Thandiwe Muriu

Artist (Photography)

Location: Kenya

thandiwemuriu.com

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The Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance

Academic Institution

Cape Town, South Africa

mandelaschool.uct.ac.za  

Description:

The school promotes the development of strategic public leadership, including a strong emphasis on public sector reform, accountability and trust in governance. The school runs  short courses on Ethical Leadership and Public Accountability targeted at senior government officials.

The Africa Institute of South Africa and Centre for Conflict Resolution

Non-Governmental Organization

Cape Town, South Africa

Description

The Centre promotes constructive, creative, and cooperative approaches to  conflict resolution in Africa. Its research surrounds African security and  governance issues, and conducts extensive capacity-building training to  facilitate peace processes across Africa.

The Africa Institute. Foundations of African Cinema symposium ‘Decolonizing African Cinema: A History’. “Foundations of African Cinema.” Filmed in October 2021 at the Africa Institute, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Video,1:42:42. https://theafricainstitute.org/institute-program/week-01-foundations-of-african-cinema/

This symposium will examine the ideas that led to the emergence of ‘African cinema’. Acknowledging that ‘African cinema’ offered itself for critical global recognition in relation to issues of cultural identity, national independence movements, and Pan-African solidarity, the discussants will be encouraged to consider the declarations, articulations, and the work of those referred to as the ‘pioneers of African cinema’. These parameters will also be considered in the context of contemporary debates around filmmaking in Africa and the African diaspora; and in relation to current perspectives on cinema that incorporate concepts such as ‘Black Africa’, ‘Africa North of the Sahara’, Afrofuturism, Afrosurrealism, and the meaning of cinema in the twenty-first century.

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The Africa Report

News Organization

Paris, France

theafricareport.com

Description

Considered one of the leading  news organizations in the continent, and known for its impartial,  authoritative stance.

The African Association for the Study of Religions (AASR)

Academic association

Location: Harare, Zimbabwe

a-asr.org

Description:

The AASR is an academic association that promotes the study of religions in Africa through international collaboration in research, publishing, and teaching. AASR was founded in 1992 in Harare, Zimbabwe at a Regional Conference of the International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR).

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)

Intergovernmental organization (free trade agreement)

Accra, Ghana

Location: Africa Trade House, Ambassadorial Enclave, Liberia Road, Ridge, Accra

Contact: info@au-afcfta.org/+233 59 692 1130

The AfCFTA is the world’s largest free trade area bringing together the 55 countries of the African Union (AU) and eight (8) Regional Economic Communities (RECs). The overall mandate of the AfCFTA is to create a single continental market with a population of about 1.3 billion people and a combined GDP of approximately US$ 3.4 trillion. The AfCFTA is one of the flagship projects of Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want, the African Union’s long-term development strategy for transforming the continent into a global powerhouse.

As part of its mandate, the AfCFTA is to eliminate trade barriers and boost intra-Africa trade. In particular, it is to advance trade in value-added production across all service sectors of the African Economy. The AfCFTA will contribute to establishing regional value chains in Africa, enabling investment and job creation. The practical implementation of the AfCFTA has the potential to foster industrialisation, job creation, and investment, thus enhancing the competitiveness of Africa in the medium to long term.

The AfCFTA entered into force on May 30, 2019, after 24 Member States deposited their Instruments of Ratification following a series of continuous continental engagements spanning since 2012. It was launched at the 12th Extraordinary Session of the AU Assembly of Heads of State and Government in Niamey – Niger, in July 2019. The commencement of trading under the AfCFTA was in January 1, 2021. The AfCFTA Secretariat is hosted in Accra, Ghana. His Excellency Wamkele Mene is the first elected Secretary-General coordinating the implementation of the Agreement.

The African Council for Religious Leaders – Religions for Peace(ACRL-RfP)

Religious coalition

Contact: secretariat@acrl-rfp.org/+254 727 531170

Website: acrl-rfp.org

Description:

A continental coalition of different faith organizations, faith communities and religious leaders in the continent, working together to advance peace, sustainable development and shared well-being. It was established in 2002 in Nairobi, Kenya as a pan-African multi-faith organization and inaugurated in Abuja, Nigeria in 2003 and today consists of National Inter-religious Councils from 28 countries and four sub-regional platforms.