Government of Zambia, is set to host the inaugural edition of the AfCFTA Youth Symposium come August 21–23 in Lusaka, Zambia, to discuss the potential benefits and challenges of AfCFTA for youth in trade and explore…

As part of its broader policy advocacy program, Surge Africa, a nonprofit that works at the intersection of policy, media and resilience building, recently hosted a stakeholders’ dialogue on adaptation and conservation policies in Kano state, northwestern Nigeria, attended by stakeholders from government and non–state actors.   In a press…

The Afrikan Youth Business Council (AfYBC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Arusha-based MS Training Centre for Development Cooperation (MS TCDC) for the fiscal sponsorship of AfYBC by MS TCDC. AfYBC is the continental umbrella body of youth-led private sector entities, institutions, and associations advocating for a youth-friendly…

African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), Africa’s voluntary self-assessment mechanism on good governance, is set to host a virtual roundtable on gender best practices on July 31 to enable the sharing of gender best practices in APRM Participating States from a governance perspective.     The webinar, which will serve as a…

The inaugural Africa Gemstones and Jewellery Exhibition and Conference (AGJEC), which aims to showcase Africa’s gemstone wealth and foster value creation, maximization and intra-African trade opportunities in Africa’s gemstones, is set to take place in Ndola, Zambia, from July 10th–14th, 2023.      Ndola is renowned for its emerald production,…

Mr Prudence Sebahizi, director in charge of institutional matters and programmes coordination at the African Continental Free Trade (AfCFTA) Secretariat, has said free trade under the AfCFTA can only be achieved with free movement of persons, owing to the strong relationship between movement of people and trade.     Mr…

African railway stakeholders recently convened in Midrand, South Africa, to review the status of implementation of the 13 Africa Integrated High Speed Railway Network (AIHSRN) pilot projects, where they exchanged ideas on best practices and key challenges in the implementation of the priority continental railway projects.     The continental…