CAIRO - 10 March 2021: Egypt’s National Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development (NIGSD), the training arm of the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, is launching on Wednesday the second edition of the African Women’s Leaders Training Programme. The programme is aimed at 100 African women leaders in senior management positions, with this edition launched in cooperation with the Egyptian Agency for Partnership for Development and the Gemayi Africa Foundation. The programme targets the participation of 100 women leaders in senior management positions at ministries or affiliated bodies in African countries, including: the Ministry of Agriculture; the Ministry of Health; the Ministry of Education; and the Ministry of Environment. The African Women Leaders Programme targets participants aged 40-55. It is worth noting that the first version of the programme was launched on 1 January 2020, with an invitation to 100 African women who hold high government positions from 35 African countries to attend the training camp in Cairo.

Source: Egypt Today March 10, 2021 11:15 UTC