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Africans discuss energy regulatory environment to attract investment

March 4, 2021 gessesse ECA, energy, EPRDF, Ethiopia, Ghana, Investment, Kenya, Mauritania, Morocco, private sector, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Zambia

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), RES4Africa & Senegal discuss improving energy regulatory environment to attract investment & private

Energy

Conducive energy regulatory environment to attract investment in Africa

February 25, 2021February 25, 2021 gessesse Africa, Angola, energy, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritania, Morocco, private sector, Rwanda, South Africa, Zambia

The energy sector experts from the government of Seychelles, the UN Economic Commission for Africa and the RES4Africa Foundation held

NBE Blog

Understanding the Sahelian challenge through demographic data

November 19, 2020November 19, 2020 newbusinessethiopianews Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, demographic data, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, the Sahel, UNFPA

By Mabingue Ngom – Demographic data drives and defines the core functions of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). The

Politics

Armed conflicts fuels human rights violations

April 8, 2020April 8, 2020 AFRICOM, Amnesty International, Burundi, Cameroon, DRC, Ethiopia, Guinea, human rights violations, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nigeria, Omar al-Bashir, Sub-Saharan Africa, Sudan, Zimbabwe

Protesters across sub-Saharan Africa have braved bullets and beatings to defend their rights in the face of continuing conflict and

Politics

Burkina Faso, Mauritania set to host military exercises

February 1, 2019February 1, 2019 AFRICOM, Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Chad, Czech Republic, Denmark, Flintlock 2019, France, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Italy, Japan, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Senegal, Spain, Switzerland, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom, The United States, Tunisia, U.S. Africa Command

Burkina Faso and Mauritania are set to host the 2019 Flintlock 2019, an annual African-led, integrated military and law enforcement

Investment

Mauritius joins Africa50

August 30, 2018August 30, 2018 Africa50, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, pan-African investment, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Tunisia

The Republic of Mauritius became the 30th shareholder of Africa50, the pan-African investment platform.

Environment

AU pleas donors to sustain Greet Green Wall program

August 3, 2018August 3, 2018 Africa Union Commission, Agenda 2063, Algeria, AU, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Environment, Ethiopia, Greet Green Wall program, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, the Gambia, Tunisia

The Africa Union Commission (AUC) urges international development partners of the continent to finance its Greet Green Wall program, which

Politics

United States commends AU’s reform efforts

July 3, 2018July 3, 2018 African peacekeepers, AU, AU reform, Mauritania, Nouakchott, United States

The United States commends the African Union (AU) on the 31st AU Summit, held in Nouakchott, Mauritania that reinforced important

Finance

UN agency to set up African Women Leadership Fund

July 2, 2018July 2, 2018 African Women Leadership Fund, African Women Leadership Network, Mauritania, Nouakchott, UNECA, Vera Songwe

The UN Economic Commission for Africa is planning to set up the African Women Leadership Fund to help speed up the