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WhatsApp chats, learning hubs redefining education across the continent
Technology & Innovation

AI and the future of learning

A new wave of AI innovation transforming learning across countries on the African continent — from chat-based tutors to hybrid hubs and gamified farms
The towering hall of the Museum of Black Civilisations in Dakar.
Arts & Culture

A museum in motion: Where memory, creativity and cultural justice converge

Beyond being just a place of preservation, the Museum is now a dynamic space of reflection, artistic creation, and global dialogue
Singer/songwriter Cobhams Asuquo of Nigeria.
Arts & Culture

Cobhams Asuquo on why access isn’t accidental: ‘Someone is doing the job’

A blind musician’s journey and the invisible hands that help pave the way
Open-pit mine.
Economic Development

Africa’s critical minerals poised to power global green energy transition

At Africa Climate Summit 2025 leaders called for positioning of Africa to reap from its vast resources through value addition rather than continue with raw extraction

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The Town Hall by the UN in partnership with the BBC’s Focus on Africa brought together ministers, policymakers, and young leaders to debate one of the most pressing issues of our time: artificial intelligence (AI).
Technology & Innovation

Africa and Artificial Intelligence: The promise, the risk, and the path forward

Chief Kachindamoto lit a fire for justice and equality.
Social Protection

She Lit a Fire

Secretary-General António Guterres (centre left) briefs reporters on the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals Report 2025. With him are Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed (left) and Li Junhua (centre right), Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, and Bjørg Sandkjær, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
Sustainable Development Goals

Five years to go: UN sounds alarm on SDG progress as Africa seeks acceleration

Bull Elephant in front of Kilimanjaro, Amboseli National Park.
Climate

Africa’s Environmental Vanguard

Stessy Lorrain Kaze

African youth voices at UN High-Level Political Forum

youthSocial Protection‘Empowered youth are Africa’s unstoppable agents of change’
Secretary General Musonda Mumba speaks at a press conference ahead of the #WetlandsCOP15, which officially kicks off today in Victoria Falls.

As Wetlands COP15 opens in Zimbabwe, it's time to rethink how we value wetlands

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Christopher Seagateng is the co-founder and chairperson of BW JOBS 4 GRADUATES and the Deputy Secretary-General of the Pan-African Youth Union.

African youth make an impact at UN High-Level Political Forum

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Secretary-General António Guterres (at podium) delivers a special address on Climate Action “A Moment of Opportunity: Supercharging the New Energy Era”.

UN Chief urges just and inclusive energy transition as investment gaps persist

climateUN Secretary-General António Guterres is calling for coordinated global action to close energy investment gaps, reform climate finance, and ensure developing countries, especially those in Africa, rich in solar potential but short on investment, are full participants in the clean energy.
Kennedy Odede

From Kibera to the world: Kennedy Odede wins 2025 UN Mandela Prize

Social ProtectionjobsThe Kenyan social entrepreneur founded an organization which serves 4 million people in informal settlements.
Secretary-General António Guterres (centre left) briefs reporters on the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals Report 2025. With him are Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed (left) and Li Junhua (centre right), Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, and Bjørg Sandkjær, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

Five years to go: UN sounds alarm on SDG progress as Africa seeks acceleration

Social ProtectionThe new SDG report shows only 35 per cent of targets are on track. More effort needed to unlock progress on the continent.
Bull Elephant in front of Kilimanjaro, Amboseli National Park.

Africa’s Environmental Vanguard

climatewomen40 Years of AMCEN and the Road to 2063.
A view of participants attending the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4).

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

Social Protection
Two electrical engineers are seen in silhouette as they work on a power transformer.

It’s time for Africa to embrace nuclear energy

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WAVE-Gambia organising social cohesion dialogues with victims in Jambur Village_ West Coast Region_ The Gambia_ 2020. ©WAVE-Gambia

From stigma to strength in The Gambia

Healing the wounds of witch-hunt victims in The Gambia. For more than 40 years, the UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture has been supporting survivors on their road to recovery. In The Gambia, one of the Fund’s recipients provides healing and a path to redress.
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.

Africa's debt dilemma: Turning crisis into reform

AU leaders push for reforms to fix global debt systems and strengthen fiscal sovereignty.
Fashion show.

Building Africa’s trade future, together

Social ProtectionITC hosts Partnerships for Africa Day in Geneva to scale African-led trade solutions.

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