Every achievement starts with a vision and a leader bold enough to make it happen.
#APRM #APRM #AfricanUnion #Democracy #GoodGovernance NAPRM_GC AfricaRising
@metakenya2018 leveraged the Continental Conference for Non-State Actors on Demographic Dividend and Reproductive Health convened by AUDA-NEPAD in Lusaka, Zambia to strengthen advocacy efforts on equitable access to medicines and quality SRHR services . The conference provided a strategic platform for engagement with non-state actors, development partners, youth leaders, and policymakers on advancing Africa’s demographic dividend agenda through sustainable and community-centered health interventions.
Through its participation, AtMP:
• Contributed to discussions on sustainable domestic financing for SRHR and essential health commodities.
• Amplified the need for increased investment in adolescent and youth-friendly SRHR services.
• Supported evidence-based advocacy and stronger regional collaboration to improve health outcomes.
• Reinforced the role of CSOs in advancing inclusive reproductive health policies and services.
• Joined stakeholders in supporting the Lusaka 2026 Call to Action, committing to measurable interventions towards improved reproductive health and equitable healthcare access across Africa.
The conference reaffirmed that access to medicines, reproductive health services, and inclusive healthcare systems remain critical in unlocking Africa’s demographic dividend and improving the wellbeing of women, girls, and underserved communities.
FROM DIALOGUE TO ACTION📌📌
On 28 May 2026, ECSA-HC and AUDA-NEPAD, brings together youth leaders, policymakers, partners, and health champions across the region for a powerful conversation on advancing youth-led Sexual and Reproductive Health and Demographic Dividend commitments.
Because youth voices should not end in conference rooms—they should shape policy, systems, and real action across Africa.
Tag your friend in a comment section and don’t plan to miss🎉
#beyonddialogue #ecsahcyouthinaction #ecsahcyouthnetwork #ecsahcysrhcampaign #ecsahc
Crisis doesn't wait for a consensus. ⚠️🌍
While global leaders meet in clean boardrooms from New York to Addis Ababa to debate security funding, the reality on the ground in regions like the Sahel remains unchanged.
When we look at global conflict maps, we often see lines, borders, and troop deployments. But if you want to predict where the next crisis will hit, you have to look closer. You have to look at resource corridors, climate degradation, and silenced communities.
Through the lens of the Gendered Sentinel Framework (GSF), we look at the math behind the misery. The WSDR Index proves that when Distance (D), Time (T), Security (S) and Availability (A) of resources are compromised, a stabilization vacuum is created. And history shows that where a vacuum exists, violent extremism will always attempt to fill it.
The solution isn't more reactive force. It’s predictive architecture. It’s time the world starts investing in prevention. 🕊️📊
P.S: The GSF Operational Manual is currently available for Institutional Partnerships and Deployment. Let's move for the Africa We Want 🙌
#Sahel #GlobalSecurity #HumanSecurity #PredictiveStabilization #GSF
In line with the #AfricaForwardSummit and its strong focus on sustainable agriculture, resilient food systems and evidence-driven development, a key update from us is the signing of the African Food Systems Parliamentary Network #AFSPaN, AKADEMIYA2063, and Shamba Centre MoU.
This partnership reflects our shared commitment to bridging knowledge and power, strengthening parliamentary engagement, and advancing evidence-driven policymaking in support of the @africanunion_official Kampala #CAADP Declaration and Africa’s agrifood transformation ambitions 🌍
#FoodSystems #Agenda2063
Africa’s future depends on the choices, health, wellbeing and leadership of its young people.
Sexual and Reproductive Health is central to unlocking the demographic dividend by empowering youth, especially young women and girls, to make informed choices, access opportunities and contribute fully to Africa’s transformation.
Join us for this important continental conversation.
15 May 202614:30–16:00 SASTRegister: https://bit.ly/4n7v5kx
#AUDA_NEPAD #DemographicDividend #SRH #AfricanYouth #YouthLeadership HealthAndWellbeing Agenda2063 YouthEmpowerment
This year the Lord said, “Global Stages!” 🤩
Honoured to be joining this important continental conversation hosted by @auda_nepad alongside incredible youth leaders, advocates, and institutions across Africa. 🌍
Africa’s demographic dividend will only be unlocked when young people are healthy, informed, empowered, and included in shaping the future of our continent. Sexual and Reproductive Health is not just a health conversation — it is a development, education, leadership, and economic conversation.
I’ll be speaking on the role of digital media, storytelling, and youth-led advocacy in scaling SRH awareness and engagement across Africa, and why communication must become central to how we drive impact.
Thank you to the AUDA-NEPAD team, the Pan African Youth Union, and SAYoF for this opportunity and for trusting youth voices to lead these conversations.
I invite all young people, advocates, creators, leaders, and organisations across the continent to join us.
Africa’s future depends on the conversations we are willing to have today.
Representing: @the.empowerment.network
Africa’s future is young, but are we investing in it the right way 🤔? Sexual & Reproductive Health is not just a health issue. It’s about education, opportunity, dignity, and unlocking the full potential of Africa’s youth.
Join me, alongside youth leaders, AUDA-NEPAD, PYU & SAYoF, for an important conversation on how we can harness the demographic dividend through meaningful SRH investments.
📅 15 May 2026
⏰ 14:30–16:00 SAST
This is more than a webinar. It’s a call to action.
Africa’s youth deserve more than promises we deserve access, inclusion, and a future we can thrive in.
Register: link 🔗 in bio 😮💨
We have a new edition of Byte-Sized Africa up!
This month, we feature Lilian Mutegi, a trailblazing EdTech founder!
Lilian Mutegi is the founder of @uptyke_education . Inspired by a young girl named Kendi, a bright Grade 3 learner with a visual impairment, Lilian developed Uptyke for learners who are often overlooked, children with disabilities, including learners with visual impairments, deaf learners, and learners with neurodivergent conditions.
She describes @uptyke_education as simple and human!
👇Get some #ByteSized insights from Lilian on what it means to build for classroom realities!
If you know someone we could feature in our Byte-Sized Africa Series, DM or tag them in the comments section.
#ByteSizedAfrica #EdTechAfrica #DigitalLearning #EducationInnovation #AfricaEducation #EdTechPolicy #AUDANEPAD #DigitalPublicInfrastructure #Developer
Still reflecting on the major advocacy moments and commitments made during the regional engagements that SHARP participated in across Africa and the key results that came from them. One moment that particularly stood out was at the NEAPACOH meeting in Lusaka, Zambia, where
@MeTAKenya2018 C.E.O and
@ProjectSHARP coordinator, Dorothy Juma addressed parliamentarians and policymakers from 18 African countries with one urgent message: Universal Health Coverage cannot exist where access to life-saving medicines remains uncertain.
Drawing from evidence generated through SHARP’s studies across the Great Lakes Region on availability, affordability and stockouts of essential SRH commodities, she highlighted the realities facing women and girls across Africa, from prolonged stockouts of maternal health commodities to the high cost of essential SRH services and growing dependence on fragile external supply chains.
She called for bold, continent-led action:
✔️ Local pharmaceutical production as a pillar of health sovereignty and resilience
✔️ Ring-fenced financing for SRH commodities
✔️ Stronger parliamentary oversight and accountability
✔️ Harmonized regulatory systems through the African Medicines Agency
✔️ Sustainable investments in resilient public health systems
Key Outcome📤: The Lusaka Call to Action adopted nearly 80% of SHARP’s recommendations, with 14 African countries committing to stronger action on access to SRH commodities, health systems resilience, and local manufacturing.
Kenya further committed to strengthening regulatory capacity, advancing the Health Products Authority Bill, and implementing the Primary Health Care Fund.
@dorojuma1
#AdvocacyWins #HealthForAll #UHC
In Lesotho 🇱🇸, during the National Interministerial Dialogue on Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) and Demographic Dividend, organized through @ecsa.hc in partnership with @auda_nepad ,I truly felt the power of young voices shaping the future. Unlocking Africa’s demographic dividend is not just about policies, strategies, or conversations in meeting rooms, it is deeply personal. Every discussion on SRH, every question raised, every story shared, and every youth voice in that room reminded me that the future of our continent depends on how boldly we invest in young people today.
Young people are no longer just beneficiaries of development, they are leaders, innovators, change-makers, and essential partners in shaping policies that directly affect their lives. We cannot continue making decisions for young people without young people at the decision-making table. Real progress begins when youth voices are not only heard, but respected, included, and translated into action.
Africa’s future is young and that future deserves to be informed, empowered, healthy, and fully involved.
#srh #audanepad #ecsahcrys2026
Join us on the 13th and 14th of May 2026 for Week 2 of the Africa Dialogue Series under the sub-theme:
“Water and Sanitation as Drivers for Economic Transformation and Sustainable Urbanization.”
Register through the links in the comments
13th and 14th of May - 9:00 A.M. EST
Discussions during the webinar will explore water resource governance and infrastructure, sustainable urbanization and sanitation systems, climate resilience and water security, financing and regional cooperation for water management and innovation and inclusive development pathways
The Youth Stage will amplify youth voices and innovation, creating space for young Africans to engage in intergenerational dialogue on sustainable water management, community leadership, entrepreneurship, and the future of Africa’s cities and resources.
Be part of the conversation shaping Africa’s water future.
#ADS2026 #AfricaDialogueSeries #SustainableUrbanization
