📅 Happening on Thursday, June 18, 2026, at 12:00 GMT! Join us for Session VI of the Kampala Webinar Series: "From Accountability to Action: Leveraging the @_AfricanUnion’s Biennial Review Report to Accelerate CAADP Implementation under Kampala." 🎤 Get ready for an exceptional lineup of experts: * Ms. Agnes Obua-Ogwal – CAADP M&E Advisor, @_AfricanUnion Commission * Dr. Johannes Ziesmer – @kieluni * Prof. Christian Henning – Chief Scientist, @AKADEMIYA2063 * Mr. Wondwosen Tefera – @AKADEMIYA2063 * Mr. Boaz Blackie Keizire – @AGRA_Africa * Ms. Josephine Love – Ministry of Agriculture, Kenya (@CS_MoALD) * Ms. Chikondi Chabvuta – @AUC_CAADP Non-State Actors Group (CNG) Moderator: Dr. Paul Guthiga – Head of @ReSAKSS Unit, @AKADEMIYA2063 Closing Remarks: Dr. Debisi Araba – Managing Director, @AKADEMIYA2063 Learn more: akademiya2063.org/event.php?… Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…

Have you registered yet? Don't miss Session VI of the Kampala CAADP Series webinar. Themed “From Accountability to Action: Leveraging the @_AfricanUnion’s Biennial Review Report to Accelerate #CAADP Implementation under Kampala,” this webinar will unpack the key findings of the 2025 Biennial Review (BR) and explore how governments, Regional Economic Communities (RECs), development partners, research institutions, and the private sector can more effectively use BR evidence to inform planning, budgeting, implementation, and accountability processes. Join us on Thursday, June 18, at 12:00 GMT! Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi… More information: akademiya2063.org/event.php?…

Join us on Thursday, June 18, at 12:00 GMT for Session VI of the Kampala CAADP Series webinar, themed “From Accountability to Action: Leveraging the @_AfricanUnion’s Biennial Review Report to Accelerate CAADP Implementation under Kampala.” This webinar will unpack the key findings of the 2025 BR and explore how governments, Regional Economic Communities (RECs), development partners, research institutions, and the private sector can more effectively use BR evidence to inform planning, budgeting, implementation, and accountability processes. The discussion will move from “what the data show” to “what must be done differently” and will contribute to ongoing continental dialogue on strengthening CAADP implementation in the lead-up to the next CAADP strategic phase. Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi… More: akademiya2063.org/event.php?…

Africa needs to create over 15 million jobs annually to keep up with youth employment demand. The 2026 Inaugural Africa Development Impact Forum (ADIF), organized by @ECA_OFFICIAL, focuses on “Bridging the Implementation Gap: Best Practices and Innovative Solutions for Job Creation in Africa.” @MaMoPanel #YOUTHAHEAD report demonstrates that Africa's agrifood sector provides an important channel for solving the unemployment and underemployment challenges facing the continent’s youth, and strengthening them will reduce poverty and bolster food security. As @AKADEMIYA2063’s Dr. @LButake notes, the continent sits atop an enviable reservoir of human capital. Diversifying education and training programs, addressing trade barriers coupled with technology infrastructure, and mainstreaming youth involvement to ensure that they participate in shaping policy design and programmatic interventions will move the needle. Full piece @farmingfirst: farmingfirst.org/2024/04/you… Youth Ahead: mamopanel.org/resources/yout…

The @_AfricanUnion Kampala CAADP Declaration underscores the urgent need to enhance SPS standards and implement One Health protocols to safeguard food safety and protect human, animal, plant, and environmental health. @AKADEMIYA2063’s Kampala Policy Brief highlights some key recommendations: •Targeted public and private investments are essential. These investments should focus on strengthening knowledge and capacity across agricultural value chains, streamlining certification processes, and developing shared infrastructure to reduce per-unit compliance costs. •Strengthening institutional frameworks, building capacity at the enterprise level, running awareness campaigns, and fostering partnerships among governments, producers, and exporters can collectively ease the SPS compliance burden. More insights: akademiya2063.org/publicatio…

#WorldEnvironmentDay2026 Interlocking Africa's Bioeconomy and Climate Change Agendas for Climate Action! Africa's bioeconomy can ignite economic transformation and help to combat the rising challenge of climate change, delivering new jobs, food security, improved nutrition, and environmental resilience for Africans across the continent. Our 16th Annual Trends and Outlook Report explores the challenges posed by the climate crisis for Africa's agrifood systems and the opportunities offered by a transition to a bioeconomy to mitigate and adapt to its adverse impacts. Transitioning to a bioeconomy would require clear strategies aligned with climate change targets and priorities. This would entail creating a conducive environment to enable emerging companies to innovate, providing the training and education needed to drive a bioeconomy transition, and cooperating across borders. Policy insights: resakss.org/node/6907

AI #NowForClimate! AI can enhance climate action by enabling early warning systems for drought and floods, optimizing irrigation, forecasting crop yields, and monitoring forest cover and carbon stocks, with high spatial and temporal resolution. It can also improve efficiency in energy systems, urban planning, and public service delivery. However, risks such as algorithmic bias, job displacement, privacy concerns, and the potential misuse of AI for surveillance or the dissemination of disinformation exist. These risks must be addressed through ethical governance frameworks and investment in African capacity to develop, adapt, and audit AI systems. Read the AICAA Letter by @AKADEMIYA2063’s @dr_racinely: akademiya2063.org/publicatio… #WorldEnvironmentDay2026

#WorldEnvironmentDay2026 | Climate Action Now! @MaMoPanel joins the global development community in advancing #NowForClimate as we reflect on the growing impacts of climate change and the urgent need to scale nature-based solutions and accelerate the transition to a sustainable, low-carbon future. As highlighted in Nature’s Solutions: Policy Innovations & Opportunities for Africa’s Bioeconomy, Africa can harness its rich natural resources, scientific expertise, and local knowledge to drive sustainable solutions. Policy insights: mamopanel.org/resources/bioe…

#NowForClimate | #WorldEnvironmentDay2026 On this World Environment Day, @AKADEMIYA2063 joins the global call for urgent climate action. Advancing Africa’s transformation under Agenda 2063 and building resilient agrifood systems under the Kampala CAADP Declaration requires environmentally sustainable, climate-resilient economies and communities. AKADEMIYA2063 supports countries with evidence-based tools, diagnostics, and predictive analytics to strengthen climate governance, track progress on mitigation and adaptation, assess greenhouse gas dynamics, and identify policy opportunities for resilience and sustainable development. Leveraging emerging technologies and real-time analytics, our interventions equip policymakers and practitioners with actionable insights to accelerate climate resilience and improve policy outcomes across Africa. AICAA insights: akademiya2063.org/publicatio… CACCI Field Notes: akademiya2063.org/publicatio… West Africa Climate Resilience Summit: akademiya2063.org/press_rele…

At this year’s edition of the @wto Trade and Environment Week (June 1-5), WTO Members and stakeholders will discuss trade and environment. Trade can support climate change mitigation and adaptation in Africa's agricultural sector, according to our 7th Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor (AATM). The report analyzes trade performance amid pressure points from climate change, water use, and carbon emissions, with recommendations for sustainable practices. AATM #7 also examines how trade can mitigate the environmental impacts of economic activities. The authors call for policies that leverage trade to support climate adaptation, notably by strategically leveraging countries' comparative advantages. As @DrOBadiane, Executive Chairperson of @AKADEMIYA2063, puts it: "Agriculture is the main channel through which climate change disrupts African economies, but it is also the sector with the biggest potential to lead adaptation to climate change." Policy insights: akademiya2063.org/press_rele…

Dans le cadre du Projet d’Appui au Secteur Agricole au Nord-Kivu (PASA–NK), financé par le @IFAD et mis en œuvre avec @Gouvrdcongo via le Ministère de l’Agriculture, @AKADEMIYA2063 a organisé à Kinshasa un atelier #ToT pour former des experts nationaux. L’initiative vise à soutenir 6 000 ménages agricoles & entreprises agroalimentaires afin de renforcer productivité, accès aux marchés & compétitivité du café et du cacao dans l’Est de la RDC. 🔗 akademiya2063.org @Getat73 @eric_sessou

Strengthening inclusive agrifood systems under the @_AfricanUnion #KampalaDeclaration! The 17th @ReSAKSS #ATOR highlights the growing role of digital advisory services in delivering context-specific agronomic information and advancing sustainable land management across Africa. A key example is the AgriPath Project, whose @farm_better platform combines geolocation tools and the WOCAT database to provide tailored recommendations to smallholder farmers across multiple countries. 📍Catch up with @AKADEMIYA2063’s Dr. @DebisiAraba at the AgriPath Symposium 2026 (May 27–28, Nairobi), where policymakers, researchers, innovators, and investors will explore what works in designing and scaling digital advisory systems for Africa’s agrifood transformation. 🔗 ATOR insights: resakss.org/node/6931 🔗 agripath.net/symposium @icipe #AgriPathConsortium @SwissDevCoop @giz_gmbh

𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐏𝐒, 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧! How can Sanitary and Phytosanitary (#SPS) systems move beyond compliance to drive #agriculture development, #trade, #nutrition, #resilience, and stronger partnerships across Africa? "SPS is not merely a technical requirement. It is part of an economic infrastructure of agri-food transformation. It determines whether food is safe, whether livestock and fish value chains are resilient, whether borders facilitate or limit trade, whether outbreaks are contained, whether exporters remain competitive, and whether investors can see a predictable operating environment." --Mr. John Oppong-Otoo, Coordinator, @au_ibar SPS Standards under the Kampala CAADP Declaration: Enhancing Awareness and Reducing the Cost of Compliance: doi.org/10.54067/kpbs.16 Replay the session: youtu.be/oZKcCpFXOQo?t=662

Supporting the @_AfricanUnion's #KampalaCAADP agenda, @AKADEMIYA2063 is conducting country diagnostics in 🇰🇪 #Kenya, 🇹🇬 #Togo, 🇷🇼 #Rwanda & 🇸🇱 #SierraLeone, using the CAADP Policy Tool to turn Biennial Review data into evidence-based investment decisions. This week in Nairobi, in partnership with Kenya's Ministry of Agriculture & Livestock Development and @GIZ_GmbH, we co-convened two key events: • Training Workshop on Using the CAADP Policy Tool to Support Planning & Implementation (May 25) • National Awareness and Sensitization Workshop on Kenya’s NASIP (2025–2029) and Domestication of the Kampala CAADP Commitments (May 26) This workshop will also help build momentum for national consensus around Kenya's investment priorities and set the stage for the June 2026 @FINAS_Africa conference. 🔗 Visit our Kampala CAADP Series Portal: akademiya2063.org/Kampala-CA…

Happy #AfricaDay2026! On this #AfricaDay, we join @_AfricanUnion Member States to celebrate “63 Years of Unity, Integration, and Development.” As we reflect on Africa’s broader development ambitions, we reiterate @AKADEMIYA2063’s commitment to advancing the continent’s transformation under Agenda 2063. Achieving Africa’s aspirations requires strong, responsive knowledge and evidence systems. Our vision—an Africa with the expertise we need for the Africa we want—underscores the central role of high-quality data, analytics, and local expertise in informing effective policy design and implementation. Inclusive, evidence-informed policymaking is essential to accelerating growth, creating wealth, and improving livelihoods. Realizing this vision requires strengthening access to timely data, building analytical capacity, supporting mutual accountability, and, ultimately, strengthening an enabling environment for evidence-based decision-making. Visit our #Agenda2063 Portal: akademiya2063.org/agenda_206…

Happening today at 13:00 GMT! Session V of the Kampala CAADP Webinar will feature a high-level panel discussion on integrating Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) considerations into the CAADP Kampala Agenda. Speakers include: Dr. Diana Akullo Ogwal, Principal Officer, SPS, @AfCFTA Secretariat Dr. John Ulimwengu, Senior Research Fellow, @IFPRI Mr. Peter Donelan, Deputy Head & Lead on MEL, STDF, @wto Join the conversation: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…

#KAMPALA CAADP SERIES: WEBINAR SESSION V This fifth edition of @AKADEMIYA2063’s Kampala CAADP Series webinar will spark broader discussions on the policy implications of investing in SPS systems and on how such investments can be effectively integrated into the CAADP Kampala agenda to support agrifood system transformation. We are honored to welcome distinguished speakers delivering opening remarks: • @DebisiAraba — Managing Director, @AKADEMIYA2063 • Sarah Gilleski — Agricultural Counselor, @USDAForeignAg (Ethiopia) • @johnoppongotoo — African Union InterAfrican Bureau for Animal Resources (@au_ibar) Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…

The Youth Leadership Programme convening, taking place in Rome (May 12–15) & supported by the @BMZ_Bund, will bring together emerging food systems leaders to reflect on progress & advance the next phase of the initiative. Our @MaMoPanel #YOUTHAHEAD report provides evidence-based solutions for stakeholders to drive youth engagement in Africa's agrifood systems. Successful strategies from #Ghana, #Uganda, #Zambia & #Zimbabwe, highlight pathways to unlock income-generating opportunities for youth along agribusiness value chains, while equipping and incentivizing them to join the sector. YOUTH AHEAD report: mamopanel.org/resources/yout… Kampala Policy Brief: akademiya2063.org/publicatio…

Evidence Meets Legislative Action! @AKADEMIYA2063, @ShambaCentre, and the African Food Systems Parliamentary Network (AFSPaN) are partnering to strengthen evidence-driven policymaking in support of the @_AfricanUnion Kampala CAADP Declaration and Africa’s agrifood transformation ambitions. At the center is ARPA—a new policy hub that will equip parliamentarians with accessible, policy-relevant evidence to advance legislative action and smarter investment decisions across the continent. “This partnership comes at a pivotal moment as Africa enters the third phase of CAADP implementation under the Kampala Declaration. With 6 commitments to deliver over the next decade, strengthening the bridge between scientific evidence and parliamentary decision-making is not optional; it is essential,” said Dr. @DebisiAraba, Managing Director of AKADEMIYA2063. Press release: akademiya2063.org/press_rele…

SPS Compliance and the CAADP Kampala Agenda! The fifth edition of @AKADEMIYA2063’s Kampala CAADP Series webinar will explore the policy implications of investing in sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) systems—and how these investments can be effectively integrated into the Kampala Agenda to drive agrifood system transformation. Organized in partnership with @USDAForeignAg, the session will present key findings and policy recommendations from AKADEMIYA2063’s latest study, alongside insights from @_AfricanUnion technical experts in animal and plant health, as well as food safety. 📅 Register to join us on May 21: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi… Learn more: akademiya2063.org/event.php?… @TsitsiMak @USDA