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Africa: Making Foundational Learning Investments Last – Leveraging Partnerships for Sustainable Reforms in Africa

eriinfo.com1 week ago012 mins

The Fundamental Imperative Financing education, particularly “foundational learning”, is the smartest investment a nation can make. The returns on foundational learning, the ability to read, write, and count, are individual, social, and economic, touching every level of society. Evidence from the World Bank report indicates that each additional year of quality education can increase an…

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Africa: Beyond Xenophobia – Africa Needs a Sustainable Migration Strategy

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago08 mins

Across Africa and the wider world, migration has become one of the defining issues of our time. It is driven by war, unemployment, economic inequality, political instability, climate pressures, and the natural human desire for a better life. Yet while migration itself is not new, the tensions surrounding it are becoming more dangerous and politically…

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Africa: Boakai Urges Africa to Harness Youth Power for Sustainable Peace

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago08 mins

President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has called for urgent and coordinated action across Africa to invest in youth leadership, strengthen peace education, and expand opportunities for young people as a critical pathway to sustaining peace on the continent. Speaking on Saturday, April 25, 2026, at the 34th Africa Peace Awards organized by the Center for Africa…

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Africa: Joint Ministerial Communiqué on Sustainable Financing for Women’s, Children’s, and Adolescents’ Health

eriinfo.com1 month ago04 mins

Washington, D.C — We, the Members of the Global Leaders Network for Women’s, Children’s, and Adolescents’ Health (GLN) and participating Ministers of Health and Finance, in partnership with the Women’s Health and Economic Empowerment Network (WHEN) and the Partnerships for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, convened on the margins of the World Bank–IMF Spring Meetings…

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Africa: AUC Chairperson At the High-Level Forum On Sustainable Health Financing

eriinfo.com2 months ago02 mins

At the High-Level Forum on Sustainable #Health Financing, held on the margins of the Fifty-Eighth Session of the @ECA_OFFICIAL Conference of #African Ministers of Finance, Planning & Economic Development in Tangiers, Morocco this morning, the Chairperson of the AU Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, delivered a clear message: “Health is not a cost; it is…

The sustainable choice for the AI era

eriinfo.com2 months ago09 mins

Dr Ayotunde Coker, CEO, Open Access Data Centres, a WIOCC Group Company. (Image Supplied) AI adoption is set to soar across sub-Saharan Africa, driving exponential growth in data generation and processing requirements. For major cloud operators, OTTs, content service providers (CSPs), telcos/carriers, metro operators, ISPs, government departments and large enterprises, the question of capacity raises…

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Africa Seeks to Turn Conservation Into a Sustainable Business

eriinfo.com3 months ago04 mins

Leaders from government, conservation agencies, academia, and the private sector gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, for a landmark meeting aimed at exploring how conservation can become an economically viable venture across Africa. The three-day inaugural Business of Conservation Conference brought together policymakers, investors, and environmental experts to examine how protecting nature can generate sustainable economic benefits…

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Africa: Science-Led Governance of AI Can Help Power Sustainable Development – Guterres

eriinfo.com3 months ago05 mins

UN Secretary-General António Guterres highlighted the key role science has in international governance of artificial intelligence during an event on Friday held on the margins of the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, India. “Guided by science, we can transform AI from a source of uncertainty into a reliable engine for the Sustainable Development Goals…

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African Leaders Demand Sustainable Malaria Financing As AU Report Warns of Looming Resurgence

eriinfo.com3 months ago09 mins

African Heads of State and Government have called for a new era of sustainable malaria financing, warning that stalled progress, shrinking international support and emerging threats could reverse decades of gains against the disease. The call was made at the 39th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where the African Union Malaria Progress Report…

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Africa: AU Leaders At Aga-Apsa Political Meeting Issue Strong Call – Accelerate Action, Invest in Youth for Sustainable Peace

eriinfo.com3 months ago06 mins

The African Governance Architecture and African Peace and Security Architecture (AGA-APSA) Platform today commenced its 2026 Statutory Political Meeting in Addis Ababa, with a strong call for accelerated action to translate continental policy commitments into tangible results and to place youth empowerment at the heart of Africa’s governance and peace agenda. In her welcoming remarks,…