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AU partners CSOs, and religious leaders in Nigeria to protect rights of the girl child

16Mar

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AU partners CSOs, and religious leaders in Nigeria to protect rights of the girl child

The African Union team focused on safeguarding children's rights and abolishing female genital mutilation has initiated projects in collaboration with the Civil Society coalition in Nigeria, alongside religious and traditional leaders, to eradicate child marriages in Nigeria. This initiative arises from the escalating number of girls and young women, especially in northern Nigeria, suffering from vesicovaginal fistula and a significant prevalence of maternal and infant mortality. Hemine Kembo Gatsing, the leader of the AU team and representative of the Head AU, mentioned that engaging with the CSO coalition and additional stakeholders, including traditional and religious leaders, is an element of their three-day mission in Nigeria aimed at promoting the AU’s efforts to eliminate child mar...

AfDB partners with groups to support green electricity startups in Africa

This year, the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and various contributors have allocated over $2 billion to foster the growth of green energy startups in Nigeria and throughout Africa. The Leveraging Energy Access Finance Framework (LEAF), which the AfDB endorsed in February, stipulates that the Bank will dedicate up to $164 million to advance decentralized renewable energy in six African countries. In Ghana, Guinea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, and Tunisia, the $800 million initiative will promote investments from both commercial and local currencies to amplify the activities of decentralized renewable energy firms. Approximately 18 decentralized renewable energy initiatives are expected to receive LEAF funding, thereby providing access to six million households and businesses, and yiel...

AfDB partners AUC to develop digital market in Africa

A funding agreement for $9.73 million has been formalized by the African Union Commission (AUC) alongside the African Development Bank (AfDB) to promote the expansion of the continent's digital marketplace. This agreement pertains to the execution of Phase 1 of the Upstream Project aimed at Digital Market Development in Africa, as stated in a release on the AfDB website on Friday. The signing occurred on Thursday at the AUC’s headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Both Dr. Abul Kamara, the Deputy Director-General of the AfDB for the East Africa Region, and Amb. Albert Muchanga, the AUC Commissioner responsible for Economic Development, Trade, Tourism, Industry, and Minerals, endorsed the agreement. In September, the AfDB Board of Directors granted its approval for the allocation of sev...