CAFOR is initiating and supporting the new Innovative Skills for Africa’s Youths Project. This project will bring together the various actors in skills development initiatives for youths around the continent through the formulation, development, and implementation of a viable communication strategy for quality assurance, coherence, and adequate matching of innovative training techniques with the
It was a pleasure for our Executive Director, Dr. Lawalley Cole, to once again receive Mr. Kemal Abdela and his team members Mr. Sharou Markos and Mr. Samson Haileyesus from the O-Yes Global Foundation in his office at the African Union Commission Headquarters on Thursday 23 June 2022. The trio briefed him on their organization’s
Our Executive Director, Dr. Lawalley Cole was pleased to participate in the Ethiopian Media Sector Alliance breakfast meeting this morning with participants from UNESCO, UNDP, the Ethiopian Media Authority, the Consortium of Ethiopian Human Rights Organizations, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Media Support (IMS) and several other stakeholders
CAFOR is collaborating with the European Business University (EBU) in Luxembourg on a scholarship program that provides new opportunities to young Africans to complete studies in varying levels of Business Administration and Management. Find the link below to enroll with courses of your choice, Please note that the programs are of no-charge but you need
This feature letter of interest highlights the workshop organized by the Young Physicists Forum (YPF) in January 2022 and the preliminary results of the survey conducted by ASFAP— YPF. The Young Physicists Forum (YPF) is a working group of the African Strategy for Fundamental and Applied Physics (ASFAP). The ASFAP— YPF was instituted to engage
CAFOR Executive Director Dr. Lawalley Cole was delighted to meet earlier today, April 12, 2022, with the Deputy Head of Mission/Counselor of Japan to the African Union, Mr. Masaki Morimoto. They discussed the overall schedule and work program of CAFOR, intending to look into possible areas for cooperation. Dr. Cole sends his best wishes to
This past Friday, March 11, 2022, our Executive Director Dr Lawalley Cole was extremely honoured and humbled to receive a significant award (An Outstanding Diplomat Award for Youth Development) from the Youth Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Summit, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 9 – 11 March 2022, organised and attended by several hundreds of
The Secretariat of the African Youth SDGs Summit announces a new date for the 4th African Youth SDGs Summit following the postponement of the event due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 4th African Youth SDGs Summit will take place on 09-11 March 2022, at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia under the theme “Youth
On this day, three years ago, the Coalition on Media and Education for Development Africa Forum (CAFOR) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the African Union Commission at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa. H.E. Prof. Sarah Anyang-Agbor, who has just completed her term of office as Commissioner for Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, signed
With great honor and pleasure, we signed today the CAFOR Agreement with our Goodwill Ambassador, His Excellency Mr Serawit Fikre, who will help CAFOR promote relationships among our various constituencies and partners in the coming two years. The Goodwill Ambassador will support and promote all African Union policy measures to create an enabling environment for
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