Interviews

Rebecca Onumah

Teachers are agents of change

Education teacher

— says award-winning Ghanaian teacher Rebecca Onumah, ahead of the UN’s Transforming Education Summit in September 2022.

Africa’s future depends on its children’s foundational learning today

Education foundational learning

There is a need for large-scale support to enable education systems to recover

Innovarx Global Health, headquartered in The Gambia wants to transform healthcare delivery

A young population, innovation and technology will transform Africa

Health technology

— Says Ismail Badjie, Founder & CEO of Innovarx Global Health

I went into the government with fight against female genital mutilation

—Says Morissanda Kouyaté, Guinea’s foreign minister and 2020 UN Mandela Prize winner

Ambassador Agnes Mary Chimbiri-Molande

Amid global crises, Africa has opportunities for innovative development financing

Malawi African DevelopmentAgnes Chimbiri-Molande, Permanent Representative of Malawi to the United Nations

Chido Cleopatra Mpemba, African Union Envoy on Youth

Jobs and climate action are top priorities of young people in Africa

— Chido Cleopatra Mpemba, African Union Envoy on Youth

Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu

An all-out fight against hate speech

Engaging tech and social media companies, leaders, communities to fight vice

Africa Dialogue Series 2022: Strengthening Africa’s agro-food systems, social protection

ADS Food and Nutrition

UN Special Adviser on Africa leads talks on feeding the continent sustainably.

Hindou Ibrahim, SDG Advocate and Indigenous Rights Activist

Hindou Ibrahim: Living in harmony with nature

indigenous peoples climate

Ambassador Maria de Jesus dos Reis Ferreira

Climate change poses risks, COP27, presents unique opportunity for Africa

climate change COP27- Maria de Jesus dos Reis Ferreira, Permanent Representative of Angola to the United Nations in New York, says it’s time for climate justice for Africa

Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu speaking to an audience

Reject genocide deniers and war criminals

genocide Rwandan GenocidePrevention of genocide and other atrocities must be brought to the community level

Parrotfish in seagrass, in the waters off Zanzibar, Tanzania.

Ocean Decade: Blue economy presents vast opportunities for Africa

SDGs sustainable development

From fishing to oil and gas, to tourism, the possibilities are immense