🌍✊ #ARFSD12 in Addis Ababa: ITUC & ITUC-Africa delegates urge faster action on the #SDGs with time running out ⏳

Key priorities:
• Social dialogue 🤝
• Fair industrial policies 🏭
• Close financing gaps 💰
• Build infrastructure 🛣️
• Climate resilience 🌱
• Better governance & innovation 🔐

#TimeFor8

🏙️ Join Habitat Defenders Africa at #ARFSD12 as we speak as panelists on inclusive, climate-resilient African cities.

🗓 29 April 2026
⏰ 1:00–2:30 PM EAT

Organized by ECB Sustainable Youth Foundation & partners.

#JoinHDA #ClimateAction #Africa

From digital startups to local shops, electricity is the fuel for innovation. Access to power allows entrepreneurs to connect globally and create local jobs. We believe every bright idea deserves the energy to come to life. #EconomicGrowth #Zoota #ARFSD12 #SDG9

Africa’s transformation depends on making intra-African trade real. Our cross-border work shows trade is about people, livelihoods and opportunity. Yet border communities in West Nile remain excluded. We must bring AfCFTA into rural conversations so it works for traders, youth and farmers.
#ARFSD12

Partnerships are not optional they’re essential.
No single actor can drive Africa’s transformation alone. It takes communities, civil society, governments, youth, and partners working together.
Different roles. One shared future.
#ARFSD12 #PartnershipsForProgress

Cities aren’t just about roads and buildings they’re about who can access opportunity.
When communities are connected to markets, services, and digital tools, cities start to work for everyone.
Inclusion isn’t an add on. It is infrastructure.
#InclusionIsInfrastructure #ARFSD12 #UrbanEquity #zoota

Africa’s cities are growing and so is the power of young people shaping them.
From digital solutions to local businesses, youth are not just the future they’re already building what comes next.
The question is: are we investing enough in their ideas, access, and potential? #ARFSD12 #zoota

A city isn’t truly developed if parts of it are disconnected.
Informal settlements and underserved communities are too often left out of the systems meant to support them.
We need cities designed for inclusion where access to health, transport, and opportunity reaches everyone.
#ARFSD12 #zoota

Reliable energy is the backbone of modern healthcare. By installing solar power, we ensure clinics provide safe medical services at any hour. Better energy leads directly to better health outcomes for the entire community. #HealthForAll #RenewableEnergy #ARFSD12 #Zoota #SDG7

Sustainability starts with solving the most basic human needs first. When water and energy are secured, all other Sustainable Development Goals follow.Join our mission to transform "what if" into "what is" in Addis Ababa and beyond. #SDGs #AddisAbaba #ARFSD12 #Zoota l

How do we execute and how do we scale? That is the key conversation at the Private Sector Forum at the ARFSD12.

We explore how the private sector can play a transformative role in Africa’s development through strategic investments, job creation, digitalisation and scalable solutions for development

🌍 Today at #ARFSD12

👉 A side event co-organized with FAO & United Nations Economic Commission for Africa will focus on the role of circular agrifood systems & One Health across the food–water–energy nexus.

🔗 More information and registration here: bit.ly/4mS6r7f