Invasive alien species cost Africa $3.6 trillion
Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI) scientists have conducted the first comprehensive study on the economic impact…
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UNECA, University of Cabo Verde host Africa Climate Talks
Africa Climate Talks (ACT!) is here again. The second session of the third edition of the highly intensive…
Meet Ethiopia’s ten year-old coding champion
Much has been written about the importance of advancing digital literacy on the African continent, especially among its…
Partners to unlock additional sustainable investment opportunities in Africa
The African Development Bank Group and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on Monday signed a…
Africa needs standardized travel protocol to recover its tourism
African Governments must work together to define a standardized travel protocol if tourism is to recover swiftly and…
DP World launches e-commerce platform
Trade enabler DP World is set to launch DUBUY.com, a global wholesale e-commerce platform, in Ethiopia.
Gozem App launches in Libreville, Gabon
Gozem, the super app already operational in several West African cities, today launches a taxi booking service in…
Funzi, AfricaWork to help recruitment in 37 African countries
Africa’s number one recruitment service AfricaWork and Finnish mobile learning service Funzi have entered into a partnership to…
UN agency to accelerate legal identity in Africa
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and its partners have developed a new framework that is aimed at…
AGRA launches center for Africa’s agriculture leaders
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), with support from the German Development Cooperation through KfW…
Ethiopian Airlines marks 75th anniversary
Ethiopian Airline Group (Ethiopian), the fully state owned largest Pan-African aviation group, celebrates its 75th anniversary today, April…
Boosting investment for infrastructure, energy in Africa
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is working with African countries to increase investment in infrastructure and agriculture…
Ethiopian Airlines collaborates with IATA to trial travel pass
Ethiopian Airlines one of the top aviation company in Africa is set to trial IATA (International Air Transport…
Ministers call for support to Africa’s COVID-19 fight
African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development have unanimously called on the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)…
COVID-19 devastates African economies
African Ministers of finance, economic planning and development who concluded their 53rd round of meetings in Addis Ababa,…
UN agency, PIMCO to setup liquidity, debt sustainability facility
The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is to set up a Liquidity and Sustainability Facility (LSF) that…
African finance minister meeting opens in Addis
Organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) the 53rd session of the Conference of African…
Vienna Program of Action best to address LLDCs challenges
The coronavirus pandemic has deepened challenges faced by landlocked developing countries (LLDCs), particularly those in Africa.
COVID-19 worsens plight of Africa’s least developed countries
Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe, Somalia and Sudan are in debt distress while 11 other African countries are…
Africa still lags behind in trading within its borders
African countries continue to trade more with the outside world than among themselves, according to findings of an…
Africa urged to work for a green, resilient COVID-19 recovery
The Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) on Wednesday urged African countries to adopt policy measures that encourage green…
Why old industrialization pathways won’t work for Africa
As the world is embracing new technologies such as 3D printing, Africa is likely to lose hundreds of…
Senior U.S. Commerce official meets Ethiopian businesswomen
A senior U.S. Commerce official discusses trade and entrepreneurship with U.S. and Ethiopian businesswomen, and encourages prosperity through…
Experts to reflect on sustainable industrialization in Africa
The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) will hold its fifty-third session and the Conference of the African…
Financial inclusion for Africa’s women entrepreneurs
Creating female-centric financial products and solutions for Africa’s power-force of women entrepreneurs is gaining momentum as a core…
Team Europe delivers Covid-19 vaccines in Africa
By Johan Borgstam – Team Europe delivering on its promise of Covid-19 Vaccines as a global public good;…
Africa’s economic downturn affects SDGs progress
Before the onset of the deadly novel coronavirus (COVID-19), Africa was recording positive growth rates but not enough…
Half a billion Africans falling below extreme poverty line in 2021
African growth trajectories and the impact of COVID19 are currently shedding doubts on countries’ ability to reach this…
UN agency launches Africa green recovery report
The Economic Commission for Africa on Monday launched the Building Forward for an African Green Recovery report which…
How Africa manufactures to meet its pharmaceutical needs
Side events for the seventh Session of the African Regional Forum for Sustainable Development (ARFSD) kicked off virtually…