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Ahead of the forthcoming 9th Tana Forum scheduled for October 19 – 24, the Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS), Tuesday hosted a joint virtual multi-stakeholders forum on the topic: “The AfCFTA and Private Sector: Unlocking potentials beyond the Pandemic.”     The meeting, which was jointly organized with…

The African Railway Roundtable, focused on advocacy for accelerated implementation of Africa’s Integrated High Speed Railway Network Project (AIHSRN), has tasked President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana, the newly elected head of the 15-nation Economic Commission of West African States (ECOWAS), to leverage his chairmanship of the block to revive the…

Mansa Media, in partnership with Afrochampions and Africa Development Solutions Group (ADS), is organizing a virtual conference to discuss the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic on Africa, and how the continent can navigate this ‘new normal’ to come out stronger.     Mansa Media is focused on reporting business…

Two major African public bodies are promoting a new technology that could connect the continent’s Covid-19 testing centers and ease a reopening of travel across the region.     The African Union and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention are encouraging member states to integrate the mobile-based PanaBIOS…

The African Development Bank (AfDB), the International Union of Railways (UIC), as well as the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), have expressed their interest in financing and supporting the Africa Integrated High-Speed Railway Network (AIHSRN) project.     Representatives of AfDB, UNECA and UIC made this commitment while speaking…

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the Eastern Africa Grain Council (EAGC) Tuesday  signed an agreement to work together to tackle aflatoxin contamination of grains in the region so as to help ensure they are safe for human and livestock consumption and they meet export standards.    …

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says it utterly condemns the overthrow of Mali’s democratically elected government of President Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita adding that it, “categorically denies any kind of legitimacy to the putschists and demands the immediate reinstatement of the constitutional order.”     It would be…

Ahead of the current AfCFTA operationalisation timeline of 1st January 2021 thanks to the decision of African leaders on fast-tracking of processes leading to the commencement of trade under the Agreement, the African Union says outstanding AfCFTA negotiations must move online too.     However, AU member states have outlined…

The world will Wednesday celebrate the International Youth Day 2020 under the theme, “Youth Engagement for Global Action”, which seeks to highlight how the engagement of young people at subnational, national and global levels is enriching national and multilateral institutions and processes, as well as draw lessons on how youth…

Participants at the African Union Development Agency-NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD) webinar on Africa’s Integrated High Speed Railway Network Project (AIHSRN), Wednesday called on African leaders to fast-track the implementation of the continental high-speed rail network.     AIHSRN seeks to facilitate the movement of goods, services and people as well as reducing…