Tag: Africa
KUBWIMANA to Govts: Ensure people's land tenure rights, they will fight climate change
Mr. Audace Kubwimana is of the view that land tenure security issues have not gained the attention they deserve and they should feature prominently in deliberations leading up to the UN climate negotiations this year.
Why Africa must prioritise merging currencies for free trade
Traders’ efforts are weighed down by the fact that they have to use their valuable time and capital to purchase third currencies.
Will historical emitters heed Africa call for debt-for-climate swaps?
Africa holds solutions to climate change. Ignoring its demands will have implications on everyone and could negate climate efforts by other parts of the world namely Europe and the United States, experts say.
KASEYA: Vaccinating your dog, cat could keep next pandemic at bay
Dr. Jean Kaseya, a citizen of the Democratic Republic of Congo was this year elected to head Africa CDC. He previously held several health dockets at continental and global level.
Leaders in fresh push for redesign of green projects financing
Funding access hurdles have been singled out as acting as a stumbling block on Africa path to green transition and inclusive economic development of the continent that got to devise ways to plug growing energy, transport and IT infrastructure gaps, among others.
Is full legal protection for Africa climate migrants finally in sight?
People lay hopes in ongoing negotiations by African leaders to adopt a legal instrument that seeks to, among other things, ensure the dignity, protection and rights of climate migrants in accordance with international and regional commitment and frameworks.
Africa: New platform seen bridging the disconnect between citizens and Govts
In absence of a platform like CEP and other avenues for citizen participation, it would act as a stumbling block in the quest to achieve Africa's future, one that rest with its estimated 1.3 billion people projected to hit 2.5 billion by 2050, as envisioned in AU Agenda 2063.
In Africa, nature shields climate challenges - Our growth ignites global solutions
We must stop chasing the western world economic models. There must be an African economic development model that supports our economic aspirations but not at the expense of wildlife and wild lands.
Rwanda varsity shines in inaugural Africa rankings
Launched in 2015, the 89-student population UGHE, alongside Adventist University of Central Africa (AUCA), another local higher learning institution with 2,855 students across its three campuses, are the only Rwandan higher learning academies that are present in the ranking.
Are youth shaping Africa's future?
More than 60 per cent of Africa’s population is under the age of 25, and there is a total of over 450 million youth on the continent, a number that is expected to rise significantly to constitute 42 per cent of global youth by 2030.
African youth demand Govts action on rising unemployment
There are at least 11 million young people coming to the labor market every year in search of work, yet only 3 million jobs are created across the continent, leaving estimated 8 million without work, according to International Labour Organization (ILO). Initiative by the AUC Chairperson Moussa Faki...
Weighing the future of Africa media: Experts' take
A binding instrument adopted in November 2019 obliges States in Africa to promote a conducive economic environment in which all media can flourish, including through the adoption of policies for the provision of financial or other public support for the sustainability of all media.
EA journalists brave threats to carry out their reporting
At least four journalists were killed since the year started while more are languishing in prisons across the region simply for doing their jobs
Pan-African payment system rollout reaches three more countries
PAPSS rollout is planned to reach five regions of Africa before the end of 2023, while all central banks and commercial banks are projected to be signed up by end of 2024 and 2025 respectively.
Controlling her future: Why more women, girls are turning to birth control
Contraception helped avert more than 141 million unintended pregnancies, 29 million unsafe abortions and almost 150,000 maternal deaths last year alone as women in lower-middle income countries increasingly resorted to birth control to unlock their economic survival and prosperity.
Ready for intra-Africa air travel via Asia, Europe in 2023?
Protectonist regulations only expose African taxpayers to all sorts of inconveniences, complicate air travel to levels Africans suffer from the most and comes back to haunt air transport sector.
