Signing of Cooperation & Partnership Agreements between ALGA and its Academic Partners

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The African Local Governments Academy (ALGA) will sign cooperation and partnership Agreements with its academic partners. In fact, the signing ceremony will take place on Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at 9:00 AM, in the International University of Rabat, Amphitheatre 7-Building III, Technopolis, Sala Al Jadida, Morocco.

The signing ceremony will be followed by a conference on the theme “How to Promote Quality and Excellence in Training and Capacity Building for Local Governments?” that Professor Mr. Allan Rosenbaum, President of International Commission on Accreditation of Public Administration Education and Training (ICAPA), will facilitate.

To know more on the signing ceremony and the conference, read the Press Release here.

Weekly Press Review of news of African Local Governments

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UCLG Africa presents the weekly online press review of main stories and news of African local governments from 28 November to 2nd December 2016.

All you need to know about Local Authorities of the continent available in one click, here.

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Company Winner of Africities 2015 Award Present Solution to African Cities

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The company Safe Water, winner of Africities 2015 Award, pursues its projects to propose innovative solutions for African cities and villages. Indeed, in the pursuit of improvement and innovation, the company offers more advanced and mature solutions to supply safe drinking water and electricity in response to the needs of Africa’s populations.

To reflect this important realization, the company will create with its partners a new platform for its projects called WECA (Water, Electricity, Connectivity Anywhere). An initiative which goes hand in hand with the current environmental requirements by using and clean energy (solar) to meet the needs of cities and villages in the continent.

“Our solutions will be sustainable and affordable,” said Mr. Sultan company’s co-founder, “and we believe this combination would be of great interest to many decision makers across Africa and elsewhere around the world, looking to better the lives of millions.”

The company Safe Water has come up with two solutions. The first solution is for the supply of fresh drinking water and the second one is for solar electricity production and connectivity.

“GRANITE 1” has been developed to provide from 40.000 to 120.000 liters of fresh drinking water per day. This system is mobile, strong and can work with many sources of energy. It is well adapted for numbers of remote villages and communities around the world and can clean any source of water anywhere.

For Electricity production, the company created KaliPak. It provides solar energy solutions and equipment, with expertise in new generation of portable solar generators. This new solution has three models of smart solar-charged portable power packs that can provide – anywhere and anytime – from 97, 384 to 558 watts.

KaliPak is not only a solar-charged super portable power pack; it also serves as a GSM/Wi-Fi router, providing a strong hot spot signal for mobile phones and computers. This will allow remote communities to stay connected with the rest of the world.

Read the company’s press release here.

Weekly Press Review of news of African Local Governments

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UCLG Africa presents the weekly online press review of main stories and news of African local governments from 21 to 25 November 2016.

All you need to know about Local Authorities of the continent available in one click, here.

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Weekly Press Review of news of African Local Governments

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UCLG Africa presents the weekly online press review of main stories and news of African local governments from 14 to 18 November 2016.

The overview of news from Local Authorities of the continent available in one click here

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PROFESSIONALS OF LOCAL AND SUBREGIONAL GOVERNMENTS OF AFRICA LAY THE BASES OF A CONTINENTAL STRUCTURING

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At the initiative of United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG Africa), the Network of Chief Financial Officers of UCLG Africa (Africa Finet) and the Network of City Managers/ CEOs of the cities and subregions of Africa (Africa MagNet) met from November 17 to November 19, 2016 at the Kenzi Tower Hotel in Casablanca, Morocco.

160 high-ranking officials of local governments in Africa from 31 countries took part in these meetings. The main goals pursued through this initiativeare the following:

– Strengthening the voice of subnational and local governments trough the structuring and organizing of senior executives of local development administration at the Pan African level,

– Networking said senior executives’ to constitute a community of practitioners called upon to encourage mutual learning;

– Upgrading of the skills of these professionals in terms of latest knowledge, methods and tools performing to planning and management, as well as the provision of services to the population and governance arrangements.

Read the Press Release here

See photos here

LOCAL AFRICAN GOVERNMENTS ON FINANCIAL DECENTRALIZATION

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United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG-Africa) will host the annual meeting for the Network of Chief Financial Officers of UCLG Africa (Africa Finet), and the first meeting of the Network of City Manager/ CEOs of the cities and subregions of Africa (Africa MagNet) at the Kenzi Tower Hotel of Casablanca, from November 17 – 19, 2016.

Read the PR here

Weekly Press Review special COP22

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UCLG Africa presents the weekly online press review of main stories and news of African local governments from 31 October to 04 November 2016.

This week, UCLG Africa presents its weekly online press review with the main news and stories about the COP22 taking place in Marrakesh, Morocco, from 7 to 18 November 2016.

The overview of news from Local Authorities of the continent available in one click here

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Weekly Press Review of news of African Local Governments

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UCLG Africa presents the weekly online press review of main stories and news of African local governments from 24 to 28 October 2016.

The overview of news from Local Authorities of the continent available in one click here

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Weekly Press Review of news of African Local Governments

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UCLG Africa presents the weekly online press review of main stories and news of African local governments from 17 to 21 October 2016.

The overview of news from Local Authorities of the continent available in one click here

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