Agrifood processing is the “missing link” in reaching Africa’s development goals, new report finds

Food processing is the “missing link” in reducing poverty by half and ending hunger by 2025, a new report has revealed. The authors of a new report on progress towards Africa’s continent-wide... Read more »

African Governments urgently need to restore macro-economic stability and protect the poor in a context of slow growth, high inflation

Global headwinds are slowing Africa’s economic growth as countries continue to contend with rising inflation, hindering progress on poverty reduction. The risk of stagflation comes at a time when high interest rates... Read more »

Africa is doing its part but must do more, says Rwandan President Kagame

Referring to a world in a state of turbulence, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda on Wednesday called for multilateral cooperation and efforts to address intersecting crises, including climate change, food price inflation,... Read more »

Europe is Africa’s partner for building our joint future

I am traveling this week to Africa, a vibrant continent that is preparing its future: pushing ahead the digital transformation, making farming more efficient and sustainable, building new infrastructure to reinforce connections... Read more »

Experts warn that Africa’s children under threat from climate crisis

Child rights campaigners are warning that the climate crisis in Africa undermines the rights of children to life, health, education and security – whilst increasing the risks of violence, exploitation and displacement.... Read more »

WWF: APAC Gives Africa a Voice in Conservation

As the first ever Africa Protected Area Congress draws to a close, WWF welcomes the increased political will shown by African governments towards the more than 8,600 protected and conserved areas on... Read more »

VIP visit for Africa’s clean cold centre shows how we can keep alive the goal of 1.5°C

COP President, the Rt. Hon. Alok Sharma MP COP President, the Rt. Hon. Alok Sharma MP, visited the Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold-chain (ACES) during his attendance at... Read more »

Africa signs historic agreement with Johnson & Johnson for 400 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines

In a historic COVID-19 vaccine procurement Agreement signed on 28 March 2021, all African Union Member States, through the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) set up in November 2020 under the African... Read more »

FAO aims to untap Africa’s potential to end hunger and malnutrition

Director-General QU Dongyu addresses FAO Regional Conference for Africa The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations QU Dongyu says Africa’s potential gives him hope that the battle... Read more »

Kigali to host Continental Workshop on Governance of SDGs this October

Kigali: Africa’s Continental Workshop on Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) and Governance of SDGs” will take in Kigali, 21-22 Oct 2019 and it is organized by the African Union Peer Review Mechanism Secretariat... Read more »