Brazzaville, 6 March 2021 (ECA) - The need to guide young African writers to tell the Africa SDG story with African voices has been one of the focus of the Seventh Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) hosted by Congo Brazzaville. As part of the Economic Commission for Africa rsquo;s (ECA) lsquo;Championing the Decade of Action initiative rsquo;, 15 to 35-year-old African youth creatives and writers based on the Continent or in the Diaspora were invited to attend a writin
Brazzaville, 6 March 2021 (ECA) - The need to guide young African writers to tell the Africa SDG story with African voices has been one of the focus of the Seventh Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) hosted by Congo Brazzaville. As part of the Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) ‘Championing the Decade of Action initiative’, 15 to 35-year-old African youth creatives and writers based on the Continent or in the Diaspora were invited to attend a writing workshop following their response to a Call for short stories related to SDGs.
Jean Paul Adam, Director, Technology, Climate Change and Natural Services Division, indicated that the SDGs are more than just about statistics.