His Excellency Mr Anil Kumar Rai, Ambassador of India to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (India in Ethiopia), noted that India has many lessons to share with Africa about resilient development and disaster risk reduction. He welcomed the AU Commission and other

🗳️ Group 2 Vote for Northern Africa #SeedsfortheFuture 2024 #30sPitchChallenge. As #Tech superheroes, their ideas are inspiring. Who will you help ascend to the final vote? Only 4 students will enter the final vote phase! The choice is yours! #FutureShapers! #SFTFHuaweiNA

The Disaster Risk Reduction (#DRR) Unit of the African Union Commission organised the second Technical Working Group meeting for the Africa Multi-Hazard Early Warning and Early Action System (#AMHEWAS) Programme from 1 to 3 July 2024 in Lusaka, Zambia 🇿🇲.

A year after its operationalisation, #AMHEWAS Technical Working Group members discussed the ongoing implementation of the Programme, impact-based forecasting, and opportunities to enhance co-production and interoperability amongst the AMHEWAS situation rooms. #DRR

The 2024 meeting ran under the theme “Enhancing coordination and collaboration for effective multi-hazard early warning in Africa.” #DRR #AMHEWAS

Diane Aboubakar, the AUC Senior Policy Officer for Disaster Risk Reduction, representing the Director of Sustainable Environment and Blue Economy (#SEBE) expressed the Commission’s gratitude to donors and implementing partners for the #AMHEWAS Programme. He noted that the rollout

Titus Ng’andu, Director of Disaster Risk Management Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit, noted that through the national multi-hazard contingency plan contingency plan developed in 2023, accurate forecasts on prolonged dry spells in 2024 were made. Hence, these forecasts guided the institution in

Anderson Banda, the Director of the SADC Humanitarian and Operations Centre (SHOC) reiterated the commitment of SADC Secretariat to building and strengthening regional resilience against disaster, as epitomised in the 2022 Maputo Declaration on multi-hazard early warning systems. #DRR

Participants from Angola, Nigeria, IOM - UN Migration 🇺🇳, the East African Community East African Community, Ecowas - Cedeao, Arab-Maghreb Union (UMA), Commission de l’océan Indien COI_IOC, ACMAD, @icpac_igad, Sahel Resilience Project, World Meteorological Organization, GNDR, AUC ClimSA, African Union Political Affairs Peace and Security, African Risk Capacity Group, Africa Youth Advisory Board on DRR, and

Outcomes from the second #AMHEWASTechnical Working Group were presented to the second AMHEWAS Steering Committee meeting on 4-5 July 2024 in Lusaka 🇿🇲. #DRR

🎉🌟 We're thrilled to unveil our 4 talented finalists for the #30sPitchChallenge! 🏆🚀.The TOP 1 of each group 👩‍🔬👨‍💻 have brilliantly risen to the challenge as part of our program. 🗳️ Get ready to vote for your favorite pitch until July 8th,🔥💪 until July 8th, 2 PM GMT+1

Joachim Beijmo, Head of Regional Development Cooperation Sweden in Ethiopia & AU, stated that Sweden is encouraged by the knowledge-sharing and partnership opportunities presented by the Africa Urban Resilience Programme and commended the AU Commission and UN Development for their cooperation.

Anacláudia Rossbach, Executive Director UN-Habitat, noted that Africa has a unique chance to address urban sprawl through smart and innovative solutions and proper land use. She reiterated UN-Habitat's support in implementing the AURP through the Aqinile Partnership. #AUF

Zeynu Jemal Ummer, Director UNDP Africa Resilience Hub, noted that concerted and coordinated actions are required at all levels to fully implement the Africa Urban Resilience Programme (#AURP) and hailed the launch of the Programme as a remarkable moment in Africa’s urban agenda. #DRR

We made it. The Africa Urban Resilience Programme of the African Union has been launched. It is not a journey that is going to start. We are already implementing with partners. Let's build a resilient Africa together!

How can #African youth shape the continent’s future? At the GIZ Leadership Conference in Addis Ababa, GIZ country directors from Sub-Sahara Africa & senior managers of GIZ’s Africa Department discussed youth empowerment, innovation, and support for the #Agenda2063.

On the sidelines of the 9th Africa Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in #Namibia, CDRI team met officials from the Urban Resilience Team, African Union, and discussed #CDRI's initiatives enhancing #resilientinfrastructure.

📢Countdown to the World Urban Forum (#WUF) next week in Cairo, Egypt 🇪🇬!!! Join AU Agriculture, RuralDev't BlueEconomy Environment, UN Development, UN-Habitat, GIZ African Union, and UN University - EHS for the Africa Urban Resilience Knowledge Series launch event. 🗓️06 November 2024 🕰️11.00 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. local time #UrbanResilience

You are all invited to join us. Let's build urban resilience together.

You are welcome to our event at the #WUF12