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A select team of 22 boys and girls from Alexandra township, today played a ‘Football Match for Peace’, ahead of the 2013 Orange Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa.

NEPAD’s Programmes have performed exceptionally well in the last twelve months, achieving most of the set targets in the areas of knowledge advancement; development of institutional and human capacity and contribution to progress in Africa.

NEPAD has committed itself to support African countries to efficiently and effectively utilise the continent’s vast resources of biomass in a sustainable manner to achieve energy security for the all.

CIRAD and NEPAD signed a general cooperation agreement on Friday 16 November. It centres on the global and regional challenges to be addressed, and confirms and strengthens the collaboration the two oirganizations have built steadily in recent years

A retreat of African Members of Parliament on the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) and the environment convened today at Pan African Parliament Headquarters in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Participants agreed at the end of the forum that Africa should take a primary role in determining the Post-2015 agenda, with the AU and NEPAD Agency being fully engaged in the process.

Sustained, inclusive and equitable economic growth is fundamental to achieving the Millennium Development Goals and the socioeconomic objectives of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD).

Echoing the dismay recently expressed by Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma about the state of the African Union’s (AU’s) finances, Dr Ibrahim Mayaki, NEPAD CEO said he was disappointed that 80% of NEPAD’s programmes were funded by external partners.

NEPAD Agency Dr Ibrahim Mayaki cautiones that despite a steady progress in economic development in a number of African countries, there’s need to address the issue of youth unemployment.