—Benedict Okey Oramah, President of Afreximbank and Chairman, Board of Trustees of the African Union COVID-19 Response Fund.

—Damilola Ogunbiyi, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All.

Only 38 million vaccines have been received on the continent of about 1.2 billion people.

In an interview with Africa Renewal, Ms. Taylor also discusses Liberia's development priorities.

Trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area kicked off on 1 January. The coming months will likely witness a convergence of fruitful outcomes of multiple moving parts.

— Amanda Serumaga, UNDP’s Resident Representative for Mauritius and Seychelles.

“From where we live, we could see that the MV Wakashio had run aground on the reefs,” says Bimsen Beeharry.

Top priorities are COVID-19, the AfCFTA, peace, climate change, integration, gender equality and promoting African culture.