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Our Executive Director, Dr. Lawalley Cole, was delighted to meet with Mr. Talal Abdulla Ala Zeezi, the Head of the African Union Section at the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Our Executive Director, Dr. Lawalley Cole, was delighted to meet with Mr. Talal Abdulla Ala Zeezi, the Head of the African Union Section at the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia this morning. This meeting highlighted issues of mutual interest in education and youth development in Africa. Mr. Talal Al

INNOVATING EDUCATION IN AFRICA 2022: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Deadline: 15 September 2022, 23:00 (GMT+3) Background The advent of COVID-19 has exacerbated challenges in Africa’s education and training systems and reinforced the need for innovative solutions that are fit for purpose and can be scaled up sustainably to meet the continually evolving context of education and training. Although the education deficit in Africa is

Lunch with H.E. Mr. Al Busyra Basnur, Ambassador of Indonesia to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union

Following the Africa-Asia Youth Forum held in Addis Ababa from 28 – 30 July 2022, H.E Ambassador Al Busyra Basnur, Ambassador of Indonesia to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union, invited a cross-section of the participants to have lunch with him in his residence in Addis Ababa. It was an honor to attend

AUDIENCE WITH AMBASSADOR STEFAAN THIJS OF THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM

On Tuesday, August 9, 2022, the new Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium to Ethiopia and Djibouti, and Permanent Representative to the African Union, IGAD, and UNECA H.E. Ambassador Stefaan Thijs, received in audience CAFOR’s Executive Director, Dr. Lawalley Cole, accompanied by CAFOR’s Senior Advisor, Mr. Tshimanga Mukadi-Mutoke. This meeting was the first of Ambassador

Meeting between the Ambassador of Turkey in Ethiopia and the Executive Director of CAFOR

This 3 August 2022, our Executive Director, Lawalley Cole was delighted to meet Her Excellency Madam Yaprap Alp, Ambassador of Turkey to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union. Their meeting was very cordial as they exchanged on various areas that Turkey will be intervening in following the Joint Action Plan agreed upon during

AUDIENCE WITH H.E. AMBASSADOR ADEOYE BANKOLE, AFRICAN UNION COMMISSIONER FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS, PEACE, AND SECURITY

The African Union Commissioner for Political Affairs and Peace Security, H.E. Ambassador Adeoye Bankole, on Friday 5th August 2022, received in audience in his Office at the A.U. Commission Headquarters in Addis Ababa the Executive Director of CAFOR, Dr. Lawalley Cole, accompanied by CAFOR Senior Advisor for Partnerships and Resource Mobilization, Mr. Tshimanga Mukadi-Mutoke. Also

CAFOR Project on Strengthening Institutional Capacity for Operationalization of CAFOR Programs

CAFOR and its partners are now beginning to work to strengthen the organization’s institutional capacity at headquarters and regional office levels to contribute to the formulation, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of effective and evidence-based CAFOR programs while ensuring social and economic integration and inclusion of young people’s participation in these projects. CAFOR staff and

CAFOR and AYDEC sign MOU

On this day, July 22, 2022, our Executive Director, Dr. Lawalley Cole, was delighted to receive in his office at the African Union Commission Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Mr. Fuad Gena, the Director-General of the Africa Youth Development and Excellence Center (AYDEC) with whom he signed a Memorandum of Understanding that would enable the two entities

CAFOR has signed MOU with O-YES Global Foundation

On Friday, July 15, 2022, we at CAFOR were pleased to enter through a Memorandum of Understanding into a new agreement with O-YES Global Foundation (O-YES), a youth-led, non-profit, and Non-Government global organization founded to support and empower youth by designing and implementing youth-focused development programs and initiatives in partnership with local communities, governments, international

CAFOR Project on the African Digital Library

CAFOR will work with other institutions and organizations at the global level to support ongoing activities in integrated online full e-textbooks. The idea would be to effectively promote digitized, full-text resources to learners in Africa via the Internet, thereby contributing to the revitalization of education and lifelong learning on the continent, the expansion of business,

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