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OpportunityThe Milken-Motsepe Prize in AgriTechThe inaugural Milken-Motsepe Prize focuses on accelerating progress towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 1 and 2: no poverty and zero hunger. The Milken-Motsepe Prize in AgriTech is a global competition for innovative solutions to increase economic value to farmers, from seed to sale. Registration is open to anyone.Winning teams will increase net economic value to small and medium-sized farms by: Developing innovative technology solutions for any stage of the food system, from seed to sale Designing a viable business model Increasing farm productivity and/or decreasing post-harvest loss Registration is free and open to anyone, with a $1 million grand prize available for the winning team, and $1 million in additional prizes. For more information or to apply, please visit the Milken-Motsepe Prize webpage.By: Derek TobiasMonday, Sep 20, 2021AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMS
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OpportunityUN Food Systems Summit High Level Side Event Delivering on the African Agenda in Building ResilientDuring the 2021 AGRF Summit 6-10 September, six African presidents joined by 8,000 delegates aligned with the African common position on building resilient food systems. Their shared vision will help achieve a transformation to improve livelihoods, defeat hunger and tackle malnutrition. To highlight the national pathways and partner actions, on September 21 from 6–7:30 PM (EAT) AGRA and the AGRF will host “Delivering on the African Agenda in Building Resilient Food Systems” a side event ahead of the UN Food Systems Summit. It will address African challenges and solutions in the transition to resilient food systems. Following the declaration (https://agrf.org/summit#summit-declaration) of the AGRF, it will consider what must be done to turn political ambition into reality. The event will be moderated by William Asiko, Managing Director of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Africa Region Office. Provisional speakers include: H.E. Hailemariam Dessalegn, Former Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Chair AGRF Partners Group and Chair AGRA Board Jim Barnhart, Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau for Resilience and Food Security, USAID Ms. Evangelista Chekera, CEO Passion Poultry Hon. Peter Munya, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives, Republic of Kenya Elizabeth Nsimadala, President, Pan-Africa Farmers Organization (PAFO) H.E. Ken Ofori-Atta, Minister for Finance and Economic Planning, Republic of Ghana H.E. Josefa Sacko, Commissioner Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment, African Union Commission Jai Shroff, UPL Limited CEO Rodger Voorhies, President, Global Growth and Opportunity Division, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Please join us on September 21 at 6pm EAT (Nairobi time). Click here to register for the event.By: Derek TobiasMonday, Sep 20, 2021AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMS
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OpportunityAAP Public Dialogue Series 2021AAP is excited to be hosting our next Public Dialogue “The Engaged University: Working with policy makers, the private sector, and communities to advance African higher education transformation” on Wednesday, September 22nd at 9:00am-10:30 EDT. This dialogue session will be co-hosted by our affiliates at @The University of Botswana and those at @SARUA. This session will examine innovative strategies for African universities to engage across all sectors and the impact these engagements are having on the transformation of the African higher education sector. AAP recognizes that universities are now seeing themselves as catalysts for positive change in their communities and beyond, and is proud to be a part of this progress. This series will be done with the help of @University World News as AAP’s media partner.By: Raquel AcostaThursday, Sep 16, 2021EDUCATION
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ArticleDigital Communications Workshop at LUANARAAP is proud to highlight the new digital strategy work recently accomplished with our affiliates at @LUANAR led by AAP’s communications coordinator @Wisdom Nelson Chimgwede. LUANAR has currently moved to improve dissemination of best practices including research findings through digital means. Speaking at a web, social media and on-line content management training the University’s Vice Chancellor Professor Emmanuel Kaunda said the development is aimed at enhancing the university’s relevance among farmers and stakeholders in the provision of the much needed information and knowledge on agricultural transformation. Through its affiliation with AAP, LUANAR identified some gaps revealing the need to strengthen the communications functions and AAP has offered to provide technical assistance through the communications section at the university. Attached is a video feature from the workshop.By: Raquel AcostaThursday, Sep 16, 2021OTHER
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ArticleMali’s roadmap for lasting peace has laudable goals: but it doesn’t go far enoughSteve Esquith, one of the PIs during the first round of AAP Transformation Institutions Strategic Partnership Grants and an African Futures mentor, has recently published an article within @TheConversation. This article is related to his peace-building work achieved under the grant. We encourage colleagues to read through his review of Mali’s new government action plan. Read the article: https://theconversation.com/malis-roadmap-for-lasting-peace-has-laudable-goals-but-it-doesnt-go-far-enough-166419By: Raquel AcostaTuesday, Sep 14, 2021CULTURE AND SOCIETY
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OpportunitySUPPORT TO YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND EMPOWERMENT TO BECOME SELF RELIENCE.most of the youth in northern uganda were affected by the 20 years war led by lord resistant army. currently youth have gone back to settle and become productive but they are being hindered by inadiquate knowledge and high cost of production. this has made most of thye youth most especially young girls to get pregnant as well as being at high risk of contracting HIV/AIDS. most ladies have resulted to selling sex to earn aliving for their young kids and boys has resulted to taking scopion and marajwana. in the vision, this youth can still be transform and become productive through providing hand on skills like, hair dressing trainning, tailoring, mechanics and cake production etc. most of the youth are longing to get the skills but they cannot afford the cost of paying tiution. in this partenship, acquiring machine like sawing machine from donation. the organisation do have space,few staff that can provide trhe training.By: ODUR MOSESSaturday, Sep 11, 2021YOUTH EMPOWERMENT
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ArticleEast and Southern Africa Fertilizer Financing ForumThe Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (AFFM), in collaboration with the African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP) and AFRIQOM, will be hosting the first virtual edition of the East and Southern Africa Fertilizer Financing Forum on Thursday, 28 October 2021. The event has been themed “Strengthening Regional Collaboration to Finance Fertilizer in the Agribusiness Value Chain”, and will facilitate the identification of opportunities for building and fostering partnerships with sectorial stakeholders in order to enhance access to finance and agricultural productivity in East and Southern Africa. The East and Southern Africa Fertilizer Financing Forum will bring together regional member countries, regional and international development and commercial financial institutions, farmers, private sector, and non-governmental organizations. The goal will be for participants to deliberate on potential solutions to existing bottlenecks to fertilizer financing. Delegates will also discuss ways to scale up funding in the region by leveraging the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) initiative and other existing success stories. Click here to register for the eventBy: Derek TobiasThursday, Sep 9, 2021AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMS
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