Ethiopian Airlines honored with multiple awards
Ethiopian Airlines, the largest Aviation Group in Africa, has been honored with four awards at the SKYTRAX 2021…
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New report reflects on electricity market regulatory assessment in Africa
A High-Level Dialogue on Energy (HLDE) held last week on the sidelines of the 76th UN General Assembly,…
Africa’s private sector driver of global trade with Africa?
Africa’s private sector is the weakest link in advancing regional and global trade and investments in Africa. Foreign…
Remittance to Africa projected to decrease in 2021
Remittances to African countries are expected to decrease by 5.4 percent from $44 billion in 2020 to a…
Mary’s Meals feeds two million children in 19 countries
International school feeding charity Mary’s Meals is now reaching more than two million children in 19 countries with…
Africa makes progress on Global Compact for Migration
Africa has made significant progress to implement the Global Compact for Migration but more action is needed to…
AFRAA releases African airlines’ performance updates August 2021
In the month of August 2021, air passenger traffic reached 46.8% compared to same month in 2019 while…
Ethiopian Airlines, Boeing to position Ethiopia as Africa’s aviation hub
Ethiopian Airlines Group and the Boeing company have signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on positioning Ethiopia…
Africa presents $2.1 trillion consumer spending market
Africa presents a $2.1 trillion consumer spending market for businesses seeking to explore new opportunities for their products…
IFC to boost digital access in Africa
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) announced today that it invested in a new fund by Convergence Partners Africa,…
Africa trade recovers with double exports
Africa’s trade recovery is underway with double exports from Africa in April 2021 compared to April 2020.
African countries step up investments to fight malaria
African countries mark the third anniversary of the Zero Malaria Starts with Me movement.
Report unveils key factors for successful job creation in Africa
The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and NKC African Economics (an Oxford Economics company) launched today a…
Infrastructures key for Africa trade, security, UN official says
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) will continue to support the LAPSSET Corridor Infrastructure Project linking the East…
Africa needs lots of resources for pandemic recovery
African countries need lots of resources to recover from COVID-19 pandemic, says the President of African Development Bank…
Africa may not meet SDG7 targets – UN study
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on Tuesday 22 June 2021 unveiled findings of a study titled “Energy…
Financing climate resilience underpins Africa’s recovery
The fifth African Climate Resilience Infrastructure Summit (ACRIS5) was held virtually highlighted that integration of climate resilience in…
USAID provides $91 million to Africa for urgently needed food
Today, the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) COVID-19 Task Force Executive Director Jeremy Konyndyk announced more than…
IFC to advance distributed renewable energy in Africa
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, and The Rockefeller Foundation…
Nissan launches the all-new Note Aura in Japan
Nissan today launched the all-new Note Aura premium compact car in Japan, with sales planned to start in…
G7 to invest $80 billion into African businesses
The G7 DFIs, the IFC, the private sector arm of the African Development Bank, EBRD and the European…
ECA’s Songwe echoes Africa’s expectation from G7 summit
Leaders of the Group of Seven nations (G7) including the United Kingdom (UK), Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan,…
African Risk Capacity Group partners with Centre for Disaster Protection
The African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group and the Centre for Disaster Protection have entered into a partnership agreement…
Africa gets sanitation, hygiene champion
The African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW) has appointed Mrs Fatima Maada Bio, the First Lady of the…
New fund to nurture Africa’s reading culture
The International Publishers Association (IPA) will today begin accepting proposals for projects to develop reading culture beyond the…
Africa urged to reopen borders to foster saving lives, economies
African Ministers responsible for health, ICT, and transport have made a call to the African States to work…
Overcoming bankability to make renewable energy feasible in Ethiopia
BonelliErede an international law firm, along with the RES4Africa Foundation, an organisation dedicated to promoting renewable energy in…
ECA engages media in data production, sharing
The African Centre for Statistics (ACS) at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on Tuesday hosted a webinar…
Accelerating AfCFTA implementation key for Africa’s recovery
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) says it will continue to work closely with its member…
Airlines association members discusses African air transport
The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) and Ethiopian Airlines concluded the 9th Aviation Stakeholders’ Convention with an alignment on…