Dear Friends,
Welcome to the eighth edition of Africa Capacity. The Africa Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) continues to drum the relevance of Africans making the continent "The Africa We Want". In line with the African Union Agenda 2063 - "a strategy to optimize use of Africa's resources for the benefits of all Africans", the ACBF remains committed to raise awareness on the importance of capacity for Africa's development and demonstrate its role in supporting the implementation of Agenda 2063. ACBF has been leading two important studies at the behest of the Africa Union Commission, one on the capacity imperatives for Agenda 2063 and the second focusing on risks to the implementation of the continent's development blueprint... read more
RESULTS
ACBF proves to be a valuable partner to Australia's AACES program
The African Capacity Building Foundation's (ACBF) support as the Resource Facility Manager to the Australia Africa Community Engagement Scheme (AACES) has been pointed as critical to the success of the AACES program . A recent performance assessment by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) of ACBF's support to AACES underlined the excellent capacity of the Foundation in steering the program towards achieving its objectives... read more
FEATURE
Building Capacity for the successful implementation of the African Union's Agenda 2063
Without capacity development, chances are relatively minimal that the African Union Agenda 2063 - a vision focusing on a sustainable transformation of Africa in the next 50 years - will succeed in achieving its goals. The need to reflect on the capacity imperatives of the Agenda 2063 cannot, therefore, be overstated as concluded by African experts at a high level panel discussion organized by ACBF on 26 March 2015 during the 8th AUC/ECA Annual Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on the theme “Capacity Imperatives for the African Union Agenda 2063”.... read more
PARTNERSHIPS
ACBF to enter into partnership with PEP
ACBF and of Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP) in March held a workshop in Harare, Zimbabwe to explore areas for future partnership. PEP is an international organization that links researchers globally to enhance capacity for development policy analysis in developing countries. Its focus includes contributing contextualized policy solutions to socioeconomic development challenges. PEP's research contributes to informing national and international debates related to economic policy, poverty, gender and sustainable development – an area that is also strategic for ACBF. ... read more
KNOWLEDGE & LEARNING
Think tanks relevant to Africa's future
Africa has over the last years witnessed a rise in the number and quality of think tanks, under ACBF's leadership. These think tanks have played an important role in shaping policies for sustainable development of the continent. However, they should continue to look over the horizon and ground their work on local priorities and realities if they are to remain relevant to the African continent, especially in the context of renewed efforts to speed up the development of continent ... read more
OUR RESOURCES
African countries pledge their continued support to ACBF
ACBF member countries pledged their continued support to the Foundation at a working lunch held for the third Special Meeting of the ACBF Governors, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 30 March. Contributions from member countries stood this year at US$15m, a record in the history of the Foundation, prompting Hon. Christian Magnagna, Gabon's minister of Budget and Chair of the Board of Governors to commend countries for their financial support.... read more
