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Private sector crucial to overcoming Africa’s critical investment gaps

Editor - April 28, 2023

The African Development Bank Group’s governors (AfDB) will address three strategic challenges when they meet next month for the group’s Annual meetings, the group’s...

Law & Human Rights

Food insecurity and malnutrition in West and Central Africa at 10-year high as crisis spreads to coastal countries

Editor - April 25, 2023

Acute food insecurity is on track to reach a 10-year high in West and Central Africa by June of this year - a new...

Covid-19

Prevent future pandemics by tackling tuberculosis, new report says

Editor - March 25, 2023

A new report has found that the key to preventing new pandemics might rest in dealing with one of the oldest: tuberculosis (TB). Published today...

Science & Health

Chronic kidney disease: Africa’s silent killer

Editor - March 14, 2023

There is a silent killer in our midst. It affects 850 million people worldwide and is a leading cause of death globally. Despite its...

Biz & Tech

Challenges and opportunities: Global survey results on women’s tech careers

Editor - March 13, 2023

52 percent of people believe that women’s careers in tech suffered due to COVID-19 and the cost-of-living crisis; 32 percent of those in the...

Biz & Tech

UN boss calls for ‘revolution of support’ to aid world’s least developed countries

Editor - March 12, 2023

World leaders last week gathered in Doha, Qatar, for a major UN conference seeking to accelerate sustainable development where international assistance is most needed...

Biz & Tech

Five things you need to know about the world’s least developed countries

Editor - March 11, 2023

Three years after the world began to shut down as COVID-19 took hold, the UN and other partners will gather in Doha, Qatar, to...

Gender & Inclusivity

Innovation for women and girls must keep pace with needs of those in crisis and humanitarian settings

Editor - March 11, 2023

A joint statement by UN Population Fund (UNFPA) Representative Anders Thomsen, and Kenya Red Cross Secretary General Dr. Asha Mohammed on International Women's Day...

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