Category: Development
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Africa urged to address digital divide
The UN Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) Director for Technology, Climate Change and Natural Resources Management, Jean-Paul Adam, flagged the importance of building the information and communication sector (ICT) infrastructure in Africa to address the digital divide at the upcoming World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2023.
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Africa should accelerate low carbon industrialization
African countries should articulate effective policies, strategies and programmes and take action to promote trade and exports in order to realize the objectives of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), UN Economic Commission for Africa, Acting Executive Secretary, Mr. Antonio Pedro, said.
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Agricultural statistics key to improve Africa food security, says UN agency
The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) hosts a celebration for Africa Statistics Day 2022 on the theme “Strengthening data system by modernizing the production and use of agricultural statistics with a view of informing policies to improve resilience in agriculture, nutrition, and food security on the African Continent.”
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Soil carbon project in Kenya receives award
The Northern Kenya Rangelands Carbon Project (NKRCP) is the world’s largest soil carbon removal project and proof of concept for rangelands restoration and community run development through the carbon market.
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Development bank invests $20 million in Africa’s renewable energy
African Development Bank Group (AfDB) Board of Directors today approved an equity investment of $20 million in Evolution Fund III, a pan-African clean and sustainable energy private equity fund.
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A just transition that leaves no one behind
The Director for Technology, Climate Change and Natural Resources Management at the UN Economic Commission (ECA) for Africa, Jean-Paul Adam, has emphasized the need for additional financial resources to achieve Africa’s just transition.
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AstraZeneca, partners act for equitable cancer care across Africa
AstraZeneca and health partners today launched an initiative to transform outcomes for cancer patients across Africa.
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Nestlé to strengthen food security, climate change resilience in Africa
Nestlé announced today that it is partnering with the Africa Food Prize to help accelerate the transformation of food systems in Africa, as a way of strengthening the continent’s food security and building greater climate change resilience.