9th High-Level Dialogue on Democracy, Human Rights and Governance in Africa
9th High-Level Dialogue on Democracy, Human Rights and Governance in Africa
Ethiopia
New tool enables African businesses to find continent-wide trade opportunities as the AfCFTA begins in 2021
December 07, 2020
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December 07, 2020; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - A new trade intelligence tool that enables firms to easily explore and compare trade opportunities across Africa has been released ahead of the start of trading under the new African Continental Free Trade Area.
New flagship project on the AfCFTA spotlights trade opportunities for women and youth in Africa
December 03, 2020
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Africa Continental Free Trade Area (Afcfta) Secretariat and the African Union in partnership with the UNDP, launched ‘The Futures Report: Making the AfCFTA Work for Women and Youth’. The launch event was organized in the run up to the upcoming the Extraordinary Summit of AU Heads of State and Government on the AfCFTA, scheduled for 5 December.
Survey reveals 95 percent of African SMEs did not receive government aid during COVID-19 pandemic
December 09, 2020
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Following the World Health Organization’s (WHO) declaration of the COVID-19 outbreak a global pandemic, , the African Union,UNDP and AfriLabs worked together to create the Rollo Africa Business Simulation Programme to support SMEs and the informal sector in the post COVID-19 recovery process.
38th Weekly Press Briefing on the Coronavirus disease outbreak
December 10, 2020
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Biennial Review Report: Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)
This is the Second Biennial Review Report of the African Union Commission — on the Implementation of the Malabo Declaration on Accelerated Agricultural Growth and Transformation for Shared Prosperity, and Improved Livelihoods Assembly Decision, “Assembly/AU/2 (XXIII),” of June 2014
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Africa calls for international taxation systems reforms as it forges a common position on digital taxation.
December 08, 2020
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In Africa, the renewed focus to raise additional financing for development and narrow the resource gap by accelerating Domestic Resource Mobilisation (DRM), has been at the center of the development strategy in recent years. However, to fully harness the potential in domestic resources, sealing existing loopholes associated with the Tax revenue under-collection remains a critical issue.
African Women Leaders Network Intergeneration Retreat on Leadership in Africa.
December 15, 2020 to December 16, 2020
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Theme- “Women navigating leadership in ‘holistic newness’
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African Union to Launch the African Single Electricity Market (AfSEM)
December 01, 2020
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As the Second Ordinary Session of the Sub-Committee on Energy of the African Union Specialized Technical Committee on Transport, Transcontinental and Interregional Infrastructure, Energy and Tourism (STC-TTIIET) take its second day, African Energy Ministers gathered to discuss the implementation status of the Action Plan adopted by the STC-TTIIET held in April 2019 in Cairo, Egypt.
67th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human & Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR)
December 03, 2020
English
WHAT: Press Conference by Honourable Commissioner Solomon Ayele Dersso on the issues discussed during the Public Session of its 67th Ordinary Session, including the current human rights situation in Africa.
WHEN: December 3, 2020 at 12:30 p.m. (GMT) / 3:30 p.m. (EAT) / 2:30 p.m. (CAT)
WHERE: Virtual session
Zoom webinar link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VJYkndJ1QTSD3RRQDfJ3nQ
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