Stories From Our Work Within The Region
ACBF has been instrumental in advancing human and institutional capacity development across Africa. Explore some stories chronicling our achievements thus far across the region.
Aganze Namegabe Christian
Community Leaders Take the Lead in Implementing Africa’s Free Trade Agreement
Musana Segatagara Bernard
Head of the Knowledge and Forecasting Hub Department at the Rwanda Water Resources Board, The African Union Green Recovery Action Plan (AU-GRAP) Training Workshop
Richard Ndungutse
CEO of Nano Ion Company Limited in Rwanda, The African Union Green Recovery Action Plan (AU-GRAP) Training Workshop
Nathalie Neema
Technical Advisor for Project Management and Stakeholder Engagement at GIZ Rwanda, The African Union Green Recovery Action Plan (AU-GRAP) Training Workshop
Seyram Agemenya
ACBF Programme Coordinator, The African Union Green Recovery Action Plan (AU-GRAP) Training Workshop
Dr. Sreeparvathy S.L.
Senior Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland Additional Director, National Academy of Customs and Taxes, India
Dr. Matasebia Zewudo
Resource Mobilization and Partnership Manager, Mathiwos Wondu-YeEthiopia Cancer Society (MWECS)
Kgomotso Kali
Project Coordinator, Africa Centre for Tobacco Industry Monitoring and Policy Research, University of Pretoria
Sokhna MaI Diop
Principal Treasury Inspector of Exceptional Grade, and Director-General of Administration and Personnel at the Public Accounting and Treasury, Senegal
Mr. Cheikh Ndiaye
Treasury Inspector and Coordinator at the Directorate-General of Public Accounting and Treasury, Senegal

Community Leaders Take the Lead in Implementing Africa’s Free Trade Agreement
Grassroots changemakers across Africa are taking concrete steps to turn the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) from a high-level policy into an everyday reality.
Transformative Climate Finance Program Boosts Knowledge and Action Across Five African Countries
Over two months, five African countries made decisive progress toward climate finance readiness and gender-inclusive green transformation through the African Union Green Recovery Action Plan (AU-GRAP) Training Workshops.


African Think Tanks Build Capacity to advance AfCFTA and Structural Transformation
Thirteen African think tanks came together in Johannesburg, South Africa, from July 16 to 18, 2025, for the Capacity Development for Structural Transformation (CADAST) Design Thinking Workshop, which provided support for policy research and trade analysis.
Francophone African Youth Ready to Implement Entrepreneurship Skills in Home Countries
Several young professionals from French-speaking Africa are implementing project management techniques and business strategies learned during our three-day entrepreneurship workshop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
