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2 months ago | 
environewsnigeria.com | Winston Mwale |Africa Brief |Michael Simire
Twelve African nations committed to implementing clean cooking energy solutions during the Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit, addressing a crisis that claims approximately 600,000 lives annually across the continent. The two-day summit, hosted by Tanzania on January 27-28, 2025, focused on accelerating access to electricity and clean cooking solutions in alignment with UN Sustainable Development Goal 7 and the African Union’s Agenda 2063.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
environewsnigeria.com | Winston Mwale |Michael Simire |Afrca Brief
African heads of state gathered in Kampala, Uganda on Sunday, January 12, 2025, to adopt new agricultural policies aimed at transforming the continent’s food systems, with Kenyan President William Ruto calling for increased investment in farming infrastructure and technology. The extraordinary African Union summit marked the end of the Malabo Declaration on agriculture, replacing it with the new Kampala Declaration that commits member states to modernising their agricultural sectors.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
chronicle.co.zw | Winston Mwale
By Winston MwaleKIGALI, Rwanda— African tax officials have called for urgent modernisation of revenue collection strategies to address continent-wide economic challenges during the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF)‘s annual meeting Tuesday. Mr Philip Tchodie, chairman of the ATAF Council and Commissioner General of the Togolese Revenue Authority, emphasized the critical need for adaptive tax policies in a global economic landscape transformed by the pandemic.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
africabrief.substack.com | Winston Mwale
KIGALI, Rwanda— As the curtain falls on a 15-year tenure, Logan Wort, the outgoing Executive Secretary of the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF), delivered a powerful message at the ATAF Annual Meeting 2024 in Kigali, Rwanda, writes Winston Mwale. Standing before a continent grappling with significant financial hurdles, Wort championed a vision of a digitally empowered Africa, capable of funding its development aspirations.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
africabrief.substack.com | Winston Mwale
NAIROBI, Kenya — Africa's wildlife populations have experienced a catastrophic decline, shrinking by an average of 76% in the past five decades, painting a stark picture of a continent's biodiversity teetering on the brink, according to the World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) Living Planet Report 2024, writes Winston Mwale. The report, released Thursday, reveals that monitored populations of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, and fish across Africa have dwindled drastically between 1970 and 2020.
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Sep 22, 2024 | 
environewsnigeria.com | Winston Mwale |Africa Brief |Michael Simire
A renowned Nigerian scientist, Professor Charles Oluwaseun Adetunji, has been named among the world’s top 2% of scientists in a prestigious global ranking for 2024. The recognition comes from two distinguished lists: the Career-long List of the World’s Top 2% Scientists and the single-year Most Impactful List of Distinguished Professors globally. Adetunji, known for his work in genome editing, attributes his success to the support of colleagues and institutions in his field.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
environewsnigeria.com | Winston Mwale |Africa Brief |Michael Simire
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is stepping up efforts to combat plastic pollution across the region. A two-day workshop in Accra, Ghana, which concluded on Tuesday, September 17, 2024, focused on developing a regional action plan for plastics management and promoting a circular economy. The workshop brought together representatives from member states’ environment and finance ministries, along with private sector and civil society stakeholders.
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Jun 27, 2024 | 
africabrief.substack.com | Winston Mwale
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo — The Republic of Congo will host the first International Conference on Afforestation and Reforestation from July 2-5, 2024, in Brazzaville, addressing urgent climate change challenges, writes Baboloki Semele. Endorsed by the African Union as the "African and Global Afforestation Decade," the conference aims to unite global efforts in mitigating climate risks through extensive tree-planting initiatives.
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Jun 19, 2024 | 
africabrief.substack.com | Winston Mwale
HARARE, Zimbabwe— Preparations are underway in Zimbabwe for the upcoming 7th annual SADC Industrialization Week, set to take place July 28-Aug. 2 in the capital of Harare, writes Nkeletsang Morapedi. In a meeting Monday, Industry and Commerce Permanent Secretary Dr. Thomas Wushe briefed ambassadors from SADC member states on the ambitious agenda for the prestigious event.
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Jun 13, 2024 | 
zodiakmalawi.com | George Kalungwe |Moses Masiye |Inno Kumchedwa |Winston Mwale
A Chilima Alowa M’manda Lolemba; UTM Ikufuna Mayankho Mwambo wachitika wotumiza kwao matupi a ena mwa anthu omwe adafa pa ngozi ya ndege yomwe inanyamula wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wa dziko lino Lolemba. Malawi and Mozambique Discuss Prisoners Repatriation Malawi consul general for Tete province Happy Saka says there are plans to allow Malawian inmates with minor offences or about to complete jail terms in Mozambique to be allowed to complete their sentences back home.
