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

Two former students of the Zambian Industrial Training Academy, established with the support of UNIDO and other partners, work today at an engineering company.

Economic Development

Africa’s industrial future is within reach: What we need now is intentional investment

Social Protection With collective commitment, Africa can shift from potential to powerhouse—and reshape global industrial landscapes.

African Union Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Yusuf and UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

Economic Development

AU–UN meeting focuses on reform, peace, and climate justice

Social Protection Leaders call for global reforms, peace financing, and climate justice to strengthen Africa’s role in a changing world.

Turning Vision into Action: Winners of the 2025 UN SDG Action Awards.

Economic Development

Congolese and Nigerian among 2025 UN SDG Action Award Winners

Smartel (Nigeria) and Julienne Lusenge (Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC) were among the winners of the 2025 UN SDG Action Awards honored in Rome, Italy.

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

Tapping women’s entrepreneurship in Ghana

UN Women equality

Access to credit, technology vital for breaking into manufacturing

Women struggle to secure land rights

UN Women equality

Hard fight for access and decision-making power

Does financing benefit African women?

UN Women equality

New initiatives to track the gender impact of development funds

African women: asserting their rights

UN Women equality

Introduction to the Special Edition on Women

African schools keep an eye on the prize

Education Africa

Meeting the target for universal primary education

‘Green economy’: empty rhetoric or pathway to future?

Rio+20 sustainable development

At Rio summit, African delegates are skeptical of the benefits

Rio summit keeps African hopes alive

Rio+20 sustainable development

Some gains, plus commitments to future sustainable development talks

Private equity: new cash for expanding businesses

growth economy

Funds target capital-hungry companies in Africa

Harnessing African stock exchanges to promote growth

economy growth

Despite some weaknesses, right policies could unleash their power

Tourism in Africa is slowly coming of age

economy Africa

Innovation and better infrastructure can draw more visitors

Appointments

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Africa Wired

ICT mobile phones

In Focus

Economic Development

Africa’s industrial future is within reach: What we need now is intentional investment

AU–UN meeting focuses on reform, peace, and climate justice

Congolese and Nigerian among 2025 UN SDG Action Award Winners

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

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Financial, fiscal, and budgetary planning crucial for African cities

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

Streamlining Egypt’s food value chain through technology

We must confront the legacy of slavery, tackle systemic racism

Tapping women’s entrepreneurship in Ghana

Women struggle to secure land rights

Does financing benefit African women?

African women: asserting their rights

African schools keep an eye on the prize

‘Green economy’: empty rhetoric or pathway to future?

Rio summit keeps African hopes alive

Private equity: new cash for expanding businesses

Harnessing African stock exchanges to promote growth

Tourism in Africa is slowly coming of age

Appointments

Africa Wired

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Search Africa Renewal

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Economic Development

Editor Picks

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