The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today launched its fifth annual Goalkeepers Report, featuring an updated global dataset illustrating the pandemic’s adverse impact on progress toward the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (Global Goals).
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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Trade Centre (ITC) team up to empower African small businesses, women and young entrepreneurs to leverage the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and expand cross-continental business opportunities.
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Morocco and the United Nations will be marking the first-ever International Argan Tree Day on May 10th, 2021.
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Before the onset of the deadly novel coronavirus (COVID-19), Africa was recording positive growth rates but not enough to achieve the sustainable development goals, says Economic Commission for Africa’s Bartholomew Armah.
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The Economic Commission for Africa on Monday launched the Building Forward for an African Green Recovery report which highlights the continent’s bold post-COVID-19 pandemic recovery strategy.
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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today launched its fourth annual Goalkeepers Report, featuring new data showing how the ripple effects of COVID-19 have stopped 20 years of progress toward the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (Global Goals).
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Zimbabwe is ready to host the Sixth Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) that will be held in Victoria Falls from 24 to 27 February under the theme ‘2030-2030: A Decade to Deliver a Transformed and Prosperous Africa through the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063.”
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Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) are stepping up their support for refugees and people affected by forced displacement, including hosting communities, across a wide range of sectors and policy instruments.
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A new report by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) points out how Africa government can boost their revenue by up to 20% of their GDP.
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A three-day multi-stakeholder capacity development meeting to support the building of effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels of the Ethiopian urban governance system is held in Addis Ababa.
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A new UN report reveals 257 million Africans (20 percent of the population of the continent) are undernourished. The number has been increasing recently.
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UNOPS landmark affordable housing agreement with the government of Kenya has taken a major step forward this week, following further details of the project announced by Executive Director of UNOPS Grete Faremo in New York.
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The success of the sustainable development agenda calls for a data revolution to support Africa’s developmental endeavors at all levels, Ethiopian President Mr. Mulatu Teshome, said Monday.
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The President of Ghana and Co-Chair of the Group of Eminent Advocates for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has launched a pan-African award for a new generation of early stage social innovators in Africa who are solving pressing problems in the SDG focus areas.
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A model water supply, sanitation and waste management system is inaugurated today in Wukro town, Tigray Region of Ethiopia.
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