African ministers call for international financial system remaking
Dozens of finance and foreign ministers met this week to call for radical action to reform the international…
Sustainable Development Goals
How Ethiopia’s electric vehicle revolution paves sustainable future
By Henok Tadele HAILE – In the heart of East Africa, a green revolution is quietly unfolding. Ethiopia,…
Experts suggest how African LLDCs achieve SDGs
Multiple crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic and the current geopolitical and global macroeconomic situation have resulted in poor…
Digital technologies benefit 70% of SDG targets
More than two-thirds of the UN’s targets for sustainable development can benefit directly from digital technologies, according to…
France vows to ensure long-term global food security, stability
The Government of France announced it will champion International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD’s) current resource mobilization efforts…
Africa urged to invest more in data, statistics to attain SDGs
Africa is set to miss most of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a result of lack of…
WHO renews alert on safeguards for health worker recruitment
The World Health Organization (WHO) released today an updated WHO health workforce support and safeguards list, identifying 55…
Africa Data Centres ink solar energy purchase agreement
Africa Data Centres has signed a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement with Distributed Power Africa for the supply 12MW…
Orange launches social venture prize in Africa, Middle East
Orange today launches the 13th edition of the Orange Social Venture Prize in Africa and the Middle East…
Platform urged to scale up its support to African countries
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed called on developing Africa’s common positions on emerging issues in support of…
EU, France provide 5 million euros to rehabilitate Ethiopia’s hospital
The Ministry of Health of Ethiopia, the Embassy of France to Ethiopia and to the African Union, the…
African entrepreneurs shortlisted for Africa Prize for engineering
Fifteen talented entrepreneurs shortlisted from Angola, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe…
Report finds stark disparities in COVID-19 impacts
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today launched its fifth annual Goalkeepers Report, featuring an updated global dataset…
Africa Day 2021: For Nature and for African People
In early March 2021 the seventh African Regional Forum for Sustainable Development (ARFSD7) took place in the Brazzaville,…
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…
Digitalization – Sustainable Development Goals critical accelerator
Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta, on Monday passionately delivered an inspiring keynote address during the Economic Commission for Africa’s…
COVIS-19 stops 20 years progress of Sustainable Development Goals
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today launched its fourth annual Goalkeepers Report, featuring new data showing how…
Sudan calls for joint investment on the Nile
Without joint planning and investment, Nile Basin countries miss-out on opportunities of development that benefits the Nile people,…
Kenya’s 100,000 green homes initiative moves forward
UNOPS landmark affordable housing agreement with the government of Kenya has taken a major step forward this week,…
Ethiopia inaugurates model water, waste management project
A model water supply, sanitation and waste management system is inaugurated today in Wukro town, Tigray Region of…
Women empowerment in Africa not satisfactory, says AU Special Envoy
The Special Envoy for women, peace and security at the African Union (AU), who has been promoting women…