Matthias Z. Naab
@mznaab
Director, #UNDP Regional Service Center for Africa-RSCA. “Je pense, donc je suis”-Descartes. Tweets reflect my own views; RTs no endorsement!
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https://cameroon.un.org 29-03-2009 12:08:46
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Believing in & accompanying #Africa ’s youth to innovate, create, collaborate to solve our continent’s challenges is a commendable effort.
Thanks to Ahunna Eziakonwa, Matthias Z. Naab, Maxwell Gomera, Dr. Joy Kategekwa, timbuktooAfrica & its High Rep Prof. Yemi Osinbajo for the insights & inspiration.
Thank you Steve Utterwulghe & Artak Melkonyan for your valuable inputs to unlock resources for #timbuktoo execution.
Indeed, investment in innovative initiatives like timbuktoo will spur economic transformation across #Africa .
Proud to see the 3rd cohort #AfYWL Fellows, who recently joined the Regional Service Centre for Africa (RSCA) & UNDP Ethiopia, being involved in the #AYCFF deliberations.
#Youth2030 #TheFutureIsNow
#AfricanWomenLead
On the agenda at #AYCFF :
⚖ Governance
👥 Inclusion of women & youth
💻 Innovation & technology
The Africa Youth Consultative Forum on the Summit of the Future deliberations will continue tomorrow, culminating in a position paper.
#Youth2030
#TheFutureIsNow
#YourVoicesMatters
A pleasure to have opened the Africa Consultative Youth Forum #AYCFF , w/ ECA African Union Pan African Youth Union.
Ahead of the Summit of the Future, this is a timely consultation to pave the way towards a promising future for Africa’s youth.
Our Regional Director Ahunna Eziakonwa visited the UN Development booth at the #ARFSD Knowledge Fair 📖 to engage with teams and learn how our knowledge efforts are supporting innovative development approaches towards inclusive growth & governance, youth empowerment and gender equality.
🗓️ 26-27 April
📢 Youth Consultative Forum
Ahead of the Summit of the future, we’re partnering w/ the African Union, PanAfricanYouthUnion & ECA to foster dialogue & empower +100 African young people, to lead the advancement of the #SDGs & #Agenda2063
#Youth2030
Productive exchanges at the Annual Meeting of the Regional Collaboration Platform, With DSG Amina J Mohammed and Reg. Dir. Ahunna Eziakonwa.
A focus on energy, education, technology & innovation, to accelerate the #SDGs .
#ARFSD
📽 Key moments at #ARFSD :
📢 Opening by Amina J Mohammed, w/ a call to accelerate the #SDGs & #Agenda2063 aspirations
📢 Launch of the knowledge fair with RSCA Director Matthias Z. Naab and Antonio Pedro Deputy Executive Secretary ECA
Today at #AFRSD2024 , I joined UNDSG Amina J Mohammed, United Nations sister agencies & leaders at the Regional Collaboration Platform Annual meeting.
We agreed to step up action on 🔑enablers to accelerate #SDGs in Africa:
➡️Energy 🔌
➡️Education 📚
➡️Digitalisation 💻
➡️Technology 🤖
Honoured to welcome Antonio Pedro of ECA to UN Development's booth at the #ARFSD knowledge fair.
It is through knowledge-sharing that we can accelerate the #SDGs & #Agenda2063 , 🤝 w/ our development partners & the communities.
Carbon markets are an important tool to mobilize private sector climate finance for #Africa .
Excited to have joined experts & representatives from Member States and the UN Resident Coordination system for an interactive session to accelerate #ClimateAction ,the #SDGs & #Agenda2063
Carbon finance presents possibilities that can unlock climate financing & accelerate #SDGs .
On the margins of #ARFSD2024 I join a critical discussion on #CarbonMarkets & Africa's dev. Looking forward to hearing how the opportunities can ensure Africa's resources work for its devt
📢 Happening Now
Insightful discussions on #CarbonMarkets on the margins of the 10th #ARFSD2024 .
Exploring how Africa can strategically leverage its natural resources to drive its economic growth & inclusively meet the #SDGs & #Agenda2063 .
🔗 Join us: bit.ly/4b7iMxd
📍 Addis Ababa
🗓 22-27 April
Geared up for the 10th Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Dev’t #ARFSD themed 'Reinforcing the #2030Agenda for Sustainable Dev’t & #Agenda2063 : Eradicating Poverty in Times of Multiple Crises.'
We’ve lined up convos on the sidelines. Stay tuned!
Wrapped-up the #SDG Finance Academy, today.
It has been a week full of interactive sessions on UN Development’s approach to scaling 🆙 finance to achieve the poverty & inequality reduction moonshot, #Timbuktoo & SME finance frameworks.
Learn more ➡ sdgfinance.undp.org/courses
It was a pleasure meeting Ambassador & Deputy Permanent Representative Adam Drury of UK at the African Union, today.
Engaging talks focused on our shared commitments, as we explored innovative pathways to unify our efforts towards achieving the #SDGs and African Union's #Agenda2063