The fourth day of the Africities summit saw the Agency for the Environment and Energy Management

The fourth day of the Africities summit saw the Agency for the Environment and Energy Management , ADEME sign a Memorandum of Cooperation with the United Cities Local Government Africa. The agreement is a start of many collaborations to come with local authorities working together towards creating …

Africities Summit encourages climate change collaborations

Last month the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released an alarming report that the world had less than twelve years to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees to avoid a catastrophic environmental breakdown. In the report climate scientists said urgent and unprecedented change…

Gender equality has been fingered as a key component at the Africities Summit

Gender equality has been fingered as a key component in developing policies that will be beneficial to the empowerment of women. This is according to female speakers attending the Africities Summit in Marrakesh Morocco. Under the theme “the transition towards sustainable cities and territories: the…

Aminata Sy of the African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) says its time Africa realises its potential

Those attending the eighth edition of the Africities Summit in Marrakesh Morocco have expressed the need for Africa to take charge of their own economies and create the necessary spaces for people to benefit. The summit, is in its second day, thousands of delegates from and around the continent and…

Cimeira Afrocities

Foi esta terça-feira aberta a oitava Cimeira Afrocities em Marrakech, cidade do reino dos Marrocos, Africa do Magreb, na presença de cerca de 3 mil delegados vindos do continente africano. Milton Maluleque, enviado especial de Canal Africa ao certame reporta...

Delegates should work towards changing the mind-set of young people: Jean Pierre Elong Mbassi

The Secretary General of the United Cities Local Government Association (UCLGA) Jean Pierre Elong Mbassi says that the challenge of migration is one of the key issues that will be addressed at the eighth edition of the Africities Summit, currently taking place in Marrakesh Morocco, in North Africa.…

Bamako to emphasise on their local economy: Hamadou Yalcouye

The first day of the eighth edition of the Africities Summit kicked off in Marrakesh Morocco with thousands of delegates from around the globe converging to the summit that has been dubbed the biggest gathering of local governments. Among those attending the summit is Hamadou Yalcouye who is a town…

Lu package

The Africities Summit is now in its 20 th year taken place every three years since 1998. In 2018 under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI the 8th edition will be held in Marrakesh, Morocco between the 20th and 24th November 2018

Mpho Moruakgomo President of the Botswana Association of Local Authorities talks local economic development

As the eighth edition of the Africities Summit continues in Marakesh, Morroco a number of delegates will be chairing break away session to address challenges facing the African continent. The summit will explore ways to create more sustainable cities as well as focus on development. Among the thous…

Abertura

A cidade de Marrakech, Reino dos Marrocos, acolhe a oitava Cimeira Afrocities, encontro dos Presidentes dos Municipios de Africa, Autoridades Locais, parceiros continentais e Internacionais. Encontram-se reunidos cerca de 5 mil delegados. O nosso enviado especial a Marrakech, Milton Maluleque repor…