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AfCFTA: Traders to have opportunities to scale up and expand their markets in 2022

AfCFTAFree TradeImmediate priorities include finalising negotiations on rules of origin, providing a finance facility for SMEs and launching the African Trade Gateway digital platform.
Wamkele Mene, Secretary General, African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat (AfCFTA)

One year of free trading in Africa calls for celebration despite teething problems

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Wamkele Mene, Secretary-General AfCFTA Secretariat, says significant progress expected in 2022.

Daniel ‘Churchill’ Ndambuki’s organization's Laugh Industry provides a platform and job opportunities for young artists in East Africa.

Using comedy to tell the African story

Creative IndustriesTop comedian, Daniel ‘Churchill’ Ndambuki’s organization - Laugh Industry – is providing a platform and job opportunities for young artists in East Africa, sees opportunities in the AfCFTA.
Ibrahim Mayaki, CEO African Union Development Agency

In talks with Dr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, CEO of AUDA-NEPAD

For the Africa We Want, prioritize women and girls as we fight COVID-19 pandemic

For equitable access to vaccines we need action, not just words.

For equitable access to vaccines globally, we need action, not just mere words

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— Ambassador Collen Vixen Kelapile, President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

Abdulla Shahid

Amid disease and destruction, new UN Assembly president highlights hope

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STEM can develop the innovations we need in Africa, says Gecci Karuri-Sebina

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Now is the time to sprint if we want to end hunger, achieve other SDGs

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— Dr. Jemimah Njuki, the Custodian for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment for the UN Food Systems Summit 2021 and a Food Systems Champion.

Ohemaa Adjei Andoh

STEM can be fun, says Ohemaa Adjei Andoh of Ghana

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Rondrotiana Barimalala

“Extreme weather events will be the new normal if global warming increases at current speed”

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— Rondrotiana Barimalala, climate change researcher and contributing author to IPCC Report, Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis, on what it means for Africa.

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Africa can become a maritime hub for global trade

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— Guy Platten, Secretary-General of the International Chamber of Shipping.