African Development Bank approves $27 million to boost African Union’s COVID-19 Response Initiative
The approval comes on the heels of a meeting of the extended Bureau of the AU Conference of Heads of State and Government with Africa’s private sector on 22 April 2020 The African Development Bank (http://www.AfDB.org) on Friday 24 July…
Africa deceiving self if infrastructure deficit meets AfCFTA takeoff— Ramaphosa
Chair of African Union (AU) and President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, has raised an issue of urgent continental importance, saying the free trade dream under the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) may suffer early defeat…
Are those 47 vehicles, military equipment dashed to Niger Rep coming back?
Though the recent meeting hosted by Niger Republic for the 12th Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union on African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and the First Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the African Union (AU) and the Regional…
Review of EU’s support for African Peace, Security Architecture needed—Auditors
Fresh report from the European Court of Auditors (ECA) has revealed that European Union’s (EU) financial support for the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) has had a poor effect and needs refocusing. Otherwise, for many years, the APSA has…
‘Only firms with Africa-wide networks’ll say Nigeria stands to benefit from AfCFTA’
Just yesterday at the closing ceremony of the 31st summit of the 55-member African Union (AU) in Nouakchott, the chairperson, Paul Kagame revealed that 49 out of the 55 members of the African Union have signed the African Continental Free…
AfCFTA crafted to erode untapped Nigerian markets by smarter Africans—OPS
…As 44 African heads of states ink treaty in Kigali Following the failed signing of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) treaty, by President Muhammadu Buhari which can be observed from his absence at the AU meeting in Kigali,…
Govs accept withdrawal of $1bn from ECA to fight terrorism, others
Barely one week after a security official of the African Union (AU), warned African nations to brace up surveillance against returning Islamic State’s (ISIS) fighters after the liberation of Iraq and Syria, the National Economic Council (NEC), on Thursday concurred…
