The ONE Africa Award celebrates African efforts aimed at achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the world’s blueprint for a better future.
As the voting for this year’s award commences, we’re looking at the top four finalists who have made it to the final round!
The Public and Private Development Centre (PPDC)
Established in Nigeria in 2003, this NGO aims to increase citizen participation in governance processes with a focus on improving the integrity of the public and private sectors. Read more...
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With voting for this year’s ONE Award underway, we’re taking a deeper look at the top four finalists. The ONE Africa Award celebrates African efforts aimed at achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the world’s blueprint for a better future. SDG targets range from halving extreme poverty, to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education.
Working on agriculture and economic growth, Agrisolve engages smallholder female farmers through technical development, access to improved inputs, and technology to attain...
As the voting for this year’s ONE Award commences, we’re looking at the top four finalists who have made it to the final rounds! The ONE Africa Award celebrates African efforts aimed at achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the world’s blueprint for a better future. SDG targets range from halving extreme poverty, to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education.
The Msichana Initiative is a Tanzanian based NGO that advocates for girl’s empowerment, as well as...
Vera Songwe is executive secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa. We interviewed her as part of our #PassTheMic campaign. Here’s some of what she had to say.
One of the biggest economic challenges we are currently seeing is that 50 million people are losing their jobs. So a coordinated global response to coronavirus would ensure that we get back to recovery faster.
My personal priority right now is Africa and getting its growth back. It’s getting the private sector...
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Agnes Kalibata is the UN’s special envoy for the Food System’s Summit and president of AGRA (Growing Africa’s Agriculture). We interviewed her as as part of our #PassTheMic series.
Here’s some of what she had to say in the interview.
This is probably the first time that mankind has had one common enemy in the last 100 years. It’s not a one person, one country, or one continent problem. It’s a global problem that we have to deal with together.
Coronavirus has...
Dr. Joannie Bewa is a public health researcher and women and girls activist. We interviewed her as part of our #PassTheMic series. Here’s some of what she had to say.
When it comes to women and girls during COVID-19 there are a lot of challenges, related to both health and non-health issues.
I’m seeing many things through a gender perspective, which is lacking on several levels. The first thing lacking is the acknowledgement that women are a large part of the...
Vivian Onano is a social entrepreneur and humanitarian.
Today, there are nearly 80 million displaced people across the world. The majority of them are children and young people with dreams and aspirations. Unfortunately, they have found themselves in limbo for years, waiting for an opportunity to rebuild their lives and look towards a future filled with hope.
Last year, I visited the Kakuma Refugee Camp in the northern part of Kenya. The camp was established in 1992, and is home to...
Aya Chebbi is an activist and AU Youth Envoy. We interviewed her as part of our #PassTheMic campaign. Here’s some of what she had to say.
The COVID-19 pandemic is taking over the world, causing a worldwide impact on education. School and university closures are disrupting the education of over 1.53 billion learners, 743 million of whom are girls. School and university students around the world have had to adapt to e-learning.
Lockdowns, quarantines, curfews, isolation, and social distancing that you...
Written by Hileleule Getachew
On 16 June in 1976, Soweto students marched in protest against Apartheid inspired non-inclusive education system and were met with a brutal police response. The event made a lasting mark, and the African Union decided to commemorate the courage of these children by instituting the “Day of the African Child” in 1991 in their honour. Since then, the day has been celebrated annually by African countries and people everywhere in the world.
The Day of African Child...