The Italian Ambassador to Djibouti (resident in Addis Ababa), Agostino Palese, and UNICEF Representative in Djibouti, Franck Abeille, sign an agreement of 1 million euros for strengthen the Child protection system in Djibouti.
The initiative, implemented by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) will focus, for the next 24 months, on the prevention and the response to violence against girls and boys and the support of the legal and policy environment to enable vulnerable children and families to access quality child protection and other basic social services.
The initiative has been developed in close coordination with the competent institutions – Ministry of Woman and Family, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Interior – but also with non-governmental organizations and local associations to ensure the success of the action and the achievement of the set objectives.
Italy grant 1million euros to the UNICEF
Mitigating rising commodity prices in Africa
As part of its regular Price Watch Dialogue series, the African Centre for Statistics (ACS) at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) hosted, on 21 July, a policy dialogue on the impact of the Ukraine-Russia conflict on commodity and food prices in Africa.
In his welcoming remarks, Oliver Chinganya, ACS Director, stated “Africa, in the last two years, has been hit by exogenous shocks that undermine its dreams of prosperity. Interest rate hikes, increased borrowing costs, weakened currencies and tightening global financing conditions have had dire implications on the fiscal space of low and middle-income countries.”
Rising consumer prices, particularly rising food prices, are increasing inflationary pressures. Critical items like oils, fats and vegetables are up near 10% in Morocco, whilst the price of staple foods like cooking oil and wheat have risen by almost 50% in Kenya. Thus, to cope with market turbulence, nations have sought to pass on costs to consumers and seek external help. Increased food costs put vulnerable populations at increased risk of food insecurity.
Africa’s drought reaches far beyond the Horn of Africa, says ForAfrika
Hundreds of thousands of people could die of starvation if the extent of Africa’s food security crisis is not recognised, says Isak Pretorius, CEO of the largest indigenous African non-governmental organisation, ForAfrika.
“The food crisis – and rising malnutrition – affecting our continent is real and pressing, and I urge people of conscience to rally behind the people of Africa,” he says.
In contrast to what is often reported, drought in Africa extends far beyond the Horn of Africa, and hundreds of thousands of people across Central and Southern Africa are at risk as a result of not enough food being produced in the region this year, says Killen Otieno, ForAfrika’s chief of operations.
Urgent aid is needed to prevent parts of the Horn of Africa region that encompasses Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Somaliland and Djibouti from sliding into famine, Otieno says. In addition, drought and heat stress are evident as far south as north-western Namibia, south-western Angola, northern and central Mozambique, Malawi and Madagascar.
Abel Fikadu
Name: Abel Fikadu
Education: 10+
Company name: Abel Beauty Salon
Title: Owner
Founded in: 2022
What it do: Hair style, make up and nail
Hq: Addis Ababa around Gergi
Number of Employees: 3
Startup capital: 220,000 birr
Current Capital: Growing
Reason for starting the Business: Financial freedom
Biggest perk of ownership: Doing my best to achieve my goals
Biggest strength: Satisfying my customers
Biggest challenge: Starting from scratch
Plan: To expand my business
First career: None
Most interested in meeting: Tewodros Kassahun
Most admired person: Experienced people
Stress reducer: Working
Favorite past time: Updating myself
Favorite book: Fikr Eske Mekabre
Favorite destination: Any green areas
Favorite automobile: Hyundai Elantra
