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Africa Day Reflections: Towards the Africa We Want 🌍 Today reminds us that The Africa We Want is possible. To achieve it, we must take bold steps—drive structural transformation, reclaim our sovereignty, and harness our resources for all. 🎥 Watch the full reflection here 👇👇…

"Wealthy nations and major corporations must take direct responsibility for their emissions rather than outsourcing climate solutions to Africa through carbon trading." – Jason Braganza, @AFRODAD2011 We break down why carbon markets are not a climate solution for Africa in our…

The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (#FfD4) was framed as a turning point for global finance. But whose voices were heard? Whose realities were sidelined? And what comes next for those pushing for gender and economic justice? Akina Mama wa Afrika is…

In crucial #JubileeYear calls at #FfD4 for @UN-led debt workout mechanism watered down, as @WorldBank and @IMFNews’ rich shareholders refused to loosen their grip on the international financial architecture Read our #ObserverSummer25 cover👇 tinyurl.com/JubileeCampaig…

💡#TBT | From Kadoma 2024 to Mutare 2025: Zimbabwe’s Unbroken Debt Justice Journey! 📅 One year ago, at the 6th Zimbabwe Annual Debt Conference in Kadoma, we rallied under "Inclusive Debt Management for Vision 2030". With 100+ stakeholders, we demanded: ✅ Debt transparency &…

📢Call for participants! Join the Young Scholar Workshop on "Africa’s Debt Crisis: A Reparation & Reparative Justice Framework Analysis" on 24-26 Aug in Accra, Ghana. Travel costs covered! Apply by 28 July 11:59am (EAT). Read: tinyurl.com/yjahbux4 @AFRODAD2011 @UnivofGh

"Our Call to Action: Fellow compatriots, if Vision 2030 is to be realized and not remain a poetic aspiration then debt sustainability must be made a national covenant. We must commit to: 1. Institutional Reforms: Strengthen public debt oversight through Parliament, the Auditor…

@lewis_marowa echoed that the $21 billion debt is a burden to citizens who have nothing to show for that huge financial burden. Policies that govern the mining sector need to be revisited to allow more improved interventions that ensure transparency and accountability.…

Themed "Nigeria’s Rising Debt: Advancing Debt Relief through Reparations & Reparative Justice" the conference interrogated the historical roots of Nigeria’s debt burden &its implications for sustainable dev., equity, & global justice. Read full highlights shorturl.at/b5QQy

@FMEnvng, represented by Mrs. Patience Musa, Deputy Director (Budget); @AFRODAD2011's Diana Mochoge; Taiwo Akinrele, ED, Policy House International and former Chief of Staff to the Edo State Government; Ene Obi, former Country Director, @ActionAidNG; & Prof. Felix O. U. Oriakhi.

The conference brought together participants from MDAs, CSOs, international partners, academia, & the media. Notable attendees included the Minister of @PlanningNG, Sen. Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, represented by AD of Fiscal & Monitoring Policy, Mr. Olatunde Oniyanda;

These were the framing questions at the heart of the hybrid National Debt Conference held today at the Bolton White Hotel, Abuja, convened by ANEEJ in collaboration with the @AFRODAD2011 .

Highlights from National Debt Conference Can Africa survive without borrowing? Are there justifications for the debts African governments continue to incur? And what does reparative justice truly demand in an age of poly-crisis?

#KnowledgeCorner💡: Sovereign Debt Justice Africa is paying more to #creditors than it invests in its own people. In some countries, over 50% of national revenue goes to debt repayments, while vital services like #education, #healthcare, and #youthprograms are left underfunded.…