Workshop on women-led digital trade in West Africa
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) convened an eTrade for Women Joint Workshop in Lagos, Nigeria on Friday July 18, to spotlight and strengthen the role of women-led digital businesses in regional trade. This event, held in collaboration with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and with the support of […]
ECOWAS fights money laundering
The 2nd Extraordinary Meeting of the GIABA Ministerial Committee (GMC) concluded in Accra, Ghana on July 19, with a decision to allow the three Sahel countries that have withdrawn from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to join the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) as non-ECOWAS members. The […]
African, global voices to speak at Africa Tech Festival
Africa Tech Festival, the longest running and most influential tech event on the continent, has announced the first wave of 25 headline speakers for its 2025 edition, bringing together influential voices from global tech, government, and business who are driving the growth and transformation of Africa’s digital economy. The 2025 speaker line-up features some of […]
Elite fundraising course to reinvent African fundraising
A high-stakes training opportunity designed to revolutionize how African nonprofits mobilize funding has been launched in Nairobi, Kenya. As foreign aid contracts and donor priorities shift globally, Fundraising for African Nonprofits, a new executive-level course, will convene development leaders from across the continent from August 26–28, at Villa Rosa Kempinski. The program is spearheaded by […]
African women: Our rights are non-negotiable
By Deborah Nyokabi and Gicuku Kiragu, Legal Equality Experts, Equality Now. July 2025 marks 22 years since the adoption of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa – known as the Maputo Protocol – by the African Union Heads of State Assembly. Over the […]
Liberia: We are not buried. We are waiting
By Kellita Rose For decades, the Liberian state has resisted meaningful accountability for war crimes. Every attempt to honor the dead, to remember with dignity, has been met with silence, or worse, obstruction. I remember it clearly: sometime in 1997 or 1998, survivors and families of those killed during the Phebe Massacre came together to […]
African leaders commit to quality gender data
Amid growing setbacks on gender equality and increasing financial constraints, African policymakers, gender experts, and development specialists are calling for renewed collaboration and sustained investment in national gender data systems across the continent. This is the message of the ongoing Seventh Africa Gender Statistics Forum taking place in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The forum was co-organized […]
FAO official: West Africa can transform its food systems
The 2025 Regional Report on Food and Nutrition Security in the Sahel and West Africa reveals that nearly 52 million people in the region are affected by food insecurity. In an interview with the African Press Agency (APA news), Ms. Bintia Stephen-Tchicaya, Acting Subregional Coordinator of the FAO Office for West Africa said that despite […]
New regional pipeline deals drive Africa’s energy future
Three significant developments in Africa’s energy landscape made headlines this past month: the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) reached 60% completion, the Republic of Congo finalized a pipeline cooperation agreement with Russia, and Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea signed a deal to advance a joint natural gas pipeline. These milestones underscore increasing momentum behind transnational […]
AU: Africa not seeking aid
At the US/Africa Summit 2025 in Luanda, Angola, the African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf reaffirmed Africa’s commitment to a bold & equal partnership with the United States, stating, “We’re not seeking aid, but building co-created solutions.” He noted that with 1.3 billion people, abundant resources, and a surge in innovation, Africa is […]
