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Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Mr Li Young, has described multi-stakeholder partnerships and putting in place effective coordination mechanisms, as critical for attaining inclusive and sustainable industrial development in Africa.   Mr Young made the call while speaking Friday at a virtual high-level session in…

In continuation of the ongoing Africa Industrialisation Week (AIW) 2020, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Thursday hosted a parallel session under the theme: “Towards a sustainable, equitable and resilient industrialization for Africa,” focusing on the over-arching efforts of the African Union on climate-friendly industrialization in Africa.    …

The African Union’s Economic, Social and Cultural Council (AU-ECOSOCC) and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) are currently holding consultations with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Zambia, to enhance partnerships and collaboration in peace and security initiatives.     The weeklong consultations, which will last from November 16 to 21, are meant to strengthen ECOSOCC’s and…

Building a resilient and self-reliant Africa is one of the key objectives of Agenda 2063, hence the continent is anxiously awaiting the first day of free trade under the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), January 1, 2021. Ahead of that auspicious day, between 16 and 20 November, the African…

Barely one month to the commencement of the dreamed liberalization of the African market, courtesy of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement, Africa’s biggest economy cum biggest market, Nigeria, will be ratifying the Agreement – after a many months of deliberations and consultations.     The Federal Executive…

In the build-up to the commencement of trade under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), slated for January 2021, the People’s Republic of Angola on Wednesday deposited its instruments of ratification for the AfCFTA Agreement, having signed it on March 21, 2018, making the central African nation the 30th…

Stakeholders at the concluding leg of Trade Law Centre (TRALAC’s) three-part weekly AfCFTA workshop series, held Thursday and focused on outstanding issues of Phase I and Phase II of the AfCFTA Agreement implementation negotiations, have urged African countries to adopt trade and safeguard measures.     Trade remedies (TR) are…

In continuation of its three-part weekly AfCFTA workshop series, Trade Law Centre (TRALAC), the South Africa-based public benefit organization focused on improving capacity in trade governance in Africa, Thursday hosted a high-level discussion, themed: “The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and the Regional Economic Communities; and trade agreements with…

High-level stakeholders in Africa’s peace and security space on Monday converged virtually to discuss existing and potential opportunities offered by the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA); it was the first day of the weeklong (October 19 – 24) 9th Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa under the theme:…

Findings of a recent study by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Cameroon, under the Enhancing Capacity to Apply Research Evidence (IITA-CARE) project, shows young female maize farmer-marketers pay more for farm labour than their male counterparts, contributing more to the local economy.   The study, which explored…