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AfDB Coding for Employment Programme opens second center of excellence in Kenya to boost youth digital skills

Uncategorized Editor - February 15, 2023

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has opened a second Information and Communications Technology Centre of Excellence at the United...

AGRA gets make-up, not make-over

Agriculture Editor - December 1, 2022

Despite its dismal record, the Gates Foundation-sponsored Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) announced a new five-year...

COP27: African ministers explore ways to scale up food production to feed the continent and bolster resilience

Agriculture Editor - November 20, 2022

African agriculture ministers attending the United Nations climate summit in Egypt reiterated a commitment to work with development partners...

COP27: African and global partners launch a multi-billion alliance for green infrastructure

Climate change Editor - November 14, 2022

The African Union, the African Development Bank Group and Africa50—in partnership with several global partners—have launched the Alliance for...

AGRA retreats from its own ‘Green Revolution’

Agriculture Editor - October 28, 2022

In September 2022, leaders of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) surprised thousands of in-person and...

African farmers, Civil Society Organizations oppose use of chemical fertilizers

Food Security Editor - September 3, 2022

African farmer groups and civil society groups have demanded an end to the Alliance for a Green Revolution in...

African farmers, NGOs, faith leaders demand end to ‘failed’ Green Revolution

Food Security Editor - September 2, 2022

African civil society, faith groups, and farmer leaders demanded an end to the ‘failing’ Green Revolution ahead of the...

Why criticism against ‘green revolution’ is growing

Food Security Editor - October 13, 2021

When the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation launched the Alliance for a Green Revolution in...

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