Over 2 million Africans tell African leaders at AU Summit to Do Agric

African citizens join the continent’s top musicians, hundreds of CSOs, and ONE.org to ask leaders to invest more and better in agriculture.

As the 23rd African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government Summit gets underway in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, ONE.org’s Do Agric petition (http://www.one.org/doagric) — which calls on African leaders to recommit to spending at least 10% of national budgets on effective agriculture investments — has gathered more than 2 million signatures of support...

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Habari Zinazoendana

11 years ago

TheCitizen

07 Aug

US-AFRICA SUMMIT: US and African leaders turn to business at summit

>US and African political leaders and corporate chiefs will get down to business Tuesday as Washington hopes an historic summit will trigger a surge in trade and investment between the two sides.

 

11 years ago

BBC

African leaders gather for US summit

Delegates are gathering in Washington DC for the largest-ever summit of African leaders in the US.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

23 Jan

Obama invites Uhuru to African leaders summit

President Uhuru Kenyatta is among leaders said to be invited to the first US-Africa Leaders’ Summit in Washington.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

29 Jan

War tops talks as African leaders gather for summit

>Conflict and humanitarian crises rather than growing economies and development top the agenda for African leaders this week, as they meet for a summit of the continental bloc.

 

11 years ago

Michuzi

Top African stars join ONE in Washington DC for Historic US-Africa Leaders Summit

WASHINGTON—Africa’s top artists, including Nigeria’s Femi Kuti and D’Banj, South Africa’s Judith Sephuma and Congo DRC’s Fally Ipupa will be traveling with Manchester City soccer star Yaya Toure to Washington D.C. 4-7 August with The ONE Campaign to play an active role in shaping the conversation about the US-Africa relationship at the historic US-Africa Leaders Summit.The full list of artists are: A.Y. (Tanzania), Buffalo Souljah (Zimbabwe), D’Banj (Nigeria), Fally Ipupa (DRC), Femi Kuti...

 

11 years ago

Michuzi

President Obama participates in a town hall at the Summit of the Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders

The President participates in a town hall at the Summit of the Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders. The three-day Summit will cap off the Washington Fellowship, the flagship program of the President’s Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI), and give 500 of sub-Saharan Africa’s most prominent young leaders the opportunity to engage with U.S. government officials, entrepreneurs and civil society representatives as well as leaders in international development. Courtesy of The White...

 

5 years ago

Africanews English

02 Apr

Sotheby's dedicated sale of Modern and Contemporary African Art Totals £2.4 Million / $2.9 Million

Sotheby's dedicated sale of Modern and Contemporary African Art Totals £2.4 Million / $2.9 Million  Africanews EnglishSotheby's first online-only auction for 20th century Middle Eastern art defies COVID-19 to net $2.6m  Arab NewsAuctioning 101: Do plenty of research, read the fine print & follow the money to maximise profit  Economic TimesView Full coverage on Google News

 

11 years ago

Daily News

02 Aug

Kikwete arrives in US for leaders' Summit

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Kikwete arrives in US for leaders' Summit
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DC PRESIDENT Jakaya Kikwete arrived on Friday for the USAfrican Leaders' Summit which is expected to bring together more than 40 Heads of State and governments from across the continent. The three-day summit to be held under the theme “Investing in ...
Tanzanian President declared icon ofCoastweek

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10 years ago

TheCitizen

19 Aug

FEATURE: Insights Into the US-Africa Leaders Summit

>Last week’s US-Africa Leader’s Summit, which was organised and hosted by the US, ended with new hopes for Africa. This was after US President Barack Obama promised that all that his country wanted was to become an ‘equal’ partner in Africa’s growing success. President Obama -- while pledging $300 million in assistance per year to expand the reach of Power Africa in pursuit of a new, aggregate goal of 30,000MW -- told the 50 heads of state that America was...

 

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