APO International

The President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, H.E. Dr. Omar Alieu Touray, has expressed his commitment to providing support for AfricaRice, a prominent pan-African research Centre dedicated to enhancing the livelihoods of rice farmers in Africa. The commitment was made during a visit by Dr. Baboucarr Manneh, the Director-General of AfricaRice, to the ECOWAS Commission Headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria on November 24, 2023. President Touray […]

A UN expert has welcomed Mozambique’s progress towards managing disaster displacement, and urged greater leadership and decentralised interventions to address outstanding protection and humanitarian needs of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). “I am encouraged by the early warning and response policies designed to strengthen disaster management, promote reconstruction in conflict-affected areas, and improve responses to internal displacement situations,” said Gaviria Betancur, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally […]

A delegation of thirteen (13) women from the Confederation of  ‘Femmes Battantes” of the Republic of Niger, led by Mrs. Soumaila Ali Fati, paid a courtesy call on the Vice-President of the ECOWAS Commission, H.E. Mrs. Damtien L. Tchintchibidja, in Abuja on November 13th 2023. The meeting was also attended by Mrs. Fatou Sow Sarr, Commissioner for Human Development and Social Affairs. The meeting focused on the socio-political and humanitarian situation […]

The Office of the President has today announced the names of the Commissioners appointed to the Public Enterprise Monitoring Commission, in accordance with Section 9 (1) and Section 13 of the Public Enterprises Act, 2023. The Commission monitors, on behalf of the Government as shareholder, all aspects of the affairs of the public enterprises so as to ensure that the shareholder’s assets and interests are being protected and maximized through […]

The FAO Sub-Regional office for West Africa (SFW) is organizing its 15th annual multidisciplinary team (MDT15) meeting in hybrid mode from November 28 to December 1st, 2023, in Banjul, Gambia, under the theme: "Accelerating investments for the transformation of agrifood systems in West Africa and the Sahel”. The 15th MDT is focused on FAO’s corporate and regional initiatives, subregional priorities, and flagship programmes. The main objective is to deliberate on how […]

Finance Programme name: Private Sector Development and Economic Diversification Support Program – Phase I (PSD-EDSP I) Total amount: US$131 million Background Confronted with significant external shocks in the last few years, Egypt has made substantial efforts to mitigate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on the domestic economy and preserve resilience. After addressing these shocks through emergency measures that benefited vulnerable communities, the government firmly […]

Since its launch on September 12, BİGA Home (www.BiGAHome.com) has expanded its footprint to encompass 15 operational sales points as of today; BİGA Home’s year-end target is to reach 20 sales points; Doğanlar Furniture Group, through its BİGA Home brand, is set to export its products to nearly 20 countries, with a primary focus on Senegal and several African nations, including ECOWAS and Mauritania, as well as the USA. In a […]

The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA) (www.IFPMA.org/) and H3D Foundation (https://H3DFoundation.org/) have today announced a new three-year phase of their partnership, aiming to boost the skills and capacity needed to drive increased research and development of new medicines in Africa. Despite 20% of the global burden of disease impacting people living in Africa, just 2% of medical research focused on new infections originates in Africa[1]. Since 2021, […]