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Africa has launched a new initiative aimed at strengthening the continent’s bargaining power in global negotiations involving mining, debt, trade, climate financing and health procurement.
The initiative, known as the Sankoree Institute of Global Negotiators (SIGN), was unveiled at the Africa School of Governance in Kigali, Rwanda. It is described as the first structured credentialing programme for sovereign negotiators in Africa and the Global South.
SIGN is backed by Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama, former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and former Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn.
The programme is a flagship initiative under the Accra Reset Sovereignty Agenda and is being implemented in partnership with the Africa School of Governance and AfroChampions.
