ONE’s policy panel at the Africa HealthTech Summit made the case for a new model of Canada-Africa health partnership built on investment, not aid.
At the Africa HealthTech Summit x Canada in Toronto on June 10, ONE brought together voices from the Canadian government, African health systems, civil society and the private sector to answer a simple question: what would it actually look like for Canada to treat African health as a strategic investment rather than only a development footnote?
For too long Africa has been a low...
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I can still vividly remember watching the 2006 World Cup final between France and Italy, my whole family jammed into our living room. I have been a football or as my American colleagues insist on calling it, “soccer” fan since birth.
The World Cup means everything to many young kids in Africa in general and in Morocco in particular. Back in my hometown, Marrakech, everyone watched the World Cup, and by that I mean EVERYONE, even the people you’d least expect. For as long as I can remember, the World Cup has always been about showing pride in who you are and what you had to offer to the world.
Now, twenty years later as the 2026 World Cup is underway, the importance of the event...
The headlines are impossible to scroll past. The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola outbreak sweeping through the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda a global health emergency.
But with any rapidly evolving crisis, it is challenging to determine what is happening at any given moment. We asked Dr. William Menson, ONE’s Director of Health Financing for Africa, to help give us the facts about the current Ebola outbreak and what you should know now.
Below is the conversation, lightly edited and condensed for clarity.
What is the Ebola virus?
The Ebola virus is...
On May 26, a group of ONE Campaign Canada activists walked into Parliament Hill carrying a simple message: Africa belongs in Canada's conversation about trade diversification, economic growth, innovation, and global partnership.
The day marked our Canada's first national activist day on Parliament Hill, but what stood out most was not simply the number of meetings held or the logistics behind organizing them. It was the opportunity to create space for meaningful conversations about how Canadians understand Africa and Canada's relationship with the continent.
The...
From May 25-26, ONE in Canada hosted our first-ever high-impact Canadian Africa Day Fly-in on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
25 passionate activists from across the country joined us for two full days of advocacy training and political engagement, including members from Engineers Without Borders Canada (EWB). Keep reading to find out what happened.
Day 1: Learning the Issues, Practicing the Pitch
The program kicked off with a day full of training to help activists understand Canada-Africa trade before they headed to Parliament Hill. They also participated in mock MP meetings, learned how to make their case heard loud and clear in person and on...
A Historic First and a New Global Agenda
Change is coming on the international stage, and Africa is proving itself to be a central player.
100 days from now, South Africa will be hosting the G20: one of the most influential international forums. This is generating a lot of attention, and for good reason. It will be the first ever G20 chaired by an African Member State, and we can expect it to mark a big shift in powerful conversations. Canada...
Here’s your first opportunity to take action as a member of our insider election e-newsletter! This week we are urging you to email your local candidates asking them to prioritize trade diversification with Africa.
Instructions:
Visit elections.ca
Type in your postal code in ‘My Voter Information’
Click ‘Who are the candidates in my electoral district’
This will reveal all the candidates running in your riding and their websites where you can find their email addresses
Copy/paste the email template below (inserting each candidate’s name) in...
Guess what? The Canadian Federal Budget has just dropped. So, let's talk about the scoop on Official Development Assistance (ODA) – since it's not half bad!
Here's the lowdown: International Assistance gets a bump of around 5% compared to last year's budget. The standout addition? An extra $350 million over 2 years for humanitarian aid – talk about a much-needed boost, especially with all the crises happening in Gaza, Haiti, Sudan, and Ukraine. Now, here's the kicker: this 5% boost...
Thank you for the letter you sent to me on International Women’s Day and for calling on world leaders to recognise the indisputable link between gender inequality and extreme poverty.
Grace is one of hundreds of thousands who have entered Uganda as a refugee. In addition to being resettled into a new community, they are also desperately in need of access to education.