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Nigeria’s signatory to the ENABLE youth program will make the oil-rich country the third African country coming behind Cameroon and Sudan to benefit from funds under the AfDB Feed Africa initiative.

The African Union Commission cautions that the future of Africa’s economic growth and the future of millions of Africans, is in jeopardy, if the underlying issues that hinder development are not adequately addressed. With Africa expected to double its population over the next 25 years and the working-age population expected to grow by approximately 450 million between 2015 and 2035, the African Union Commission Deputy Chairperson Ambassador Kwesi Quartey says it is critical to urgently address the lack of education and mismatched skills, as major causes of rising numbers of unemployment.

The African Development Bank in collaboration with the African Union Commission and the World Economic Forum has launched the second edition of the Africa Visa Openness Index.

The Index analyses the visa regime in Africa and how open countries are in terms of relaxation or elimination of visa requirements for citizens from other African countries traveling to their countries. 

With a population of over 1 billion people, Africans need to take a lead in financing its own developmental programmes, said African Union (AU) Foundation’s Chief Operations Office, Dumisani Mngadi during the auctions of cattle donated to organisation by President Mugabe and the people of Zimbabwe. 

African leaders took a bold step towards driving its own integration and development agenda, at the inaugural African Economic Platform (AEP), which is being held from the 20 – 22 March 2017.

“Africa, today you have reclaimed your digital identity. dotAfrica will allow us to tell our own story”, African Union Commission Chairperson Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma said at the launch of the DotAfrica domain, held at the African Union Commission on the 10th of February.

In 2015, my family and I made the decision to leave Geneva and relocate to Johannesburg so I could pursue a new professional challenge. My wife quit her job and, with our young children, came with me to Johannesburg, and then, a year later, they went with me to Accra, where we are currently based. Since these decisions, I have been questioning my own commitment to women’s economic empowerment.

The new Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, HE Moussa Faki Mahamat has lauded his immediate predecessor HE Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, for leading the process to formulate a continental vision, and for finding lasting solutions to the issue of financing the Union, amongst other things. HE Moussa Faki Mahamat renewed his strong commitment to continued implementation of the continental vision Agenda 2063, as he delivered his maiden address after taking over from Dr. Dlamini Zuma as the AU Commission Chairperson.

The African Union Commission (AUC) is hosting the 5th Meeting of the Continental Free Trade Area Negotiating Forum (CFTA-NF) from 27 February – 04 March 2017.