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DevDispatch Podcast

10 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 months ago -

The DevDispatch Podcast is your gateway into the latest and most relevant knowledge and information in the global development and social change sector. With each podcast, DevDispatch aspires to deliver to its listeners carefully curated information and important insight from development publications to advance social change on the continent.

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Episodes

AfCFTA Prospects for UK investors

October 13, 2023 13:00 - 26 minutes - 19.2 MB

We invited Director of ODI's International Economic Development Group Dr Dirk Willem te Velde to share his insights on UK trade investment in the context of the African Continental Free Trade Area ( AfCFTA) with our host Rumbidzai Venge. The discussion is centered on the ODI publication titled Africa’s economic integration and prospects for UK investors, which he co-authored. You can access the publication here We hope you enjoy this episode!

Success Conditions for AfCFTA Implementation

February 13, 2023 12:00 - 51 minutes - 35.4 MB

In this episode, Cynthia Nyam from the DevDispatch hosts Trade Policy, Regional Integration and Digital Economy expert Beru Lilako, and Trade Law and Policy Advisor for GIZ Ethiopia and Djibouti, Biruh Gemeda Gage, to break down the report titled Conditions for Success in the Implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement by AUDA-NEPAD. On Success Conditions for AfCFTA Implementation, they discuss: Political Leadership Tariffs under the AfCFTA  Harmonizing with RECs and t...

Discussion on the Trade and Environment Review 2021.

August 15, 2022 13:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MB

In this episode,  SADC Trade Facilitation expert Tshengi Ndlovu, Country Engagement Specialist for Anglophone-Africa at the NDC-Partnership John Kasiita Ssemulema and International Trade Analyst and Development Economist, Eugene Schneider Ornella Jernigan -episode moderator- discuss UNCTAD's Trade and Environment Review 2021 focusing on Trade-climate readiness for developing countries. You can access the report at: https://bit.ly/3JULaGx

AfCFTA Protocol on trade in Goods/SMEs and youth episode

May 11, 2021 13:00 - 59 minutes - 40.9 MB

On 1 January 2021, trading under the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) took effect. The Protocol on the Trade in Goods is aimed at creating a liberalised single market for the free flow of goods within the African continent but SMEs have are struggling to understand what the Agreement means to them.  In this episode, Ivan Ojakol, a legal consultant at LECTRAD-Africa (Uganda) and Juliet Aigbe, owner, creative head, T. V Chef, Bakery and Sugarcraft Coach at Cakeflair (Nigeria), brea...

Episode 4: Review of the "2020 World Youth Report on Youth Social Entrepreneurship and the 2030 Agenda to youth development in Africa."

December 02, 2020 06:00 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MB

In this episode, Violette Uwamutara, Regional Advisor Africa for Digital Opportunity Trust Rwanda and Emmanuel Ametepey, Executive Director of Youth Advocates Ghana, reviewed and contextualised the 2020 World Youth Report on Youth Social Entrepreneurship and the 2030 Agenda to youth development in Africa. Taking from the content of the report, discussions centered around  the role of the youth in achieving the SDGs, the opportunities and barriers faced by young social entrepreneurs and the ...

Episode 3: Review of the report " Impact of COVID-19 on African CSOs".

August 18, 2020 07:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MB

Show Notes For this episode, we invited African CSO stakeholders to review and discuss the just released report " Impact of COVID-19 on African CSOs". This report is the result of a survey of over 1,000 CSOs across 44 countries on the continent and is produced by EpicAfrica and AfricanNGOs. The report is accessible at https://bit.ly/3axNrFW  The guest reviewers on this episode are: Philip Mbithi,Program Development Manager, HIVO Lorenzo Davids, CEO Community Chest Sarah Mukasa, Deputy D...

Episode 3: Review of the report " Impact of COVID-19 on African CSOs".

August 18, 2020 07:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MB

Show Notes For this episode, we invited African CSO stakeholders to review and discuss the just released report " Impact of COVID-19 on African CSOs". This report is the result of a survey of over 1,000 CSOs across 44 countries on the continent and is produced by EpicAfrica and AfricanNGOs. The report is accessible at https://bit.ly/3axNrFW  The guest reviewers on this episode are: Philip Mbithi,Program Development Manager, HIVO Lorenzo Davids, CEO Community Chest Sarah Mukasa, Deputy D...

Episode 02: Review of the Synthesis reports of the Voluntary National Reviews for 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019

February 24, 2020 04:00 - 40 minutes - 27.5 MB

On this episode of the DevDispatch podcast, we review the Synthesis reports of the Voluntary National Reviews for 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. This episode will focus entirely on highlighting the progress and challenges at country level for each SDG as submitted by the 35 African countries that have participated in the VNRs since 2016. Links: VNR Synthesis Report 2016 https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/127761701030E_2016_VNR_Synthesis_Report_ver3.pdf VNR Synthesis Repor...

Episode 01: Review of the UN Women Discussion Paper- What Will It Take? Promoting Cultural Change to End Sexual Harassment.

January 02, 2020 18:00 - 32 minutes - 22 MB

On this episode of the DevDispatch podcast, we review the UN Women Discussion Paper titled "What Will It Take? Promoting Cultural Change to End Sexual Harassment. This publication has been selected by the DevDispatch podcast in commemoration of the 2019 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence. Link: https://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/library/publications/2019/discussion-paper-what-will-it-take-promoting-cultural-change-to-end-sexual-harassment-en.pdf?...

Episode 00: About the DevDispatch Podcast

January 02, 2020 18:00 - 2 minutes - 1.87 MB

Quick introduction into the DevDispatch Podcast. Enjoy!