Nairobi — The African Union Commission has discontinued Raila Odinga’s continental role as the High Representative for Infrastructure Development following the coming into force of the African Union Development Agency (AUDA). AUDA marks a transition from the New Partnership for Africa’s Development program — NEPAD. AU Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki gave AUDA the full mandate […]
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Johannesburg, January 29, 2021 – “An impressive accomplishment of NEPAD has been the strengthening of partnerships with the rest of the world. NEPAD has engaged the G20, G8, OECD, FOCAC, TICAD and the UN system on new development cooperation and aid architecture for Africa. Over its 20 years, NEPAD has promoted programmes in areas such […]
African leaders and representatives from the development community, civil society and private sector came together on Thursday for a symposium to celebrate two decades of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), a flagship program of the African Union. Participants commended the African Development Bank highly for its role in financing infrastructure and agricultural programs […]
Event — WHAT: The African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) would like to inform the media that the agency is organising a high-level symposium to mark 20 years of NEPAD implementation. WHY: Almost two decades since the birth of NEPAD, there is need to reflect on the successes, achievements and challenges in its implementation and examine […]
Africa now counts over 2.3 million confirmed COVID-19 cases, of which roughly 2 million people have been able to recover. Unfortunately, we have registered over 55 300 deaths due to the pandemic. The African Union Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is notifying a “worrying increase” in reporting an estimated 10,000 new cases daily. […]
Dakar, Senegal — 17/08/2023 To accelerate access to diagnostics in the continent, Africa CDC in partnership with key partners have launched the Africa Collaborative Initiative to Advance Diagnostics (AFCAD). The AFCAD will address four key objectives: Promote local manufacturing of diagnostics, map, identify and build capacity of diagnostic centres of excellence (the Africa Biobanking Network), […]