Funded by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Application Closing Date at DAAD (for pre-selected candidates only): February 29th 2020
Funded by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Application Closing Date at DAAD (for pre-selected candidates only): February 29th 2020
Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire), November 29, 2019 - Friday in Abidjan, the conference on land policy in Africa, a high-level dialogue on ethnicity and land conflicts were held. As part of the 3rd edition of the Conference on Land Policy in Africa, a high-level dialogue on ethnicity and land conflicts was organized this Friday, in Abidjan.
This session was held against the background of intensified land conflicts and natural resources under the pressure of climate change, population growth, food security, migration and rapid urbanization in Africa.
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, November 29, 2019 (ECA) – The 2019 Conference on Land Policy in Africa ended in Abidjan Friday with academic institutions pledging to work with traditional leaders in coming up with solutions to land governance challenges on the continent in an effort to root corruption out of the land sector.
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 27 November 2019 - Experts attending this year’s conference on Land Policy in African have called for fair and efficient land management to support moves to transform the continent.
The third edition of the conference on Land Policy in Africa, currently underway in the Ivorian capital, Abidjan is co-organized by the African Union, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and the African Development Bank.
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, November 26, 2019 (ECA) – Africa needs to rethink how it uses its land resources to ensure there is optimization and innovative use which will help spur the economic transformation of the continent, says Ali Mufuruki, Chairman and CEO of Infotech Investment Group LTD of Tanzania.
Speaking at the 2019 Conference on Land Policy in Africa, Mr. Mufuruki said, a more positive future for Africa’s people hinged on how its leaders are able to concentrate on things that really matter, in particular focusing on job-creating investments.
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, November 26, 2019 (ECA) – As a rich continent with vast agricultural and land resources, Africa should be able to feed all her people without any problems, Benjamin Laag, Counsellor for Economic Cooperation at the Germany Embassy in Abidjan, said in remarks at the ongoing 2019 Conference on Land Policy in Africa (CLPA2019).
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, 25 November 2019 – African countries must act faster to purge corruption in the land sector by harnessing technology and innovation, African Development Bank Senior Vice President Charles Boamah urged on Monday.Boamah, who was speaking to policymakers and stakeholders at a conference on Land Policy in Africa in the Ivorian capital, also called for the deployment of more financial and human resources to land policy development, “especially in rural areas and among the most vulnerable.” The biennial conference, organized by the Land Policy Centre, provides a central p