The Board of Trustees of the Interconnections for Making Africa Great Empowered and Sustainable (IMAGES) Initiative had its first quarter 2020 online meeting today. The Board considered the recommendation of the Planning Committee of Circularity Africa Conference 2020 and approved the postponement of the conference till 13-14 May 2021. However, other associated activities including, the
Online Discourse on Circularity & COVID-19 To attend, click here to register
To register, click here Circularity Africa 2020 is the maiden event of INTERCONNECTIONS FOR MAKING AFRICA GREAT, EMPOWERED AND SUSTAINABLE (IMAGES) Initiative, aimed at engaging Africans on circular economy as one of the foundational moves in charting the course of future development in a sustainable manner. Circularity Africa 2020 is the first of its kind
Introduction The Africa Graduate Mentorship and Coaching Programme (AGMCP) 2020 is designed for mentoring and coaching graduate-level (masters and PhD students) between 20 and 30 years of age in Africa in the areas of research and professional development. Each successful national from an African country will be assigned to a mentor and life coach in
The Interconnections for Making Africa Great, Empowered and Sustainable (IMAGES) Initiative Presents Circularity Africa 2020 * Conference * Exhibition * Tour * Awards * Networking Theme: Enabling Green Businesses and Circular Economy in Africa Date: 13-15 May 2020 Venue: International Conference Centre, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria Preamble: Circularity is a paradigm shift in
Following the adoption of the SDGs in September 2015, Africa has made many commitments towards achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Agenda 2030 and the Africa Union Agenda 2063. At the adoption of the SDGs, Africa’s starting point was lower than all the other regions. Emerging evidence over the last three years (2015 –
The Africa SDG Index and Dashboards are a tool that draws on official and proxy SDG indicators as well as elements of the Agenda 2063 to support African countries benchmark their progress, to identify priorities for action in order to achieve the 17 SDGs, and to highlight specific challenges facing African nations and sub-regions. 51
The 10th annual summit known as Ibadan Sustainable Development Summit witnessed turnout from all works of life. Professionals from various fields and the academia graced the three-day occasion that is annually organised by the Centre for Sustainable Development, University of Ibadan. IMAGES sponsored three young leaders to this summit. Their photo is below: Beneficiaries of
The complexity of the challenges and opportunities of climate change in the context of socio-ecological transformation in Africa can be diagrammatically represented I the anthropogenic (human-induced factors) space (Figure 1). This human-induced relationship can enhance or limit progress towards the achievement of the sustainable development goals (SDGs). The nexus aptly shows the challenges to socio-ecological
The 2019 Africa Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Index ranks 52 African countries based on 97 indicators across all 17 goals. The SDGs Index score signifies a country’s position between the worst (0) and best (100) outcomes. Tunisia tops this year’s ranking with a score of 66.01 which implies that the country is 66% of the