MEDIA BRIEFING ON:

Streamlining capacity development processes to accelerate Africa’s sustainable development: Strategies from the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF)

WHAT:

The African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) is the African Union’s Specialized Agency for Capacity Development. As such, ACBF works more closely than ever before with the African Union Commission (AUC), organs of the AU such as the NEPAD Planning and Coordination Agency, the African Peer Review Mechanism, other arms of the AU and pan-African organizations, to strengthen institutions and streamline coordination on accelerating capacity development processes towards Africa’s sustainable development. This collaboration aims to ensure the timely delivery of development programs, which are critical for Africa’s transformation agenda.

WHY:
Africa has great development plans at continental, sub-regional and national levels but efforts to implement these plans are being hobbled by severe capacity deficits often in the form of shortage of critical skills, deficits in leadership, inhibiting mindsets and weak institutions. The continent’s practical skills shortage is acute in key areas such as Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and Agriculture.

With its vast experience and knowledge in capacity development, ACBF has the comparative advantage to coordinate Africa-wide human capital development and institutional strengthening efforts across the continent through developing, retaining and utilizing capacity for the effective implementation of these development plans. The media needs to know where the gaps really are and how they can be plugged. Africa’s speedy transformation depends on how quickly its capacity issues are addressed.

WHEN and WHERE

Sat 27 Jan. 2018 at Media Briefing Room 1 of the African Union Commission, Addis Ababa, Federal Republic of Ethiopia
Start time: 11:00 – 11:30

WHO
Prof. Emmanuel Nnadozie – Executive Secretary of ACBF is expected to address media.

There will be one-on-one interview opportunities with him.

MEDIA CONTACTS

Omer Redi Ahmed
Consultant
Tel : +251-11-667-2920
Mobile: +251-91-260-2178
Email 1: omer.redi@ifriqiyahmedia.com
Email 2: ifriqiyahmedia@gmail.com

Patience Yakobe
Program Officer | Office of the Executive Secretary
The African Capacity Building Foundation
Phone: +263-4 304663, 304622, 332002, 332014;
Email : P.Yakobe@acbf-pact.org

Abel Akara Ticha
Senior Communication Officer,
The African Capacity Building Foundation
Phone: +263-4 304663, 304622, 332002, 332014; Ext. 279
Mobile: +263 782762544
Email: A.Ticha@acbf-pact.org