Equipping Think Tanks in Central Africa for Greater Impact
The role of civil society cannot be overemphasized in achieving sustainable development as well as promoting good governance and freedom in the society, which makes development is essence participatory. [1] As a major stakeholder within the civil society space, think tanks play a vital role in fostering informed decision-making through evidence-based research and hence critical recommendations which help in shaping policies. As such, empowering independent voices of think tanks has proven to be a useful lever of development across the globe, as they engage in advocacy and offer alternative development policies to governments, private sectors, international governmental or specialized [...]
Remarks by Foundation Director, Obed Fung, during World Hunger Day Forum
Yaounde - Cameroon, 16th June 2014 The Representative of the World Food Program, Members of International Organizations, Members of Non Governmental Organizations, Members of the Civil Society, Ladies and gentlemen, Accept greetings from Dr. and Mrs. Foretia in Atlanta, Georgia USA. When they created the Denis and Lenora Foretia Foundation it was because they believed that as Cameroonians, we must actively participate in transforming our economic and social dispensation. That is why the mission of the Foretia Foundation is to catalyze our economic transformation by focusing on social entrepreneurship, science and technology, innovation, public health and the implementation of progressive policies [...]
«La fille est l’avenir de l’homme» Aragon
Par Manuella Fosso Yimga [dropcap type="circle" color="#FFFFFF" background="#8C212A"]S[/dropcap]elon Tatyana P. SOUBBOTINA et Katerine A. SHERAM , l’écart des pourcentages de scolarisation entre le jeune garçon et la jeune est très grand en Afrique Sub saharienne. Selon elles, ce problème peut s’expliquer par les normes culturelles, les us et coutumes, les croyances qui constituent généralement la fondation de l’éducation de la jeune fille dans cette partie continent. Au Cameroun, le taux de scolarisation de la jeune fille varie selon qu’on se trouve en zone urbaine ou rurale. En zone rurale par exemple, le taux de scolarisation et d’alphabétisation est encore bas [...]
Africa: Supporting Women in Agriculture for a ‘Prosperous’ Africa
The African Union (AU) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, but instead of looking back, the current chair, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, seems intent on casting her vision ahead to an Africa 50 years from now. Her hope is that it will be "a prosperous Africa at peace with itself". Dlamini-Zuma admits that this will not be easy, and she sees human and agricultural development as critical to the realisation of the Africa she envisions. "Agriculture is very central not only in providing nutrition, food and food security but also in stimulating industrialisation," said Dlamini-Zuma, speaking last week at the bi-annual [...]
Procter & Gamble CEO: Africa ‘Next Frontier’ for Business
In corporate boardrooms and global-investment seminars, more CEOs and business leaders are talking about Africa. That was evident at a recent New York Stock Exchange investor conference, where along with references to Africa as the “new Asia” or “home of the next Google,” there were forward outlooks by Wall Street analysts, representatives of the continent’s 29 stock exchanges, and presentations on Africa’s tech industry, now claiming mobile-banking innovations outpacing the United States and Europe. “What’s happening in business on the continent will reshape everything people know or thought they knew about Africa,” said Rosa Whitaker, longtime Africa business expert and [...]
Denis & Lenora Foretia Foundation | Catalyzing Africa's Economic Transformation 