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CAFOR Project on the Digital Schools Initiative

CAFOR will work with international and national partners in Africa to equip African youths with digital skills using Information and Communication Technology. This will promote access to ICT in education among school-going-age children on the continent. The project will advocate for effective, relevant policies integrating information and communication technology (ICT) that will drive and strategically

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

STC-EST4 issues a Declaration calling for increased investments in Education, Science, Technology and Innovation in Africa

INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION DIRECTORATE Press Release No: 69/2022                                                                  Date: 5th  September, 2022 Venue: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia STC-EST4 issues a Declaration calling for increased

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 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 – Activities – Message from the Executive Director]

It has been busy over the last few days for CAFOR as we prepare for the Roundtable Conference that will be held after the African Union Heads of State and Government Summit that is beginning now. The theme for the CAFOR Roundtable is “Supporting the African Union’s innovative practices in the fields of education, science

African Union Commission signs an MOU with CAFOR