I couldn’t have left #Uganda without meeting one of the biggest commercial poultry farmer Dr. Daniel Masaba 🙌🤝 Thank you for the warm hospitality & shout out to my colleagues Slay Farmer😍 & Denis Duke Woniala🇺🇬 🙌 #AiN #Agric4Girls

As we support #Nigeria's macroeconomic reforms, our focus is clear: continuing to expand protection to the poor & vulnerable. This financing package underscores our commitment to Nigeria's journey towards economic stability and poverty reduction. ➡️ worldbank.org/en/news/press-…

Potato Value Chain 🥔According to International Center of Potato (ICP), Potatoes are the second most consumed food crop in Kenya after maize 🥔Potatoes in Kenya are grown by 800,000 small-scale farmers & generating employment for an estimated 2.5 million people 🥔AGRA in

This project aims to impact directly over 150,000 smallholder farmers (40% women, 10% youth) through extension services, access to farm inputs most especially seed, and structured markets.

Only 2% of potato seed in Kenya is certified, and yields have dropped because of lack of high quality seed, and occurrence of diseases. AGRA intervention to venture into the potato value chain is very critical and aims to increase seed supply, connect farmers to processors and

🌍RUFORUM, founded in 2004 by ten Vice Chancellors, now boasts 170 universities across 40 countries. Join us at their Triennial Scientific Conference in Namibia from August 12-16! Learn more: on.cgiar.org/4ccrnir #OneCGIAR #RUFTriennial24

Happening This week: Who look at Shaping Narratives in #DevelopmentCommunication working with Communications Specialists from RUFORUM member universities during the ongoing #RUFTriennial24 in Namibia. #HigherEducation

"Hello, can you hear me?" Learning through play is fun, creative and engaging: This young boy in #Tanzania enjoys playing with his self-built telephone. The volunteer teacher works with the students using innovative teaching and learning materials made of locally found objects.

Naomi Bakeré wants to be a journalist. To improve her French, she participated in catch-up classes over the school holidays. Funded by GPE and implemented by World Bank Africa, these classes help 99,000 students in the Central African Republic to stay on top of their learning.

Demonstrating the key role University Communication Officers play in Development Communication, Representatives from 12 African Countries met during the #RUFTriennial24 Conference to Strategize, Learn and Appreciate their Institutional roles ahead of TAGDev 2.0 Launch 🚀.

African Universities are committed to changing narratives in development communication and reporting for social change. As the TAGDev 2.0 implementation kicks off, university communications professional will be key in advocating and demonstrating impact of this 10year program.🖇️

#MyUNAM Namibian Sun Ritah Namisango Proscovia S Prof. Anthony Egeru Makerere University Haramaya University KAVIBE® Egerton University University of Eldoret Some of the 12 African Countries Represented at the training include: Botswana 🇧🇼, Malawi 🇲🇼, Ghana 🇬🇭, Benin 🇧🇯, Senegal 🇸🇳, Morocco 🇲🇦, Ethiopia 🇪🇹, Cameroon 🇨🇲, Zimbabwe 🇿🇼, Kenya 🇰🇪, Uganda 🇺🇬 and South Africa 🇿🇦 #RUFTriennial24

Blog Alert: Demystifying the Role of University Communications Professionals in catalyzing Social Development – The RUFORUM Blog #RUFTriennial24 ruforum.wordpress.com/2024/08/14/dem…

"The cyclone destroyed a lot of things. We stayed one month without going to school" When cyclone Freddy hit Mozambique, it took Aladina's house and her school. With emergency funding from GPE, UNICEF Moçambique helped ensure continued access to education for affected children.

30 civil society representatives from different regions are participating in a training on #communication to facilitate development of #strategies for their organisations. The GIZ Governance programme is happy to enable this timely & impactful capacity building engagement. 📸K'la

"Learning through videos helps me study in a fun way and I gain a lot of knowledge." Grade 3 student Alicia from Rwanda loves her edutainment videos. Supported by GPE and WorldBank, Ministry of Education | Rwanda is producing 200 educational entertainment videos to improve foundational learning.

What a Year! Pining this so I look back with #Gratitude for 2024. Development Communication for Impact and Transformation. Working with Smallholder Farmers and Farming Communities in #Uganda #ClimateAction #indigenous #Vegetables KAVIBE® 📸 Siraji Baisikwe 🎨Gilbert Labeja

🗞️Media Article 🚨: Documenting Impact from the AIRTEA Project led by Uganda Christian University (Official) on African Indigenous Vegetables (AIVs) and Seed Value Chain by Smallholder farmers in Uganda. #agricultureinnovation 🌱#SustainableAgriculture 🌱 monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/na…

Process vs Product #DevelopmentCommunication Documenting Impact #Stories on African Indigenous Vegetables (AIVs) 🥬🍅 JOAN APIO🪔 Uganda Christian University (Official) AIRTEA EU-Funded Project in Partnership with ASARECA #agricultureinnovation 🌱#SustainableAgriculture 🌱