Training for women, youth on income generating activities starts

High table and participants

The Building Resilience against Food and Nutrition Insecurity in the Sahel’ (P2RS) project, a component managed by the National Agricultural Land and Water Management Development Project, popularly know as (Nema), is embarking on a four-day training designed to enhance the skills of women and youth on business planning and management of income generating activities.

The training will run from the 31^st October to 3^rd November, 2016 at the regional education directorate in Basse, Upper River Region, is financed by African Development Bank (AfDB).

Speaking on the occasion, Ousman M. Colley,  regional agricultural director, Central River Region south, said the alarm bell is ringing for women and youth to develop bankable business plans so as to access funding, particularly the agricultural matching grants available within projects in the country.

“We have millions in the coffers of the agricultural projects because we cannot develop bankable business plans, the grants are not moving,” he said emphatically.

Greening Africa’s Future, Carbon market actors connect at the 4th Africa Carbon Forum

(Addis Ababa, 18 April 2012) – The 4^th Africa Carbon Forum (ACF), this year in Addis Ababa, opened its doors today to over 1,000 registered participants from across the globe to foster a discussion on climate change and carbon finance in Africa.

The message resonating this year from Addis is that Africa represents a golden opportunity for a green future. 

“The vast potential represented by African countries in the fight against climate change cannot be underestimated,” said Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). “The Africa Carbon Forum is where potential projects and developers and funders can meet, exchange ideas, and – it is hoped – take the concrete steps toward greening Africa’s future.”