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Polycarp Otieno, Music Entrepreneur and Founding member of Sauti Sol – a Kenya Afro Pop band.
Youth

From studio to industry: Unlocking the job-creation power of Africa's creatives

Social Protection With the sector projected to reach $200 billion by 2030, artists, entrepreneurs and policymakers at ADIF 2026 examined how investment can turn artistic talent into economic transformation
Woman farmers harvest tea leaves at a tea plantation in Nyaruguru, Kibeho District, Rwanda. Tea is one of Rwanda’s major agricultural export commodities.
Economic Development

Feeding Africa: Women farmers key to ending hunger

Social Protection Building resilient food systems in Africa begin with inclusive agriculture
Participants at a youth event in Addis.
Economic Development

Boosting women’s digital entrepreneurship in Burkina Faso, Congo, Ethiopia & Namibia

UNECA has launched a new initiative to equip women entrepreneurs with digital and financial skills while helping governments build more inclusive digital economies
Meeting with UN Inter-Agency Group on Youth (UNIAGY).
Youth

On the ground with Africa’s young changemakers

Youth & JobsSocial Protection Learning from Africa’s youth and renewing our promise to empower them as leaders

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Madina Kimaro stands with the young WASH ambassadors at Mtongani Primary School.
Climate

Madina Kimaro: Empowering young minds to protect the planet

Children watering a garden.
Climate

Africa’s water future requires a new mindset

Mariam Solika
Climate

Mariam Solika: Empowering Young Voices Through Hope Driven Media

An expert panel segment during the Fifty-eighth session of the Economic Commission for Africa Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, held from 28 March to 3 April 2026 in Tangier, Morocco.
Economic Development

Financing Africa’s digital Future: Institutions push for smarter, coordinated funding

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Kapwani Kavenuke: Turning African youth voices into global power

Social Protectiondebt‘We are the heartbeat that will carry Africa from potential to prosperity’
Diana Maria Mukanzanira

From Community Education to Global Advocacy: A Ugandan Youth Leader’s Journey

Social ProtectiondebtTaking her grassroots education work in Uganda to youth platforms linked to the United Nations, Diana Maria Mukanzanira is committed to working for children, inclusion, and civic engagement.
Community members learned information on gender-based violence prevention and response, gender and masculinity concepts in Damaturu, Yobe State, north-east of Nigeria.

Why Ending Child Marriage is key to Advancing Africa’s Economic Development

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Miriam and her partner Robert* pose for a portrait outside their home.

In Uganda, community dialogues are building harmonious, violence-free homes

Community midwives helping to lower maternal deaths in Central African Republic.

Community midwives help to lower maternal deaths in Central African Republic

Social Protection
Serrakunda market, The Gambia.

Promoting inclusive food systems and gender equality in The Gambia

Social Protection
Traders and trucks in Elubo town, the main crossing point between Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire.

African economies to grow in 2026, despite uncertain global context

Debt burdens and trade headwinds may limit growth impact
Harare, Zimbabwe

Harare strengthens economic resilience with bankable urban projects

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Regional Experts convened in Kampala for a Validation Workshop on Inland Waterway Transport Policy Harmonization, aimed at unlocking the potential of Eastern Africa’s vast network of lakes and rivers to support sustainable trade and regional integration.

Eastern Africa moves to harmonize inland waterway transport policies for seamless multimodal trade

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Tirop’s Angels

Running against violence: How Viola Cheptoo is taking the GBV fight into the digital age

Social ProtectionKenyan marathon star uses her athletic platform to confront gender-based violence and empower a new generation.
The Maison des Esclave or Slave House is now a museum and UNESCO heritage site.

Reparations for Africans Must Transform the Systems that Still Limit Africa’s Future

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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres (left) and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (right) at the G20 Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, 2025. The Summit marks the first G20 meeting held on African soil and the first since the African Union became a permanent member of the G20.

Africa’s G20 Johannesburg Summit 2025: In pursuit of Solidarity, Equality and Sustainability

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