NEPAD Today - 22 May 2013

22 May 2013

Editor
Yinka Adeyemi
Assistant Editor
Meseret Arega
Editorial Board: Yinka Adeyemi (ECA), ADOU Jean Yves (AUC), Meseret Arega

47th meeting of NEPAD Steering Committee kicks off in Addis

The 47th meeting of the NEPAD Steering Committee kicks off tomorrow here in Addis Ababa ahead of the 50th anniversary of the African Union. The meeting will discuss the agenda of the forthcoming 29th NEPAD Heads of State and Government Orientation Committee (HSGOC) and receive reports on the main findings of the study on domestic resources mobilization which the heads of state mandated ECA and NEPAD Agency to carry out.

The meeting will also launch the Virtual NEPAD Information Center (VPic), and hear briefing on the outcomes of the 5th BRICS Summit and BRICS-Africa Dialogue Forum as well as discuss Africa's preparation for the 2013 G8 and G20 Summits.

Source: Special to ECA

NEPAD Agency rebrands, adopting new vibrant elements

NEPAD Agency is set to adopt a new logo which, according to UNAIDS that is helping with the rebranding, is bold, dynamic, modern, respected and empowering.
In a brief, UNAIDS said a strong and appropriate identity would differentiate NEPAD from other organizations and increase awareness of the NEPAD brand. The logotype has a stylized silhouette of Africa unified while the adopted typeface, Helvetica Neue Black, would reinforce the desired brand characteristics. The tagline ‘Transforming Africa’ in Helvetica Black all capital letters forms a solid base, said UNAIDS.
The colours in the new logo are grass green, new blue coffee, orange, black, dark bark and white.
Source: Special to ECA

NEPAD engages the youth

In an effort to better know NEPAD and NEPAD Programmes, 3rd year students of the International Relations course at The University of the Witwatersrand, popularly known as Wits University toured the NEPAD Agency.
“This is an opportunity for us to get to know what is NEPAD and how it has impacted the lives of Africans out there” said Ms Mmabatho Mokoena.
During the visit, NEPAD staff made presentations on the progress being made in the implementation and financing of NEPAD Programmes and Projects, namely the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) and Education and Training.
“At the dawn of the 21st century, NEPAD was ushered in as the answer to developmental challenges of Africa” these were the words of Dr Tambi, head of Transport at NEPAD whilst explaining the purpose of NEPAD.
For full story: http://www.nepad.org/humancapitaldevelopment/news/3053/nepad-engages-youth.

African Union will help eradicate hunger on African continent

The African Union (AU), the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), as well as Instituto Lula organized a consultative workshop ahead of a high level meeting on effort towards hunger elimination at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
AU in collaboration with FAO, NEPAD and Instituto Lula convened the high-level meeting in June for zero hunger initiative to accelerate efforts to eradicate hunger from Africa.
The High-Level meeting is said to serve as a high level advocacy event to support Africa’s initiatives and programmes to eliminate hunger to support Africa’s initiatives to eliminate hunger on the continent.
The High Level meeting has been set among others to renew the resolve and commitment on a common set of principles and concrete actions to ensure NEPAD overall, and Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP) specifically, plays the role to coordinate and unify the different ongoing initiatives aimed at eradicating hunger in Africa.
For full story: http://www.coastweek.com/3619_Development_06.htm

NEPAD at the World Economic Forum on Africa

African heads of state and government, global business, government and academic leaders have converged on Cape Town last week to focus on driving Africa's economic growth, boosting intra-African trade, strategic infrastructure and agricultural-led development, as part of the 23rd World Economic Forum on Africa Meeting. NEPAD Agency CEO Dr Ibrahim Mayaki has been engaged from May 6 to 9 in high-level meetings to promote investment in infrastructure and agriculture, in support PIDA and CAADP.
A high-level Summit on Africa’s infrastructure development discussed how the AU and NEPAD can maximize domestic resource mobilisation through the private sector.
AUC Chairperson Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma emphasized the AUC’s strong interest in mobilising more African capital to invest in African infrastructure, so as to close the continent’s infrastructure investment gap. It is for this reason that an infrastructure task team was set-up led by NEPAD CEO Dr Ibrahim Mayaki to deal with the issue of “improved regional integration, intra-African investment and finding alternative resource for infrastructure development funding”, Dr Dlamini-Zuma said.
For full story: http://www.nepad.org/nepad/news/3056/nepad-world-economic-forum-africa  


Upcoming Events

21st Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU), 19-27 May 2013, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

14th ATU Administrative Council ,  22 - 23 May 2013, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

47th Meeting of the NEPAD Steering Committee, 23 May 2013, Addis Ababa,Ethiopia  

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