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DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN A POST-COVID WORLD: AFRICA CONTINUES TO TRAIL OTHER REGIONS SAYS NEW REPORT

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The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and Portulans Institute, a research and educational think tank based in Washington DC, have teamed up to launch the results and rankings…

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Approximately every minute and 40 seconds, a child or young person under the age of 20 was newly infected with HIV last year, bringing the total number of children living…

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President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, urged African governments to put their citizens at the centre of delivering service during the Africa Delivery Exchange 2020. In remarks to open the two-day…

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Kenya has suffered an unprecedented shock as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The economy has been picking up from a trough in April-May, but the normally resilient services sector…

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The Economic Commission for Africa has presented an online trading platform, that will facilitate trading between buyers and suppliers when the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement starts next…

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The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) provides a critical opportunity for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), including youth-led enterprises engaged in cross-border trade, to participate in the development of regional value…

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UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) have issued an urgent call to action to avert major measles and polio epidemics as COVID-19 continues to disrupt immunisation services worldwide, leaving millions of vulnerable children at…

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The African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) and the African Development Bank have released recommendations of a baseline study that looked into the development of a continental energy grid and market. The study is the…

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The African Continental Free Trade Area is going to harmonise investment rules between its member countries and the rest of the world in order to create a level playing field after it…

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The regional outlook is broadly unchanged since the June 2020 Regional Economic Outlook Update. In 2020, economic activity is expected to contract by 3.0 percent, but then recover by 3.1…

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An estimated 1 in 6 children – or 356 million globally – lived in extreme poverty before the pandemic, and this is set to worsen significantly, according to a new…

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The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) has approved a loan of UA 36 million ($50.7 million) to Tanzania, to finance the nation’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The…

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More than 400 young Africans were today honoured for their leadership in addressing plastic pollution in their communities as part of the Tide Turners Plastic Challenge. At a high-level event, political…

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Mauritius, with the support of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, has organised a national consultative meeting to guide the development of the country’s African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) implementation strategy.…

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An additional 6,000 children could die every day from preventable causes over the next six months as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to weaken health systems and disrupt routine services, UNICEF have claimed.…

AFRICA

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN A POST-COVID WORLD: AFRICA CONTINUES TO TRAIL OTHER REGIONS SAYS NEW REPORT

320,000 CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS NEWLY INFECTED WITH HIV IN 2019

AFRICANS “KNOW AND UNDERSTAND WHAT DEVELOPMENT OUGHT TO LOOK LIKE,” SAYS PRESIDENT UHURU KENYATTA

IMF COMPLETES VIRTUAL MISSION TO KENYA

ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA LAUNCHES E-COMMERCE PLATFORM TO SUPPORT AfCFTA TRANSACTIONS

AFRICA’S SUCCESS IN MOBILISING ITS YOUTH WILL DELIVER AfCFTA PROMISE

EMERGENCY ACTION REQUIRED TO AVERT MAJOR MEASLES AND POLIO EPIDEMICS

AFRICA’S ENERGY MASTERPLAN

AfCFTA WILL HARMONISE INVESTMENT RULES AND CREATE LEVEL PLAYING FIELD

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: A DIFFICULT ROAD TO RECOVERY

1 IN 6 CHILDREN LIVES IN EXTREME POVERTY

TANZANIA BOOST FOR COVID-19 FIGHT

AFRICAN YOUTH TURNING THE TIDE ON PLASTIC POLLUTION

MAURITIUS HOLDS NATIONAL AFCFTA STRATEGY CONSULTATION

UNICEF LAUNCHES GLOBAL #REIMAGINE CAMPAIGN

CARICOM COMMENDS BARBADOS ON ITS COMMITMENT TO REGIONAL INTEGRATION

ASIA NEEDS TO LEVERAGE STRONGER REGIONAL COOPERATION TO BOOST COVID-19 RECOVERY

PAKISTAN PM KHAN SPEAKS WITH GLOBAL CEOs ON STRATEGIC PRIORITIES IN POST-PANDEMIC ERA