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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

Editor Picks

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

WHO

Doing more with less: Reimagining health in Africa amid global funding cuts

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

She lit a fire

Social ProtectionRemembering Chief Kachindamoto and her fight for girls’ rights
80 years on, what has the UN done for the world?

80 years on, what has the UN done for the world?

The UN’s 80th anniversary highlights its role in shaping peace, security, development, and human rights since 1945. Expert Natalie Samarasinghe reflects on its achievements, from peacekeeping and eradicating smallpox to advancing women’s rights and driving the MDGs and SDGs.
Gorée Island a Symbol of Transatlantic Slave Trade

Gorée, between remembrance and living: a vibrant world heritage site

Peace & Security
the Museum of Black Civilisations

Africa’s landmark museum at the heart of global discussion about restitution

Senegal’s Museum of Black Civilisations is asserting Africa’s right to secure its cultural heritage and tell its own story.
Shauri Kalibatha Jonathan, (Centre) a mechanical engineer and co-founder of Re-banatex, a company that converts banana trunks into eco-friendly textile products. (Supplied)

Training for the future: young people using their hands-on skills to fix local problems

From banana stems to medical devices, TVET is helping youth turn ideas into impact.
Bob Kamwanya, Vice President (Diaspora) of the Pan-African Youth Union.

Connecting cultures across continents

Nigerian poet Maryam Bukar Hassan becomes the first UN Global Advocate for Peace, meeting with the UN Secretary-General.

A Poet’s Peace

Peace & SecurityNigerian artist becomes UN’s first Global Advocate for Peace.
Stessy Lorrain Kaze

African youth voices at UN High-Level Political Forum

youthSocial Protection‘Empowered youth are Africa’s unstoppable agents of change’
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

Africa youthSocial Protection
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

climatewomen
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.