From AfRICA To The World

OPPO Ep3: Tech Table of Opportunities The Tech Table of OPPOrtunities is brought to you by @OppoSouthAfrica in partnership with 'I AM South African' & PABWA In this week's episode Yavi Madurai & OPPO's Avashnee Moodley welcome South African Social Media Sensations, Youtuber Thato Fox & @ Tik Tok-ker Chane Grobler to 'The Table' to chat about is a career in being a Social Media Influencer, a behind the scenes look at the lives, and what ‘work’ looks like for them Join us next week, same time - for Ep4 of the Women's Month Tech table.

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OPPO brings you “The TECH Table of OPPOrtunities” A Limited Series Podcast for Women’s Month, in partnership with 'I AM South African' & PABWA. We’re talking "Mobile Tech: Changing the Way we do Business" Join us at the OPPOrtunity Tech Table where OPPO’s Avashnee Moodley & I AM South African & PABWA's, Yavi Madurai bring entrepreneurs Sibu Mabena and Logan Coleman to chat about how mobile tech has changed the way we do business, & even how to start a business, just with your phone! Join us next week for Ep3 of the Women's Month Tech table

OPPO brings you “The TECH Table of OPPOrtunities” A Limited Series Podcast for Women’s Month, in partnership with 'I AM South African' & PABWA. We’re talking Women & Their Phones in this first episode. Join us at the OPPOrtunity Tech Table where OPPO’s Avashnee Moodley & I AM South African & PABWA's, Yavi Madurai bring Digital Natives Deshnie Govender from #THATDESH, and Roseanna Hall from @the_goldenrose - to the table. They discuss choosing phones over partners, having 2 sides to your phone to match the 2 sides of you – life & work, and even how you can use your phone as ‘therapy’ in terms of mental health. Join us next week for Ep2, Mobile: Changing the way we do business.

Amb Mehreen Mia Cassimjee is a UN Goodwill Ambassador in Humanitarianism, based in Durban, South Africa. She has been directly involved in the peace and social cohesion efforts during the unrest and violence plaguing South Africa at the moment. Large-scale looting, destruction of infrastructure and development, extreme violence was prevalent over a week until the army was deployed. Now racial tensions are bubbling to the surface as the looting has become violent based on race.  Amb Mehreen describes to us what is really happening on the ground, how the women are taking back the power, how racial cohesion is actually playing out on one end while we are seeing media reports of racial violence, and how the media are perceived to the community at the centre of it, in the conflict-ridden environment.

Davisha L. Johnson is a dual resident of the US and Ghana as a serial entrepreneur with a passion for African economic development in respect of gender. She has a multifaceted career, as:  CEO of D.L. Johnson Consulting Agency, LLC a US-based political consulting and brand management firm Chief of Staff to Georgia State House Representative Sandra G. Scott Creator of the Ghana Investment Tour focused on SME's and international trade with the black diaspora Creator of the Global Black History Honours which is an annual event celebrating black people globally during black history month in Atlanta, Georgia Global Project Specialist for the Global African Business Association focused on women and rural black underserved communities in the United States and bringing African investment to the Diaspora Former National Director of Development for the National Women in Agriculture Association Founder and President of the Cooperative Executive Management Team, LLC which assists black Farmers globally in agribusiness and Hemp policy domestically and internationally Ms. Johnson studied something completely different to business - she studied architecture at Morris Brown college for two years and then at Southern Polytechnic State University for four years, and then went on to study construction management for four years at University of Houston and received her Bachelor's degree in Political Science from Georgia State University in 2016. She has only been in politics for a very short time but has advised elected officials from 7 different African countries and has a major focus on women in agribusiness.

The Generation Equality Forum The Generation Equality Forum took place in Paris from 30 June – 2 July 2021, the 2nd leg after Mexico City in March earlier this year. The Forum launched a 5-year action journey to achieve irreversible progress towards gender equality, founded on a series of concrete, ambitious and transformative actions, including $40 Billion in financial commitments, announced by UN Women Executive Director, Africa's very own Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka. Charlotte Lobe, South Africa's COO of the Department of International Relations and Co-Operation, joined us on the final day of the historical event, to give us insight into: what the 3 days of the Forum were about What Generation Equality is and it's context and background (hint: 1995 Beijing Platform for Action - see: https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/in-focus/csw59/feature-stories) The 4 Action Coalitions + 1 compact South Africa and Kenya's commitments: how do organisations, private sector, and civil society can take it and make it their own, realising the goals of the commitments made. PABWA has endorsed the commitments made by South Africa and Kenya, by putting forward our commitments highlighting specific programs and initiatives that are already in progress - making OUR commitments tangible, and therefore contributing to the goals of the commitments made. Our challenge to other organisations: show us your commitments!

The GENERATION EQUALITY FORUM: A ONCE IN A GENERATION OPPORTUNITY #ActForEqual The Generation Equality Forum is a global movement for gender equality, convened by UN Women and co-hosted by the governments of Mexico and France. The Forum brings together governments, corporations, NGOs, youth-led groups and Foundations to secure concrete, ambitious, and transformative commitments for gender equality. These are shaped by the Action Coalitions. They are the world’s roadmap for gender equality. COVID-19 has exposed and accelerated existing gender inequalities. The impact on women and girls has been severe and disproportionate. As we begin to recover from the pandemic, we must put gender equality at the heart of that process. To make this happen, we all need to play our part Act For Equal! Join Generation Equality and show people everywhere that, together, we’re standing up for gender equality. The Generation Equality Forum is on from 30 June - 2 July 2021 in Paris ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ In this excerpt from an interview with Melissa Fleming - Ma'm Phumzile answers the question on what keeps her up at night, and her call to simply "empower women".

Being Special Advisor to the Nigerian Honourable Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment - means that Collins Osagie Omokaro is the man that drives the implementation of a range of initiatives within the Nigerian Industrial Revolution Plan to facilitate the implementation of key initiatives, aimed at accelerating the diversification of the Nigerian economy for: economic growth job creation poverty alleviation Some of these initiatives include: the implementation of the Nigerian Industrial Revolution Plan (NIRP) supporting the growth of MSMEs accelerating investment in the Nigerian economy and facilitating trade promotion & establishing 21st century trade/free trade agreements He has managed key projects which include: the Nigeria Sugar Master Plan (SMP) in collaboration with the largest conglomerate companies in Nigeria cost-differential analysis on Textile and Garment industry competitiveness – using China and Nigeria as case studies the diversification plan created to boost the growth of revenue from the non-oil sector and he is Advisor to the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) In this episode and series we talk about Nigeria's readiness for operationalisation of the AfCFTA, what have been Nigeria's key challenges, but mainly what have been the things they have done and are doing to ensure they maximise benefit for Nigerians in this era of the AfCFTA.

June 16th, is commemorated annually as the DAY of the AFRICAN CHILD (DAC). The theme for 2021 is “30 years after the adoption of the Charter: accelerate the implementation of Agenda 2040 for an Africa fit for children”. The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (Committee), established under Articles 32 and 33 of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (the Charter) selected this theme for the commemoration of the DAC in 2021. Did you know about Agenda 2040? Agenda 2040 Aspiration 1: The African Children’s Charter, as supervised by the African Children’s Committee, provides an effective continental framework for advancing children’s rights Aspiration 2: An effective child-friendly national legislative, policy and institutional framework is in place in all Member States Aspiration 3: Every child’s birth and other vital statistics are registered Aspiration 4: Every child survives and has a healthy childhood ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yavi Madurai speaks to her daughter Tanith Madurai, a young youth activist fighting for Gender Equality, Education that tells Africa's story from Africa's perspective, and Climate Change, through her organisation GenEqual, which she founded under another name at the age of just 8 years old - about the status of youth on the continent, the challenges, opportunities and what leaders of the current generation should be thinking about when leading and leaving a world for the next generation. Tanith was recently chosen from 750 applications to be one of 100 Volunteers for AfricaYouthHub Volunteer Program, and she also starts her Harvard Undergraduate International Relations Foreign Policy program, coincidently today - on 'Youth Day'. In looking forward to starting the program with some of the world's most prolific international leaders, she had this to say, "In the future there’s going to be the African continent that will run the world from a workforce perspective. I think the main reason why I’m doing this, is when I’m older, to be able to understand and learn how I can position Africa from a foreign policy point of view, understanding that today we are seen as 'less', however by the time I am part of the workforce, technically, the world will be Africanised!" ~ Tanith Madurai We couldn't have said it better. Leaders are already here ... waiting their turn to lead and impact.