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The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), in collaboration with Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB), a leading technology innovation center in Africa, has launched a call for innovative communication projects on the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic; focused on countering disbelief and misinformation among rural populations in Africa using…

The African Union Office of the Youth Envoy (OYE), this week, launched the African Youth Charter Hustlers initiative, a youth-led Pan-African accountability movement, to engage African youths in continental, regional and country-level advocacy for the reform of service delivery architecture across the continent as well as ratification and implementation of…

The African Development Bank  (AfDB) has raised an exceptional $3 billion in a three-year bond to help alleviate the economic and social impact the Covid-19 pandemic will have on livelihoods and Africa’s economies.     The Fight Covid-19 Social bond, with a three-year maturity, garnered interest from central banks and official…

The 2020 World Water Day commemoration under the theme: “Nature and Climate Change,” focus on exploring the inextricable link between water and climate change, by highlighting the urgent importance of strengthening water security and establishing access to a sustainable water supply, in the face of changing climate conditions worldwide.  …

In commemoration of International Women’s Day 2020, Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) – a Swiss-based product development partnership in antimalarial research – and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), have announced a collaboration to establish a pregnancy registry in malaria-endemic African countries; so as to fill the data gap…

The world will Sunday commemorate the 2020 International Women’s Day (IWD); the UN’s annual event celebrated every March 8, to reflect on progress made in terms of the social, cultural, economic as well as political achievements of ordinary women who are positively changing their communities all over the world.  …

On the margins of the 6th session of the Africa Sustainable Development Forum, held at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, February 24–27, 2020, the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) launched its “Report on Assessing Governance Mechanisms for the Implementation of the African Union Agenda 2063 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development…

The global community will Sunday observe the 2020 Zero Discrimination Day under the theme: “Zero Discrimination against Women and Girls”.  This year’s event focuses on promoting everyone’s right to live a dignified life regardless of their age, gender, sexuality, nationality, ethnicity, skin color and beliefs.   Celebrated every March 1st,…

Ahead of the 20th African Water Association International Congress and Exhibition (AfWA-ICE2020) beginning Monday in Kampala, Uganda, Speak Up Africa and its partners on  Friday launched their maiden Sanitation Media Fellowship focused on building the capacities of African journalists to increase reporting on water and sanitation issues on the continent.…

The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa`s 8th Africa Agriculture Science Week (AASW8) is now scheduled to hold between 15 and 18 June, 2020 in Accra, Ghana, under the theme: “Innovations, Institutions, and People.” AASW8 was earlier scheduled to hold between 28 and 30 October, 2019 in Cairo, Egypt, before…