Jide Martyns Okeke

#African, #Naija #Igbo-Yoruba, @Kennedy_School, #AU, #UN All Tweets are not a reflection of any institutional position.

[UNDP Africa @UNDPAfrica]

How can communications support development outcomes?

Our Comms & External Engagement Playbook sets out a framework for stronger storytelling, strategic engagement, thought leadership & partnerships in support of African-led development solutions.

🔗 https://t.co/Gm7TNBnSzb

[Development News Network @DNNmediang]

Breaking the glass ceiling! The UNDP, AU, and AWLN have officially launched a new leadership academy dedicated to fostering women's political participation across Africa. It’s time to amplify women’s voices in governance and decision-making.

Read more: https://t.co/khmUQ9PFaG

@UNDPAfrica | @AWLNetwork | @_AfricanUnion

#dnnmedia #DevNewsNG #WomenInPolitics #LeadershipAcademy

[AWLNetwork @AWLNetwork]

"Through the Africa Facility to Support Women in Politics, which UNDP is delivering with the African Union and AWLN, we are about to launch the inaugural African Academy for Women in Political Leadership: a fully funded, continental programme that will equip its first cohort of 30 women with the skills to govern, to legislate, and to lead.
And because too many capable women are stopped not by a lack of talent, but by a lack of money: the cost of running, of campaigning, of competing, the Facility is opening a continental consultation to confront those financial barriers head-on."

- Jide Okeke, Director, Regional Programme for Africa, UNDP RSCA, in his opening remarks at AWLN's High-Level Dialogue on the margins of the 2026 AfDB Annual Meetings in Brazzaville

#AfDBAM2026 #AWLN #WomenLeadership #EconomicTransformation #GenderEquality #Agenda2063

[UNDP Africa @UNDPAfrica]

Africa holds over half of the world's cobalt reserves & around 80% of global platinum group metals, yet most of that wealth leaves unprocessed. 🌍

What must Africa do to close the gap? @GomeraM & @JMartyns weigh in with a new op-ed.

🔗 https://t.co/poxXMu0vJI
#CriticalMinerals

[UNDP Africa @UNDPAfrica]

👩🏾‍💼 Behind many trade success stories are women entrepreneurs navigating borders, markets, logistics and opportunity.

Today at #BiasharaAfrika26, women shared experiences and perspectives shaping Africa’s trade future under the #AfCFTA.

#WomenWhoTrade

[UNDP Africa @UNDPAfrica]

What makes peace agreements endure?

Our new 📖 w/ @AfricaProg explores lessons from peace processes across 🇧🇮 🇰🇪 🇪🇹 🇱🇾 🇲🇱 🇸🇱 🇨🇩 & more, looking at mediation, political will, national ownership in sustaining peace.

📖 https://t.co/4bhdbcCNom

#AfricanPeaceProcesses

[UNDP Africa @UNDPAfrica]

At today’s #ARFSD12 Roundtable, discussions explored how science & innovation can scale action for the #2030Agenda and #Agenda2063.

From leveraging AI & expanding connectivity to strengthening local ecosystems, the focus was on what it will take to drive impact across #Africa.

[UNDP Africa @UNDPAfrica]

At the panel, @jmartyns highlighted 2 shifts needed to unlock financing opportunities in Africa:

➡️ Move from short-term, project-based approaches to country-level systems
➡️ Design integrated solutions across sectors

That’s how we promote ownership & sustainability.🌍
#ARFSD12

[African School of Governance (ASG) @ASG_Africa]

Are you a woman shaping policy, leading change, or ready to step into political leadership?

Together with @UNDPAfrica, the @_AfricanUnion & @AWLNetwork, we're launching the African Academy for Women in Political Leadership, a fully funded, continental programme for 30 exceptional women.

Applications are now open. 🚀

Apply here: https://t.co/u6lZuD9t6H
Deadline: 15 May 2026

[ECA @ECA_OFFICIAL]

Africa’s youth are central to achieving the 2030 Agenda. shaping the future now, the #ARFSD12 Youth Pre‑Event, creates space for frank dialogue and practical solutions to accelerate delivery on the SDGs.

[UNDP Africa @UNDPAfrica]

Are you a woman ready to step into political leadership? 🌍

Together with @ASG_Africa, @_AfricanUnion & @AWLNetwork, we’re launching the 1st cohort of the African Academy for Women in Political Leadership for 30 exceptional women.

Apply by 15 May 2026: https://t.co/UrzDAKkXdZ

[African Union ECOSOCC @AU_ECOSOCC]

⏰️ We go live in 1 hour!

🔗 https://t.co/EBqbLbsDXd

Civil society organizations will join the @_AfricanUnion and @UNDPAfrica to look at political transitions in Africa and what CSOs can do in practice.

This is a direct conversation you don't want to miss out on!

Join here: https://t.co/EBqbLbsDXd

#Governance #Peace #Security #AFSIT #PoliticalTransitions #MarginalizedCommunities #CivilSociety

[African Union ECOSOCC @AU_ECOSOCC]

Political transitions affect everyone. Decision-making does not include everyone.

🔗 https://t.co/yMV1KPRoMe

When countries go through changes in leadership, elections, or governance systems, key decisions are made about how they will move forward. Yet many of the people most affected by those decisions are not part of the process.

Civil society organizations play a role in closing that gap. They help bring forward the perspectives of #women, #youth, and marginalized groups and support more inclusive participation during these moments.

Our webinar tomorrow focuses on what that role looks like in practice and how #civilsociety can engage more effectively with the Africa Facility to Support Inclusive Transitions (AFSIT).

Join the conversation tomorrow! Register here: https://t.co/yMV1KPRoMe

#Governance #Peace #Security #AFSIT #PoliticalTransitions #MarginalizedCommunities #CivilSociety

[African Union ECOSOCC @AU_ECOSOCC]

Tomorrow, civil society organizations will come together to discuss how transition processes can be inclusive, credible, and grounded in what communities are experiencing. Will you be there?!

🔗 https://t.co/yMV1KPRoMe

CSOs play a direct role in countries undergoing political transitions, from connecting citizens to institutions, identifying gaps, to ensuring that #women, #youth, and marginalized groups are able to participate and have their voices and interests reflected.

We're hosting a virtual Town Hall tomorrow on the Africa Facility to Support Inclusive Transitions (AFSIT). The session will look at the progress of the Facility and how CSOs can contribute in practical ways.

🗓 21 April 2026
⏰ 09:00 UTC | 11:00 CAT | 12:00 EAT

Stakeholders from the @_AfricanUnion Commission and @UNDPAfrica will be part of the discussion.

See you tomorrow: https://t.co/yMV1KPRoMe

#Governance #Peace #Security #AFSIT #PoliticalTransitions #MarginalizedCommunities #CivilSociety

[UNDP Africa @UNDPAfrica]

📖 How governance deficits, socio-economic pressures, electoral tensions & security dynamics interact to produce vulnerabilities.

Moving #BeyondCoupEvents to unpack the structural, proximate & trigger factors that drive political crises.

🔗 Read: https://t.co/ND6GwQXZA6

[UNDP Africa @UNDPAfrica]

📢 New policy brief #BeyondCoupEvents

This paper examines the deeper forces shaping UCGs across Africa, unpacking structural, proximate & trigger factors that drive political crises.

🔗https://t.co/ND6GwQXZA6

#InclusiveTransitions

[UNDP Africa @UNDPAfrica]

⏳ Starting soon | Agenda ⬇️

Join The Africa Brief – Edition 01, focusing on political transitions in Africa with insights from #AFSIT, including recovery pathways, rebuilding trust and returns to constitutional order.

🔗 Join here: https://t.co/nK7uieKrMG

#AfricaBriefSeries

[UNDP Africa @UNDPAfrica]

📅 27 March

📢 Introducing The Africa Brief, a new media platform providing direct access to data, expert insight & country experience.

Edition 1⃣ focuses on political transitions, w/insights from #AFSIT.

Learn more: https://t.co/1MXldhr58d

#AfricaBriefSeries

[UNDP Africa @UNDPAfrica]

⚖️ Through #AFSIT, w/ @AfDB_Group support, we launched #BRIDGE, an initiative to support inclusive governance & women’s leadership in Guinea-Bissau, The Gambia & South Sudan, strengthening justice systems in transition contexts.

📖 https://t.co/S1qpb0sT1u

#InclusiveTransitions

[UNDP Africa @UNDPAfrica]

Génération Paix ?

Join us on 23 March in Addis Ababa and online for a reflection forum on the concrete role of youth in conflict prevention, dialogue and social cohesion.

🔗 https://t.co/dP2AfhsKPv

#IAmGenerationPeace