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Message from the Executive Director of CAFOR Dr. Lawalley Cole on Education and Science Day at the celebrations of the 2022 Hungary-Africa Week in Budapest, Hungary

It was an honor to deliver the keynote lecture on Thursday, September 15, 2022, on Education and Science Day at the celebrations of the 2022 Hungary-Africa Week in Budapest, Hungary. The topic of my lecture was Revisiting Leadership Issues in Africa’s Contemporary Education Systems: Education, Training, and Youth in African Union Programs. My talk focused

Message from the Executive Director, Dr. Lawalley Cole, for July 2022

It was an honor to deliver a keynote address to the youths of Africa and Asia this past Thursday, 28th July 2022, in Addis Ababa. I spoke about the several challenges in leadership the African continent faces and the fact that African youths can learn from their Asian counterparts. I highlighted the current generational change

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

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