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USAID Administrator Meets with Young African Leaders

May 10, 2013: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah met with a group of Young Global Leaders from Africa and several youth-focused organizations today at the World Economic Forum in Cape Town, South Africa, to discuss ways the Obama Administration can support Africa’s emerging leaders. The Forum of Young Global Leaders is a unique and diverse community of more than 700 exceptional young leaders who have been chosen in recognition of their outstanding leadership, professional accomplishments, and contributions to society. Read more.

USAID, AfDB, Government of Sweden Announce Agriculture Fast Track

May 9, 2013: Rajiv Shah, the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Donald Kaberuka, the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB); and Gunilla Carlsson, the Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation, announced the creation of the Agriculture Fast Track, a $25 million dollar first-of-its-kind fund that will spur greater private investment in agriculture infrastructure projects in Sub-Saharan Africa. Read More.

Botswana: U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Michael J. Murphy Launches Three Conservation Projects in Visit to Maun

United States Chargé d’Affaires Michael Murphy will visit Maun on March 7 – 8 for a series of official events, focusing on conservation-related projects and other U.S.-supported activities in the area. Chargé Murphy will present keynote remarks at a ceremony to celebrate the launch of three rural development and conservation grants in the Ngamiland Region. Read More.

Pusha Love Arrives in Lesotho

After nine-months in the making, Pusha Love has arrived! A movement that celebrates healthy living as a means to achieving individual dreams, Pusha Love promises to change the way each of us thinks about our health, life, relationships, and what it means to love oneself and others. Read More

USAID Partner Receives International Recognition for Combating Climate Change and Reducing Disaster Risks

Long-term USAID partner the Africa Centre for Holistic Management (ACHM), based in Matabeleland North Province, was last month named the winner of the 2010 Buckminster Fuller Challenge for devising progressive land management techniques to combat climate change. Read More

New Southern Africa Trade Hub Targets Increased Competitiveness

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) officially launched the new Southern Africa Trade Hub in Botswana on Thursday, November 18, at the Gaborone Sun Conference Center. Read More

Swaziland: USAID Awards Grant to Salesian Missions to Distribute 75 Metric Tons

More than 75 metric tons of food will be distributed by Salesian Missions and its Swaziland-based partner, Manzini Youth Care, through a grant recently awarded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Food for Peace program as part of its 2011 International Food Relief Partnership Program. Read More

USAID 50th Anniversary: Celebrating Shared Values

November 3rd marks the 50th anniversary of U.S. President John F. Kennedy’s creation of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Whether it is vaccinating children against preventable diseases, improving crop yields, or responding to disasters, USAID has been a quiet force for progress not only in South Africa, but 100 other countries, fostering a more peaceful and secure world. Read More

Southern and East Africa Lead Way for Next Generation of Clean Energy Projects

Ten clean energy projects that could reduce greenhouse gas emissions across Africa by 287,000 metric tons annually were presented to investors in Johannesburg this week at the CTI PFAN African Forum for Clean Energy Financing. (AFRICEF). More than 100 financiers, clean energy experts and representatives of financial institutions from across Africa and overseas participated in the Forum, which was organized by the Climate Technology Initiative’s Private Financing Advisory Network (CTI PFAN), a global multilateral initiative dedicated to connecting clean energy businesses with financing and “bridging the gap” between clean energy project developers and investors. Read More

USAID/Southern Africa Issues New Water Secure Future Award

USAID/Southern Africa, in collaboration with the Development Grants Program (DGP), awarded 2 million USD to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to support the three-year project: A Water Secure Future for Southern Africa: Applying the Ecosystem Approach in the Orange-Senqu Basin. Working with local NGOs based in the four basin countries of Lesotho, South Africa, Botswana and Namibia, USAID will support scientific analysis and pilot programs that balance ecosystem requirements with human development needs to ensure efficient and lasting water provisioning services in priority areas in the basin. Read More

Building Resiliency in the Olifants

USAID/Southern Africa signed a new $10.7 million cooperative agreement with the Association for Water and Rural Development (AWARD) to increase resiliency in the Olifants Catchment in the Limpopo River Basin. Read More

U.S. Government Announces USAID and mothers2mothers (m2m) Partnership to End Pediatric AIDS

In a response to the high rate of AIDS deaths and pediatric HIV in Southern and Eastern Africa, the United States Government through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) andmothers2mothers (m2m) launched a five-year regional partnership today at an event in Manzini, Swaziland. Read More