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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 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.
Nairobi City.
Economic Development

Financial, fiscal, and budgetary planning crucial for African cities

debt To manage rapid urbanization effectively, African cities must enhance fiscal strategies and broaden revenue sources.
Abidjan, District Autonome d'Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
Economic Development

The long winding road to Africa’s infrastructure development

UNECA Infrastructure is key to driving economic growth and fostering regional integration but continues to face significant challenges in financing and implementation.
Inside a factory.
Economic Development

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

debt The latest WESP 2025 says targeted investments, inclusive governance, and enhanced regional collaboration will support the continent’s long-term development goals.

Editor Picks

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

Maxmel Honey factory in Huambo.
Economic Development

Shifting the development paradigm in Angola

Betty Mtehemu, Deputy Chairperson of Fabric Clothes Sector, and Chairperson of the Women’s Union in Dar es Salaam’s Mchikichini Market.
Economic Development

2024: A year of cautious hope for African economies facing worldwide challenges

Haddis Tadesse, middle, with Ethiopian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tedros Adhanom, left, and Bill Gates.

Ethiopia’s development is mostly people-driven

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Workers take measurements while laying the tarmac on a new road being built near Arusha, Tanzania. Africa needs funds for such development projects. Panos/Frederic Courbet

Funding the planet’s future

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Will the billions required for the SDGs be sustainable?

A partial view of Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam under construction.   Reuters/T. Negeri

Can Africa fund its own growth?

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Mobilizing domestic resources is a key source of finance

Cables and wires in storage at Reroy Cables. The Ghanaian company augmented its capital with a bank loan secured with the help of the International Finance Corporation, an affiliate of the World Bank. Panos/Nyani Quarmyne

Borrowing responsibly: Africa’s debt challenge

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Countries may be borrowing too much and too fast

Health workers clean hospital scrubs and protective gear at the Island Clinic for Ebola treatment centre in Monrovia, Liberia, during the 2014 Ebola outbreak.   USAID/Morgana Wingard

Billions now required to save depleted healthcare systems

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Ebola’s most affected countries lobby for funding for hospital infrastructure

Solar panels being cleaned at the Ain Beni Mathar Integrated Combined Cycle Thermo-Solar Power Plant in Morocco.  World Bank/Dana Smillie

New bond issue set to help Africa go ‘green’

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A way of bankrolling a clean energy revolution

Wu Hongbo, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Development and the Secretary-General of the Financing for Development Conference.  UN Photo/Loey Felipe

For development finance, there is no one-size-fits-all solution

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Countries to choose targets best suited to local conditions

A table banking session in Samburu, Kenya.   DPPS

Loans to women = smart economics

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Women find innovative ways of financing projects

Designer Kiki Cardow adjusting a display at her boutique in Lagos, Nigeria. Panos/ Andrew Esiebo

Think beyond microfinance when talking about businesswomen

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Financing for women in Africa has remained stubbornly “micro”

Cashew nut processing and production factory in Sotria B Sarl, Banfora, Burkina Faso.   Alamy/Joerg Boethling

Cashing in on the cashew nuts boom

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Local processing could boost revenue in Côte d’Ivoire

A shopper buys Snow beer at a supermarket in Yichang city, central Chinas Hubei province.  AP Images /Yi chang

Africans also investing in China

African countries have poured over $14 billion in investments

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