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African Forum & Network on Debt and Development #AFRODAD #CSO #DebtJustice #AfricaRuleMaker. 27#YearsOfInfluencing policies and practices that work for #People.

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📢 Les candidatures sont désormais OUVERTES pour le Programme de Stage AFRODAD de juillet à décembre 2026 !

Acquérez une expérience pratique en Ressources humaines et Administration, Finance, Politiques et Plaidoyer, ainsi qu’en Campagnes et Communication, tout en contribuant à la promotion de la justice économique en Afrique et à l’avancement du développement durable sur le continent.

🗓️ Postulez avant le 10 juin 2026
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📢 Applications are now OPEN for the July–December 2026 AFRODAD Internship Programme!

Gain hands-on experience in HR & Administration, Finance, Policy & Advocacy, and Campaigns & Communication while contributing to Africa’s economic justice agenda and advancing sustainable development across the continent.

🗓️ Apply by 10th June 2026
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It’s a wrap for #AFROMEDIVI.🎉 For the last three days, journalists from across Africa engaged with Africa’s debt landscape, the AU’s Lome Declaration and the Common Position on Debt, sovereign debt law, illicit financial flows, extractive sector finance, austerity, and climate justice. AFRODAD and @TIKenya extend deep gratitude to our speakers, facilitators, partner organisations, and most importantly the journalists who came committed to telling Africa’s debt story with rigour, context, and humanity. The Media Debt Network Africa (M-DNA) grows stronger. The work continues. #AfricaEconomicJustice #CAP @TIKenya

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50 journalists trained. 6 editions. Since 2021, AFROMEDI has been raising media champions to advance #AfricaEconomicJustice. #AFROMEDIVI ends today but the reporting it inspires will shape how millions of Africans understand and participate in their country’s economic future. 🏛️✊🏽 Thank you to every journalist who showed up, and others out there. Your work matters. #CAP @TIKenya

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JUST INTRODUCED: The AFRODAD’s Learning on Debt and Development (A-LeDD) 🎓 A-LeDD is a dedicated learning platform that extends AFROMEDI training beyond the three-day event giving journalists ongoing access to resources on sovereign debt, fiscal justice, and Africa’s financial architecture. Because the work does not end when the conference does. Enroll. Learn. Report. #AFROMEDIVI has trained over 600 journalists from 30 African countries since 2021. A-LeDD is the next chapter. #AfricaEconomicJustice #CAP @TIKenya

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Final day of #AFROMEDIVI. Three days. Dozens of journalists. Thousands of stories and millions of people to be reached. Today we consolidate, reflect, and launch the AFRODAD Courses on Debt & Development (A-LeDD) so the learning does not stop in Nairobi. It goes home with every journalist in this room, and even further to many that the platform will reach virtually. #AfricaEconomicJustice #CAP @TIKenya

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Sovereign loan agreements are dense, technical, and deliberately obscure. Hidden within them are clauses that waive sovereign immunity, impose confidentiality on borrowing terms, and create cross-default triggers that can accelerate repayment obligations, often without public knowledge or parliamentary scrutiny. We are building a generation of journalists equipped not just to report on debt figures but to also analyse the architecture of the deals behind them.
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@drLailaLatif just walked journalists through the Debt Contract Risk Explorer, a tool that breaks down the risky clauses hidden inside African loan agreements. Because the debt story isn't just in the budget. It's in the contract. #AfricaEconomicJustice #CAP @TIKenya

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@drLailaLatif put a powerful tool in the hands of African journalists: the Debt Contract Risk Explorer. Sovereign debt isn't just a numbers story- it lives in the clauses: confidentiality provisions, immunity waivers, and cross-default triggers buried in loan agreements most citizens never see. She's training African media to read between the lines and hold governments and lenders accountable for what they sign. This is the journalism Africa's debt crisis demands. #AfricaEconomicJustice #CAP @TIKenya

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#AFROMEDIVI
Panel Discussion⤵️
What does a people-centred budget story look like? journalists are connecting macroeconomic policy with lived realities in order to amplify the voices behind the numbers. #AfricaEconomicJustice #CAP @TIKenya

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Panel Discussion; Austerity measures are frequently presented as economic necessity, but their social costs are deeply felt in communities especially by women and vulnerable groups who depend on public services. This discussion examines how media can report on fiscal policy critically, accurately, and throughout the feminist lens. #AfricaEconomicJustice #CAP @TIKenya

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Panel Discussion; Debt servicing is swallowing national budgets across Africa, often leaving health, education, and social protection underfunded. Session 5 explores how journalists and civil society can turn complex budget figures into human stories that citizens understand and relate to. #AfricaEconomicJustice #CAP @TIKenya

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#AFROMEDIVI: Michael O Oloo highlighted what fiscal consolidation looks like for women on the ground: shrinking health services, unpaid care gaps filled by women who step back from paid work, regressive taxation that hits the poorest hardest, and gender equality programmes quietly defunded. The IMF prescribes revenue hikes and spending cuts. Women pay the real price. 27 African countries now have debt repayments exceeding 10% of revenues. This is not a budget footnote it is a crisis with a face. #AfricaEconomicJustice #CAP @TIKenya

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#AFROMEDI VI: PhD researcher Michael O. Oloo laid out the brutal arithmetic: between 2021–2023, Africa spent $70 per capita on debt interest, more than the $63 on education and the $44 on health. Governments aren't choosing austerity. Debt is choosing it for them. #AfricaEconomicJustice #CAP @TIKenya

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Debt is not just about numbers it is about people.
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When fiscal space shrinks under rising debt servicing obligations, the consequences appear in overcrowded classrooms, medicine shortages, reduced social spending, and struggling small businesses.
The panel discussed how journalists can humanise debt reporting by linking fiscal policy decisions to the lived experiences of citizens across Africa.
#AfricaEconomicJustice #CAP @TIKenya

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Sovereign bonds can finance development but at what cost?
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African countries are increasingly turning to international bond markets, exposing economies to exchange rate shocks, refinancing risks, and growing repayment pressures. The panel discussion examined what journalists should watch for beyond headline borrowing figures, including transparency, repayment schedules, and the long-term impact on public services. #AfricaEconomicJustice #CAP @TIKenya

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Domestic debt is no longer a silent issue.
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Panel Discussion: As governments increase borrowing through treasury bills and bonds, citizens face higher lending rates, limited private sector credit, and rising economic pressure. Yet public debate remains focused mainly on external debt. Participants explored how media can better connect domestic borrowing to everyday realities affecting businesses, jobs, and households across Africa.
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The Democratic Illusion: Despite long liberation struggles, glorious constitutions, democratic elections, and local governments, African states remain deeply trapped in cycles of debt, extreme poverty, and structural dependency. @visvinreddy #AfricaEconomicJustice #CAP @TIKenya

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Poverty is not an accident! Tonight in Africa, a mother will tell her children, “Tomorrow will be better”, a graduate will wake up unemployed, a child will learn under a tree". Is this poverty - or Policy failure? Let us speak the uncomfortable truth➡️Much of the socio - economic suffering is not accidental. it is actively engineered. @visvinreddy #AfricaEconomicJustice #CAP @TIKenya

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Africa’s rising public debt is being driven by high interest rates, currency depreciation, and growing fiscal deficits draining resources away from development priorities and deepening economic vulnerability across the continent. #AfricaEconomicJustice #CAP @TIKenya