Structural Transformation For Africa’s Development : PROGRAMME AREA

Three decades of implementation of the Structural Adjustments Programmes failed to either bring structural changes to African economies
or address key structural constraints. The SAPs have rather deepened the primary commodity export-dependence that Africa inherited
from colonialism and increased vulnerabilities to volatile world primary commodities prices. Moreover, the open trade, investment and
financial regimes and policies have had little impact on wealth creation and led to substantial accumulation of wealth in the hands of the
few outside the continent. Trade liberalization has exposed indigenous industries to unfair competition from abroad leading to deindustrialization
and loss of high quality manufacturing sector jobs and degradation of domestic productive capacity. Together with extensive
retrenchment of public sector workers, this has increased the rate of informalization and joblessness.

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16/02/2024

14th Edition of New Year School: Advancing Africa’s Transformation Agenda

The African Regional Organization of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) is pleased to announce the 14th edition of the New Year School (NYS), scheduled for March 19-22, 2024, in Lusaka, Zambia. Under the theme “Advancing Africa’s transformation agenda : Mobilizing for (…)

Keywords : Upcoming event; Structural Transformation For Africa’s Development; Zambia ; Alrei; Communique;

29/11/2023

ITUC-Africa launches debt campaign to reverse Africa’s debt burden to promote transparency, accountability in debt management

The African Regional Organization of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa), on Wednesday in Nairobi, the Kenya capital, launched a campaign to reverse Africa’s sovereign debt trend. Under the campaign, ITUC-Africa says trade unions in Africa will begin to promote (…)

Nairobi, 29 November 2023 By Michael Oche Keywords : Activities; SDGs ; Newsletters; Structural Transformation For Africa’s Development; Kenya;

25/11/2023

In Kenya, union groups learn from AfCFTA ’s women and youth protocol.

African trade union groups are scrutinizing the Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Protocol on Women and Youth. Its implications for informal workers were the subject of a communication on the bangs of the 5th ITUC-Africa Congress in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital. The session devoted to this (…)

25 November 2023 By Alice Lawson Keywords : Activities; SDGs ; Newsletters; Structural Transformation For Africa’s Development; Kenya;

17/02/2020

10th New Year School: African Trade Unions and the Future of Work

Technological advances, artificial intelligence, automation and robotics are plunging the world of work today into unprecedented change. If this change promises to be beneficial for some under other skies, that is likely to strike a blow to others on the black continent, given that the realities (…)

17-20 Febrary 2020 Lome, TOGO Keywords : Activities; Newsletters; Climate Change And Environment; Human and trade union rights; Gender Equality; Peace And Security; Extending Social Protection ; Organising And Workers Empowerment - Trade Union Unity; Structural Transformation For Africa’s Development; Youth Work - Organising And Workers Empowerment;

09/10/2018

Commendation for national minimum wage adoption in South Africa and request to support campaign for minimum wages across Africa

Dear President Ramaphosa, On behalf of the African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa www.ituc-africa.org) - I convey to you our profound commendation and appreciation for the institution of national minimum wage in South Africa.

4 October 2018 Lomé, TOGO Keywords : Activities; South Africa; Extending Social Protection ; Structural Transformation For Africa’s Development;

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29/08/2024

African people’s protests socio-economic hardship and quest for good governance: concerns about growing clampdowns on Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), activists and journalists in Africa

The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa www.ituc-africa.org) notes with nostalgia and appreciation the contributions of African nations’ founders’ mass-based organisations and movements (trade unions, community associations, farmers’ groups, (…)

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26/06/2024

Africa’s Continuing Sovereign Debt Crisis: What Can trade Unions Do?

The Africa Labour Research and Education institute (ALREI) of ITUC-Africa is pleased to share the African Black paper on “Africa’s Continuing Sovereign Debt Crisis: What Can trade Unions Do?”. This study was partly sponsored by The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES).