UN Goodwill Ambassadors: Idris Elba And Sabrina Dhowre Elba
Actor, filmmaker and humanitarian, Idris Elba, and his wife, model, actress and humanitarian, Sabrina Dhowre Elba, were appointed UN Goodwill Ambassadors for IFAD in April 2020. As IFAD Goodwill Ambassadors, they focus on issues related to food security, climate change and environmental conservation. The couple recently visited an IFAD-supported project in Sierra Leone, where they […]
World Economic Forum: AM23 Daily Evening Briefing- Day 1
Highlights from Day 1: Chief economists: Prospects for growth are bleak. The World Economic Forum’s Chief Economist Outlook, which was released today, painted a significantly gloomier outlook for 2023 than most economists thought just three months ago. Almost two-thirds of the Forum’s community of Chief Economists forecast a global recession in 2023, more than double […]
Hitachi Energy And Sun Africa & UGT Renewables To Help Accelerate The Energy Transition
The strategic collaboration will provide fully financed utility-scale solar photovoltaic plants to speed up progress to net zero. Hitachi Energy, a global technology leader that is advancing a sustainable energy future for all has signed a memorandum of understanding with Sun Africa and its sister company, UGT Renewables, to collaborate on utility-scale solar photovoltaic power […]
Gates Foundation CEO Announces Largest-Ever Annual Budget, Explains Foundation’s Approach To Fighting Poverty, Disease, And Inequity
In his annual letter published today, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman announced the foundation will spend US$8.3 billion this year to continue its work fighting poverty, disease, and inequity. He also shared examples of how the foundation uses its resources, voice, and convening power to call attention to and help find solutions […]
Five technology priorities for enhancing the African healthcare sector
by Bonisiwe Tshabalala, Senior Industry & Value Advisor at SAP Africa NAIROBI, Kenya, 17 January 2023 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- What actions can African countries, healthcare providers and healthcare organisations take to improve the provision of health services to the continent’s 1.4 billion citizens? Africa faces the dual challenge of poor healthcare systems and a high burden […]
Laying Foundations For Deeper Domestic Financial Markets In Africa
Sello Moloko, Absa Group Chairman Leaders of business, government, civil society and others are debating the challenges facing the global economy – notably the rising cost of living and possible global recession – at the 2023 World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos this month. It is important that African countries make their voices […]
African Journalists: More Training & Resources Will Boost Climate Change Coverage
By Kingsley Ighobor At the end of a five-minute newscast from a makeshift studio in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, the venue of COP27, Cotonou-based journalist Ghyslaine Florida Zossoungbo was able to provide real-time information to her compatriots back home in the Republic of Benin. Zossoungbo reports for Benin ODD Television, an online platform dedicated to promoting Sustainable Development […]
New Report Summarizes Human Rights Trends in 23 African Countries
Human Rights Watch says African nations need to do more to address the widespread displacement, killings and other abuses that have come about from the continent’s many conflicts. According to ACLED, the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project, there were at least 36,000 violent events and more than 50,000 deaths caused by violence in […]
A Flood of Cheaper Chinese Products could Set Back Africa’s Infant or Domestic Industries
China is now the African continent’s largest trading partner, accounting for US$254 billion in 2021. It’s also the main country of origin for African manufacturing imports, providing 16% of Africa’s total in 2018. In most African countries the influx of Chinese products has become a major concern because of the implications for industrialisation. There are […]
Reversing the Tide in Rwanda’s Fishing Practices
An initiative to repopulate depleted waters is teaching villagers sustainable agriculture, providing jobs and improving diets. Eric Ndagijimana manages Gishanda Fish Farm, which is based on the banks of the lake to cultivate tilapia and restock the waters. In April, the first fingerlings (young fish) raised in the farm were released into the water. More […]
