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By Adam Alqali The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA’s) Sub-Regional Office for Southern Africa Monday hosted a virtual validation session for a study assessing the feasibility of establishing and managing a common Agro-Industrial Park (AIP) between Zambia and Zimbabwe.     An Agro-Industrial Park is defined as “a geographic cluster…

By Stephen Enoch As part of efforts to facilitate trade among women under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) regime, a new online portal Electronic Trade Hubs (eTrade Hubs), which will serve as an entry point for trade tools and information, was launched virtually on Thursday. In partnership with…

Heads of state and government of African countries Thursday proffered solutions to the continent’s high-dependence on food importation, calling for the mobilization of investments to produce the desired technology and innovation capable of transforming the continent’s fragile food systems.     The heads of state were speaking at a virtual…

The African  Development Bank (AfDB) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in partnership with the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) and the CGIAR System Organization will on the 29th and 30th of April, co-host a high level dialogue which will focus on feeding Africa, with a…

The 34th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union is scheduled to hold between February 6 and 7  2021, under the theme: “Arts, Culture and Heritage: Levers for Building the Africa We Want”, which is the Union’s theme for the year 2021.…

The 6th Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) Week, a weeklong event aimed at engaging and exchanging information on progress in the implementation of the PIDA programme, has commenced virtually on Monday. The event which is being hosted by the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), the AU’s development agency,…

The secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in collaboration with the African Union Commission Friday, virtually launched the Start of Trading under the much-awaited Free Trade Area (FTA), the world’s largest free trade zone since the formation of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 1994.    …

A coalition of African community activists, artists, victims of war, and youths Monday launched a pledge to end all forms of violence and set in motion a grassroots civil society campaign to promote peace on the continent. This was in support of the African Union’s #MyPledgeForPeace campaign which mobilises grassroots…

African Heads of State and Government, private sector leaders, and other stakeholders Friday convened for a virtual commemoration of the AfCFTA Business Forum 2020, ahead of the virtual 13th Extraordinary Summit of the African Union on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) holding Saturday.   While speaking at the…

The Nigeria chapter of the nonprofit New Faces, New Voices (NFNV Nigeria) is set to hold its regional stakeholders roundtable for 2020, virtually between December 2nd and 3rd, focused on strengthening the capacity of business women on innovative ways to overcome the various challenges caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.  …