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Technology & Innovation

This beat covers technological advancement, innovations, and inventions addressing challenges facing Africa today, as well as efforts to tackle misinformation.

Africa Renewal’s webinar featuring Africa’s leading young female entrepreneurs.
Technology & Innovation

Bridging the Gender Digital Gap in Africa

Africa Renewal’s webinar featuring Africa’s leading young female entrepreneurs.
Door of no return in Ouidah, Benin.
Human Rights

Reflecting on the brutal Transatlantic Slave Trade

AfricaUnited Nations 25 March each year is the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, a day to honor the victims of slavery and to raise awareness about the dangers of ongoing racism and prejudice.
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Technology & Innovation

Artificial intelligence and Africa

Artificial Intelligence Experts say supportive policies and robust infrastructure key for tech opportunities
Technology & Innovation

Togo and UN sign MoU to establish the African Cybersecurity Centre

Cybersecurity Based in Lome, the centre will promote cybersecurity and fight cybercrime

Editor Picks

Working towards sustainable development means that communities such as the people in Kitabi, Rwanda get to enjoy the fruits of globalization. Workers in Kitabi Tea Processing Facility process 48 000 tons of green leaf per day for export.
Economic Development

Restoring the economy’s ability to deliver prosperity

Mothers’ health is improving across Africa

womenhealth

But far too many are still dying from childbirth complications

‘Take away the guns,’ women tell UN envoy

Peace & Securitywomen

Reforms needed to stop war-time sex crimes, says Zainab Bangura

Somali diaspora’s remittances cast a lifeline

Somaliaremittances

Interview with money transfer chief executive

What does the ‘Doha Climate Gateway’ mean for Africa?

Africaclimate change

Not nearly enough, given the continent’s vulnerability

Floods: Stemming the tide in West Africa

West AfricaDisaster Management

More investment needed for prevention programmes

New HIV infections are falling dramatically in Africa

AfricaHIV

People with the disease are also living longer and better

Children of the Galkayo Education Centre for Peace and Development, Somalia

Future of Somalia depends on empowering youth

Somaliayouth

UNDP releases 2012 Somalia Human Development Report

The good news is at the grassroots level,” says Luc Gnacadja

Desertification a threat to Africa’s development

environmentclimate change

Exclusive interview with Luc Gnacadja, head of UN desertification convention

Burundi’s push for universal education

EducationBurundi

Enrolment rates at an all time high, but challenges remain

President James Alix Michel of the Seychelles

‘Invest in the people,’ says Seychelles president

developmentinvestment

Exclusive interview with James Alix Michel

Examining high-quality corn for future cultivation in Cameroon

Africa’s economy grows, but many stomachs are empty

foodhunger

Africa Human Development Report stirs debate on food security

Juliana Rotich, co-founder and executive director of Ushahidi

For girls, ‘it is possible to dream big’

ICTInternet

Interview with Juliana Rotich, a leading African voice on tech