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24
May
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2021-05-24 02:00:00
2024-07-17 13:40:21
2021 Africa Day Celebration: Building the Africa We Want with the Youth through Arts, Culture, Heritage, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
BUILDING THE AFRICA WE WANT WITH THE YOUTH THROUGH ARTS, CULTURE, HERITAGE, INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Africa Day is the annual commemoration on May 25 of the 1963 founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). On this day, leaders of 30 of the 32 independent African states, at the time, signed a founding charter of the OAU in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In 2002 the OAU established its own successor, the African Union (AU).
However, the name and date of Africa Day have been retained as a celebration of African unity. Africa Day is celebrated in various countries on the African continent and by African diaspora communities.
Africa Day is intended to celebrate and acknowledge the successes of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU now the AU) from its creation in May 25, 1963 in the fight against colonialism and apartheid, as well as the progress that Africa has made, while reflecting upon the common challenges that the continent face in a global environment.
The African Union theme for 2021 is ‘“The Arts, Culture And Heritage: Levers for Building the Africa We Want.” In commemorating Africa Day this year, as the African Union Development Agency-NEPAD, we will therefore focus on showcasing efforts by the continent’s youths towards building the Africa we want in arts, culture, heritage, innovation and entrepreneurship.
Same as last year, the commemoration of Africa Day in 2021 comes at a rather difficult time with challenges posed by COVID-19. The messaging around this event will therefore focus on the need to find and amplify innovative solutions that are aimed at addressing challenges on the continent.
PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES OF THE AFRICA DAY CELEBRATION
The purpose of commemorating Africa Day with the youths is to serve as a platform for showcasing Africa’s talent through the arts, culture, heritage, innovation and entrepreneurship, while at the same time making available the space for networking among the youths and invited stakeholders.
The objectives of the virtual event on Africa Day are as follows:
Currently, there are about 600 million young people in Africa that are not employed, are uneducated or are in insecure employment. The event will therefore illuminate the need to invest in social and economic development, and especially entrepreneurship in order to meet high demand for employment.
The commemoration on Africa Day in 2020 finds us in the time of COVID-19. While this is a challenging time not only for the African continent but for people worldwide, the event will seek to promote African youth’s resilience and active participation in finding and implementing solutions towards the continent’s development.
To create an appreciation of the innovations in Africa that seek to address the various challenges on the continent and that also have the potential to provide solutions towards Africa’s transformation.
To identify innovations and young entrepreneurs whose work can contribute towards the AUDA-NEPAD’s programmatic interventions and be potentially showcased further at various regional or continental forums and platforms.
dijithadt@assyst.in
Africa/Johannesburg
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19
May
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2021-05-19 02:00:00
2021-05-23 02:00:00
[NIGERIA] Campaign for the Enhanced Domestication of the Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy for Africa - STISA-2024
AUDA-NEPAD sees the future of Africa in targeting emerging successes, through three prioritised areas, which are Home Grown Solutions, Emerging Technologies and MSMEs. These priorities have received wide acclaim from stakeholders. To support and sustain this admirable vision, APET has proceeded in earnest to lay a solid foundation for senior policy and decision-makers who have strategic and leadership responsibilities in effectively harnessing innovation and emerging technologies. This event would be the first face-to-face engagement in that regard and valuable to the effective implementation of the STISA 2024 domestication campaign
Nigeria
dijithadt@assyst.in
Africa/Johannesburg
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12
May
Via : Pathways to Work Webinar Series
12 - 26 May
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2021-05-12 02:00:00
2021-05-26 02:00:00
Via : Pathways to Work Webinar Series
dijithadt@assyst.in
Africa/Johannesburg
public
06
May
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2021-05-06 02:00:00
2024-07-17 13:40:21
AVAREF Webinar: AU Smart Safety Surveillance COVID-19 response
dijithadt@assyst.in
Africa/Johannesburg
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06
May
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2021-05-06 02:00:00
2021-05-06 02:00:00
2nd Edition: Nigeria 2021 - Independent Dialogue: Youth Inclusiveness in Agriculture Transformation for Sustainable Food Systems
Event Date: Thursday, May 6, 2021
Time: 10:00am - 12:30pm (WAT/EST)
Event Address: Online (Zoom) - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7nm07HKAx4SKFgNtjcSVmtgRYzy_otwe5T0UgrbwAtyKRAQ/viewform
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Population growth remains a constant and unchanged factor driving global food scarcity, particularly where there is no complimenting increase in agricultural produce outputs. The youth population in Africa stood at 225 million in 2015 (about 20% of the continent population). In 2019 almost 60% of Africa’s population were under 25 years. This rapid growth is increasingly becoming a key priority on the continental development agenda. The “youth bulge” poses challenges on the demand for qualitative education, training, employment and for food security but also tremendous cash-outs were positively and effectively harnessed. However, a pressing concern is the fact that this young population faces excessive challenges in society and in shaping their own futures. In many African countries and Nigeria particularly, the situation is very urgent. Nigeria’s youth are more often unemployed, the country’s education curriculum does not match with labour market demands. Young entrepreneurs have greater constraints in accessing land and finances. Despite oil, agriculture remains the base of the Nigerian economy, providing the main source of livelihood for most Nigerians. In 2017, farming alone accounted for about 68% of rural income in Africa and about half of the rural income in South Asia. Agriculture remains the largest sector in Nigeria contributing an average of 24% to the nation’s GDP between 2013 - 2019. The sector also employs more than 36% of the country’s labour force. While the Nigerian agricultural sector is
mainly focused on crop production, which accounts for 90% of output, the value chain across the sector remains highly untapped.
The agricultural sector is still one of the sectors that offers most employment opportunities in general and for youth in particular. It is commonly said that youth are turning their backs on agriculture and that the sector should be made more attractive for youth. However, the agricultural sector is still constrained by factors including low farm productivity and profitability associated with the limited use of modern technology and poorly functioning rural institutions. These constraints have both grave immediate consequences for the young generation and also for the future of Nigeria and other African countries in general. Research has pointed out opportunities of agricultural transformation, such as an increase in the level of agricultural productivity by nature-positive productivity-increasing technology and inputs, development of markets structures and a well-functioning private sector, financing, regenerative farming and Agritech.
Nigeria
dijithadt@assyst.in
Africa/Johannesburg
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28
Apr
4th Calestous Juma Executive Dialogue: Smart…
28 - 29 April
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2021-04-28 02:00:00
2021-04-29 02:00:00
4th Calestous Juma Executive Dialogue: Smart Agricultural Innovations to safeguard Africa’s Food Security
The 4th Calestous Juma Executive Dialogue (CJED) will focus on strategic innovation and emerging technologies for smart agriculture to strengthen Africa’s food security. As such, this executive dialogue will provide capacity strengthening of senior policy and decision-makers through the exchange of knowledge and national experiences, networking, experiencing diversity and building mutually beneficial relationships with a focus on emerging technologies in the 21st century suitable for Africa’s sustainable agriculture and food security. In recognition of their seminar participation, participants will be awarded online certificates of achievement by AUDA-NEPAD, which can be downloaded for their records.
dijithadt@assyst.in
Africa/Johannesburg
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21
Apr
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2021-04-21 02:00:00
2021-04-21 02:00:00
Launch of Vaccine Distribution Initiative in Africa - mVacciNation
In a unique public-private partnership Vodacom Group and the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) will offer the mVacciNation digital toolbox to African member states to accelerate the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out.
dijithadt@assyst.in
Africa/Johannesburg
public
21
Apr
Virtual Skills Fair: South-South And Triangular…
21 - 22 April
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2021-04-21 02:00:00
2021-04-22 02:00:00
Virtual Skills Fair: South-South And Triangular Cooperation
dijithadt@assyst.in
Africa/Johannesburg
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