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Full Implementation Of AfCFTA Will Cut Africa’s $115bn Food Import Bill–ECA

The Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Mr Claver Gatete, has called for urgent and practical steps to accelerate Africa’s food systems transformation. Gatete made the call on Tuesday while addressing the Presidential Summit Plenary at the Africa Food Systems Forum 2025 in Dakar, Senegal, according to a statement from the Commission. In spite of Africa’s vast arable land, abundant water resources, and …
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Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye sets out his ambitions both for country and for the Black continent. His promise is simple Africa could become one of the main attics of the world and therefore generate immense wealth

On Monday, in Diamniadio, at the opening of the 19th African Forum of Food Systems, Bassirou Diomaye Faye provoked general hilarity by telling a small personal story. In front of Paul Kagame and many international personalities, the Senegalese president said that he had tried, two years ago, to contact Claudia Senghor, a promising young agro-economist. His message had remained... unanswered. "I understand that she has a lot of solicitations. But…

At the opening of the African Forum on Food Systems 2025 in Diamniadio, near Dakar, Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye urged the continent's leaders to invest heavily in the modernization of agriculture. Faced with climate change and persistent food insecurity, he called for immediate action. "Investing massively is a necessity" In front of a party of heads of state and experts gathered this Monday, Bassirou Diomaye Faye made a clear obs…

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UMUSEKE broke the news in on Monday, September 1, 2025.
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