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APN Group led by APN Chairman Dr. Joe Tackie met with the Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia on Monday 17 th October, 2022 at the Jubilee House.  The meeting presented an opportunity to formally introduce APN to the Vice President of the Republic of Ghana while highlighting the role of APN in attaining a successful African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).  The Chairman expressed focus on women and the youth within the activities of APN as well as African Continental Free Trade Area sensitization programmes. Honing in on Africa's population potential by 2050, he elaborated on the necessity of youth involvement within AfCFTA and how if properly mobilized, could effectively make Africa a global leader in the coming 4 th Industrial Revolution. The Chairman emphasized the role of women within the mentioned 4 th Industrial Revolution, considering that women comprise the larger population in Africa. He cited further that women constitute t...

The AfDB has responded to the just-ended Tangiers conference on peace, security and development nexus by launching a report unpacking * Security, Investment & Development * 👇🏿 The report highlights several significant issues such as: *Insecurity on the rise :* The report finds that incidences of conflict and violence are on the rise in Africa. _* In the last twenty years, more than 469,000 people lost their lives due to conflicts and human insecurity*_ . In 2021, more than 18,000 conflicts affected the continent and the number of refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) reached 32 million. *Government response* ; implication for development budgets: Governments are responding to insecurity _* by increasing budgetary allocation to security spending *_. Military expenditure in Africa was an estimated US$39 billion in 2021[based on data from 48 countries], 7 percent higher than in 2018 and 16 percent higher than in 2011. Over the past decade, the biggest percentage increases...

Oct 31, 2022, 1:33 pm EDT | Chris Burt A regional system for digital identity that is * interoperable between West African countries has been launched in Niger *, LeSahel.org reports. The project will support the establishment of a biometric ID for domestic and regional use. The West Africa Unique Identification for Regional Integration and Inclusion (WURI) is a project to build foundational identity systems in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The WURI-Niger project will begin with strengthening legal and institutional frameworks, identifying gaps in the existing legal foundation. The second component is the establishment of robust and inclusive identification systems, including unique identification numbers linked to biometric data. The government will issue credentials free of charge, according to an English translation of the article. The third component of the project is intended to provide documents that can be used to access public and private-sector servic...