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Economic Development

This beat covers micro and macro-economic issues, including policies, infrastructure, urbanization, FDI, the role of private sector, regional integration, debt, and recovery.

A view of participants attending the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4).
Economic Development

Africa shapes the Agenda towards a Just Outcome of the Sevilla Conference

Social Protection
The African Union's first Debt Conference brought together Heads of State, senior policymakers, financial experts, and international partners on Africa's debt challenges and long-term sustainability.
Economic Development

Africa's debt dilemma: Turning crisis into reform

AU leaders push for reforms to fix global debt systems and strengthen fiscal sovereignty.
In 2023 UNDP in Uganda added its first electric car into their fleet as a major step forward for Uganda’s transition to a clean energy future.
Economic Development

Developing a thriving e-vehicles value chain in Africa

energySocial Protection African countries should join hands to make the most of their own resources and build a formidable electric vehicle ecosystem that could help fast-track realisation of SDGs.
A car involved in an accident.
Economic Development

Road Safety: Digital technology to help prevent accidents

Digitalization Experts explore how data-driven approaches, advanced analytics, and emerging technologies can help save lives.

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Nairobi City.
Economic Development

Financial, fiscal, and budgetary planning crucial for African cities

Inside a factory.
Economic Development

New UN report: Africa's economy to improve in 2025 despite global stagnation

Fresh source.
Economic Development

Streamlining Egypt’s food value chain through technology

Epsy Barr - Chair, Forum on People of African Descent.
Economic Development

We must confront the legacy of slavery, tackle systemic racism

New technologies and business models are creating a mass market

Africans must explore opportunities in digital trade

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— African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat Chief Wamkele Mene

Wamkele Mene, Secretary General, African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat (AfCFTA)

Digital trade is the next big thing in Africa

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Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed (left, on screen) in an interview at the SDG Media Zone.

How the media can amplify sustainable development in Africa

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A smallholder avocado farmers in Tanzania's Southern Highlands. Photo credit: USAID Tanzania

The rising star of Tanzanian horticulture

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As more farmers in Tanzania turn towards Avocado production, EU-EAC MARKUP helps boost regional trade and the export capacity of horticultural products in Tanzania.

Investing in technology hubs across Africa can help the continent strengthen its digital entrepreneurship, a key to successful digitalization in the wake of COVID-19.

New African tech hubs report showcases support for start-ups across the continent

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Secretary-General António Guterres

Secretary-General: The pandemic, a wake-up call to understand that our assumptions and approaches have to change

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Kinanata Sali Yaya

After COVID-19, African women must get back to better jobs

— Ahunna Eziakonwa, Director, UNDP Regional Bureau for Africa

Global call to fight infodemic

Mauritius, Senegal, South Africa among authors of global call against COVID-19 'infodemic'

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A woman at work at a garment manufacturing factory in Harare, Zimbabwe.

New UN report offers blueprint for greener, more resilient world of work

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The passing of laws to end child marriage resulted in blocking thousands of child marriages and enabling second chance education for girls

COVID-19 jeopardises progress made towards protecting women and girls from violence and harmful practices

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The 2019 Index, which builds on the first edition published in 2016, provides up-to-date data on the status and progress of regional integration in Africa.

New report calls on Africa to build resilient economies through integration

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The African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) and the African Union Development Agency-NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD), have signed a collaboration agreement that will facilitate joint work towards building a market system for the commercialisation of research

AATF and AUDA-NEPAD to promote agricultural research and commercialisation in Africa

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