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Development and Political Analyst
Climate Action Advocate
Sustainable Development Specialist (SDGs)
UNLEASH Alumni
Pan Africanist
USAID-EDGE Alumni
C4D Africa AgroEcology of the year 2021 award winner

My Thought About the Just ending General Elections. I Agree that Evil triumph when Good men Keep Silent.
17/08/2026

My Thought About the Just ending General Elections.

I Agree that Evil triumph when Good men Keep Silent.

The church in whom am well pleased!
27/07/2026

The church in whom am well pleased!

🌍 Africa Trades Just 16% With Itself. AfCFTA Is Changing That Fast. Is it True???⁉️Did you know that Europe trades 68% w...
19/07/2026

🌍 Africa Trades Just 16% With Itself. AfCFTA Is Changing That Fast. Is it True???⁉️

Did you know that Europe trades 68% within its own borders.❓Asia trades 59%. ❓❓Africa trades 16%. ❓❓❓And yet Africa has 54 countries, 1.4 billion people, and the world's fastest-growing food demand.😥

Now❗️The African Continental Free Trade Area was designed to fix this. In 2026, it stopped being background noise and became a real variable in business strategy.🔆

📊 HERE ARE THE 2026 NUMBERS:👇🏾

🌍Intra-African trade forecast: $230B, thats a 10% increase from $210B in 2025 (Afreximbank)
🌾Agri-food processing: now 48–50% of all intra-African trade flows up from 46%
🇳🇦39 countries actively trading under the AfCFTA Guided Trade Initiative
🇸🇳40+ countries now issuing AfCFTA Certificates of Origin
📤PAPSS (Pan-African Payment System): projected to save $5B annually on forex costs

✅ HERE ARE THREE ENGINES DRIVING REAL PROGRESS:👇🏾

📜 Guided Trade Initiative 👉🏾Started with 8 countries in 2022. Grew to 39 by mid-2025. The AU declared Africa ready for full AfCFTA in May 2025.
✍🏽Clearance times at the Tema–Abidjan corridor dropped from 12 hours to 9.5 hours.
✍🏽Elegu border post cut clearance by 83%.

💳 PAPSS 👉🏾The Pan-African Payment and Settlement System is now processing real transactions.
🧰Businesses pay in local currency.
💴No USD intermediary. 20–30% reduction in forex costs per transaction. For SME food exporters with thin margins, this is transformational.

🎛️Agri-Food Processing Revolution 👉🏾Côte d'Ivoire is making chocolate, not just exporting cocoa.
✍🏽East Africa is roasting and branding coffee, not just shipping green beans.
✍🏽Small processors can now move packaged foods across borders at zero tariff using AfCFTA Certificates of Origin.

❌ BUT, HERE ARE THE BARRIERS THAT REMAIN:👇🏾

📍Domestic transport: 50–60% of total marketing costs
📍Average customs dwell time: 126 hours (vs

The National Innovation Initiative 2026 Call for Innovative Solutions is now open. Applications must be submitted to NTB...
16/07/2026

The National Innovation Initiative 2026 Call for Innovative Solutions is now open. Applications must be submitted to NTBC by completing a downloadable form or online application form on website: https://nii.ntbc.co.zm or www.ntbc.co.zm Deadline for submission is 7th August 2026.

15/07/2026

Bola!

06/07/2026

Does this guy use the same Hypothalamus politicians and other leaders use?? 🤷🏾‍♂️🧐

💡 Hello Collegues! Here are some Grants, fellowships, competitions, and blended finance oppenings, all Africa-eligible o...
06/07/2026

💡 Hello Collegues! Here are some Grants, fellowships, competitions, and blended finance oppenings, all Africa-eligible or rather Africa-specific.

💰 GRANTS.
⭐ Fund for Innovation in Development (FID) 2026 | Up to €4,000,000
Scale proven innovations tackling poverty and inequality. NGOs, research institutions, social enterprises, and governments all eligible.
🔗 opportunitiesforyouth.org/2026/06/12/fid-call-for-proposals-2026/

⭐ Indo-Pacific NGO Blended Finance Accelerator | Up to USD 550,000
Climate and gender equality focus. Africa explicitly listed as eligible.
🔗 opportunitiesforyouth.org/2026/07/02/indo-pacific-ngo-blended-finance-accelerator-2026/

🌍 Oppenheimer Africa Research Grant 2026 | USD 150,000 · 3 years
Biodiversity and conservation research in Africa. Early-career scientists.
🔗 opportunitiesforyouth.org/2026/04/20/oppenheimer-africa-research-grant-2026/

💻 Internet Society Foundation Common Good Cyber Fund | Up to USD 300,000
Nonprofit cybersecurity organisations worldwide.
🔗 opportunitiesforyouth.org

🧠 AAN Research Program 2027 | Up to USD 450,000
Early-career neuroscience and neurology researchers globally.
🔗 opportunitiesforyouth.org/2026/07/01/aan-research-program-2027/

⭐ FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund | USD 50,000–250,000
Education-focused NGOs globally. Strong fit for youth agriculture initiatives.
🔗 opportunitiesforyouth.org/2026/05/15/fifa-global-citizen-education-fund/

⭐ FCI4Africa Open Call 2026 | Up to €50,000 per project
Food system innovation across African value chains. Total pool: €400,000.
🔗 opportunitiesforyouth.org/2026/04/16/fci4africa-open-call-2026/

🌿 UNDP GEF Small Grants 2026 — Mozambique | Up to USD 50,000
Community-led environmental projects in Mozambique.
🔗 opportunitiesforyouth.org/2026/05/07/undp-nigeria-gef-small-grants-programme-2026/

🎓 AU IEA 2026 — EdTech, TVET, AI & Skills | Up to USD 50,000
African Union call for scalable education innovations across Africa.
🔗 opportunitiesforyouth.org/2026/04/02/african-union-call-for-submissions/

⚡ AU-EU Youth Voices Grants 2026 | €1,000–€10,000 | DEADLINE: Jun 29
Youth-led groups across Africa and Europe. Apply immediately.
🔗 opportunitiesforyouth.org/2026/06/08/open-call-for-proposals-representation-grants/

📋 Preparing for Tomorrow 2026 (T-AP) | LoI deadline: July 8
Social sciences and humanities research. International, Africa-eligible.
🔗 opportunitiesforyouth.org/2026/07/01/preparing-for-tomorrow-2026-grant/

Other open grants: Conservation Nation ($5K) · CRE Critical Minerals Africa · GDPC Spotlight Research · Lilly Foundation · Rockefeller Bellagio (fully supported) · British Council TVET · RAISEAfrica Renewables · Moonshot Awards

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Someone said, People with power have no ideas, PeopleWith ideas have no power! What painful truth this is.
06/07/2026

Someone said, People with power have no ideas, People
With ideas have no power! What painful truth this is.

7yrs in Marriage! 16yrs in Friendship! Its been amazing. Dont own rights to the music
30/06/2026

7yrs in Marriage! 16yrs in Friendship! Its been amazing.

Dont own rights to the music

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