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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

Keynote Speaker at the Youth leadership conference opening diplomatic dinner Friday 26th August 2022 with Her Excellency Dr. Ergoge Tesfaye, Minister of Women and Social Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

Keynote Speaker at the Youth leadership conference opening diplomatic dinner Friday 26th August 2022 with Her Excellency Dr. Ergoge Tesfaye, Minister of Women and Social Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. I was honored and privileged to deliver a keynote address on Friday, 26 August 2022, at the Diplomatic Dinner Leadership

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

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 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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