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25/06/2025

Ecowas - Cedeao, in collaboration with the European Union in Nigeria(EU), Germany , and Spain, has launched four regional programs valued at €110 million, aimed at strengthening peace, security, and trade in West Africa.

ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development - EBID

Join the African Newspage Community on WhatsApp. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, in collaboration with the European Union (EU), Germany, and Spain, has launched four regional programs valued at €110 million, aimed at strengthening peace, security, and trade in We...

23/06/2025

Malaria has taken too many African lives for too long, most of them young children. But we have the tools to change this. With stronger health systems, domestic financing, and targeted investments, Africa can by 2040. Some Member States have already proven it’s possible.

At Africa CDC, I remain fully committed to working with all our partners to make a malaria-free Africa a reality. Not just for health, but for justice and our continent’s future.

My recent Op-ED: https://ow.ly/ckbP50W7GRs cc African Newspage

23/06/2025

EXCLUSIVE | “We’re Revamping APRM to Prevent Conflicts, Beyond Passive Reviews” – CEO Rose-Quatre

Amb. Marie-Antoinette Rose Quatre, Chief Executive Officer of African Peer Review Mechanism has over two decades of experience across politics, diplomacy, public policy, management as well as media and communications. Her career includes stints as a journalist, a politician, a Member of Parliament as well as the accredited Ambassador of Seychelles to several
African Union Member States.

On her first anniversary as CEO of APRM, the reform-minded diplomat speaks EXCLUSIVELY to
African Newspage on her efforts to address the APRM’s myriad institutional challenges in a bid to reposition the Mechanism to deliver on its mandate of advancing the state of governance across AU Member States.

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05/07/2023

The inaugural Africa Gemstones and Jewellery Exhibition and Conference (AGJEC), which aims to showcase Africa’s gemstone wealth and foster value creation, maximization and intra-African trade opportunities in Africa’s gemstones, is set to take place in Ndola, Zambia, from July 10th–14th, 2023.

The inaugural Africa Gemstones and Jewellery Exhibition and Conference (AGJEC), which aims to showcase Africa’s gemstone wealth and foster value creation, maximization and intra-African trade opportunities in Africa’s gemstones, is set to take place in Ndola, Zambia, from July 10th–14th, 2023....

04/07/2023

For African media to play its natural role of enlightening, sensitizing and educating African citizens about the import of the landmark trade pact, the promoters of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) must, as a matter of urgency, incubate and roll-out a sustained media campaign to bridge the wide gap that currently prevails between AfCFTA and the media.

For African media to play its natural role of enlightening, sensitizing and educating African citizens about the import of the landmark trade pact, the promoters of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) must, as a matter of urgency, incubate and roll-out a sustained media campaign to brid...

02/07/2023

Yavi Madurai blogs about the ongoing UK refugee crisis in relation to the UK-Rwanda asylum deal, vis-à-vis South Africa’s decision to end the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP), in the context of the potential role of the African Union Free Movement Protocol (AU-FMP) in addressing Africa’s free movement and labour migration challenges.

Yavi Madurai blogs about the ongoing UK refugee crisis in relation to the UK-Rwanda asylum deal, vis-à-vis South Africa’s decision to end the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP), in the context of the potential role of the African Union Free Movement Protocol (AU-FMP) in addressing Africa’s free ...

29/06/2023

As part of preparations for the 2024 UN Summit of the Future (SOTF), the African Union Economic Social and Cultural Council (AU-ECOSOCC) and Coalition for the UN We Need (C4UN), hosted a virtual African townhall on UN reforms to consolidate African voices in the ongoing negotiations leading to the SOTF.

As part of preparations for the 2024 UN Summit of the Future (SOTF), the African Union Economic Social and Cultural Council (AU-ECOSOCC) and Coalition for the UN We Need (C4UN), hosted a virtual African townhall on UN reforms to consolidate African voices in the ongoing negotiations leading to the S...

23/06/2023

The EU is Africa’s most important trading partner and both Africa and Europe stand to gain from closer trade relations. Yet, as David Luke explains, trade between the two continents suffers from a broad misalignment in trade policy priorities.

The EU is Africa’s most important trading partner and both Africa and Europe stand to gain from closer trade relations. Yet as David Luke explains, trade between the two continents suffers from a broad misalignment in trade policy priorities. Drawing on research for a new book How Africa Trades, h...

22/06/2023

Mr Prudence Sebahizi, director in charge of institutional matters and programmes coordination at the African Continental Free Trade (AfCFTA) Secretariat, has said free trade under the AfCFTA can only be achieved with free movement of persons, owing to the strong relationship between movement of people and trade.

Mr Prudence Sebahizi, director in charge of institutional matters and programmes coordination at the African Continental Free Trade (AfCFTA) Secretariat, has said free trade under the AfCFTA can only be achieved with free movement of persons, owing to the strong relationship between movement of peop...

19/06/2023

African railway stakeholders recently convened in Midrand, South Africa, to review the status of implementation of the 13 Africa Integrated High Speed Railway Network (AIHSRN) pilot projects, where they exchanged ideas on best practices and key challenges in the implementation of the priority continental railway projects.

African railway stakeholders recently convened in Midrand, South Africa, to review the status of implementation of the 13 Africa Integrated High Speed Railway Network (AIHSRN) pilot projects, where they exchanged ideas on best practices and key challenges in the implementation of the priority contin...

18/06/2023

The African Union ECOSOCC is implementing three virtual activities between June 20 and July 11, namely the second slot of its webinar series on AU Free Movement Protocol (FMP), themed: AU-FMP & the AfCFTA: Free Movement vs Free Trade (June 20); a virtual townhall on the United Nations Reforms and Summit of the Future (June 21st); as well as a 2-day hybrid Citizens’ Forum on Democracy and Digital Governance (July 10-11).

The African Union Economic, Social and Cultural Council (AU-ECOSOCC) is implementing three virtual activities between June 20 and July 11, namely the second slot of its webinar series on AU Free Movement Protocol (FMP), themed: AU-FMP & the AfCFTA: Free Movement vs Free Trade (June 20); a virtual to...

16/06/2023

In commemoration of the 2023 Day of the African Child, Yavi Madurai ai blogs about the need for African leaders to create a prosperous Africa for the continent’s unborn children by removing barriers to free movement and boosting intra-African trade.
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In commemoration of the 2023 Day of the African Child, Yavi Madurai blogs about the need for African leaders to create a prosperous Africa for the continent’s unborn children by removing barriers to free movement and boosting intra-African trade.   “I don’t have the straight nose that Somalis...