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The Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC), African Union’s civil society advisory organ, is hosting three-part virtual consultations with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to generate perspectives and insights on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) from different stakeholders within Africa’s civil society space.     The webinars are part…

The  African Union Advisory Board against Corruption (AUABC), the AU’s anti-corruption agency, swore in its newly appointed board members at the commencement of the 43rd Ordinary Session of the Board held last week, in Arusha, Tanzania.       The Arusha, Tanzania-headquartered AUABC was established in May 2009 by Article…

The AfCFTA Secretariat and African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) have signed a host country agreement with the Republic of Rwanda for the AfCFTA Adjustment Fund, meant to address potential tariff revenue losses resulting from AfCFTA’s implementation.     The AfCFTA Adjustment Fund, which will be managed by the Fund for Export…

Hunger Relief Africa (HRA), a nonprofit that seeks to eliminate food insecurity in African communities, is set to launch its flagship program on March 15, themed: ‘Preventing, Preparing, Anticipating and Responding to Food Crisis through a Domestic Hunger Model’.      The nonprofit seeks to help hunger-prone families meet their…

Afrobarometer, a pan-African research network that measures public attitudes on economic, political, and social issues in Africa, has sought the partnership and collaboration of African media in the dissemination of its surveys on democracy, governance, economic conditions, social and cultural norms.     Afrobarometer is focused on tracking the attitudes,…

As Nigerians go to the polls on Saturday, Africans Rising, a Pan-African movement of people and organisations working for justice, peace and dignity, has called on stakeholders in Nigeria’s electoral process to ensure a free and fair elections including securing the country to enable citizens to cast their ballots peacefully.…

The CEO of the Africa Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), Nardos Bekele-Thomas, has said climate change and sustainability were key considerations in the design of the 2nd Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa Priority Action Plan (PIDA PAP II), which was adopted by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of…

Key climate stakeholders from the Nigerian government, civil society, and philanthropic sector, recently converged in Abuja, Nigeria, for Surge Africa’s one-day policy conference on key issues that intersect climate policies, governance, and development.     The convening, themed “Policy Convergence: Designing Pathways to Climate Governance,”  was organized by Surge Africa,…

The 2nd Dakar Financing Summit for Africa’s Infrastructure Development (DFS-2) will take place between the 1st and 3rd of February in Dakar, Senegal, under the patronage of the Chairperson of the African Union cum Senegalese President Macky Sall.     It will be recalled that the African Union Assembly of…

The thirty-sixth Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union is set to hold between February 18 and 19 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, under the AU theme for the year 2023, “Accelerating the Implementation of AfCFTA.”     The landmark summit coincides with…