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At the 2025 Goalkeepers event, Gates Foundation Chair Bill Gates addressed an audience of more than 1,000 global government, community, philanthropy, and private-sector leaders with a stark but hopeful call to action: save millions of children’s lives and make some of the deadliest diseases history by 2045. “Humanity is at a crossroads. With millions of […]
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A series of murals have been unveiled in major cities around the world carrying a similar message: persons with disabilities must not be left behind in the fight to end global poverty. The colourful artworks, located in New York, USA; Homa Bay, Kenya; Abuja, Nigeria; and Dakar, Senegal have been created by the international development […]
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South Africa’s public and private sector, government, academia, plus civil society, need to collaborate in a big push to “move the needle” on the country achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), said Dr Achieng Ojwang, Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact Network South Africa (GCNSA) in Johannesburg on Wednesday 28 August […]
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By Dr Allan Pamba – Executive Vice President, Diagnostics, Africa, at Roche Diagnostics On 10 September, the world gathers for the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 79), and as 2030 approaches, the focus on health has never been more critical. 2030 is a deadline that all United Nations Member States have set to achieve universal […]
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By Antonio Pedro September 2023 marks the halfway point to the deadline for achieving the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Yet, globally we are still far off-track, and Africa is only halfway towards achieving the SDGs, with nearly 600 million Africans still lacking access to electricity and 431 million people living in extreme poverty. While the challenges associated with […]
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The continent contributes substantially to the world’s annual production of six key minerals: 80% of platinum, 77% of cobalt, 51% of manganese, 46% of diamonds, 39% of chromium and 22% of gold Africa must use all its comparative advantages to mobilize the resources it needs to finance its sustainable development ambitions. Since 2010, official development […]
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Against United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals General Mills, Logitech, McKinsey & Company, Microsoft led by Xbox, Nedbank, Nestlé, PepsiCo, Philips, and the Royal College of Art already founding members of the alliance Design for Good has launched as a global non-profit alliance of industry-leading companies and institutions across private sector, academia and social sectors, with the […]
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Oliver Nudds, Managing Director, Ocean Plastic Technologies Current waste management practices in Africa are causing major economic, social and environmental impacts. The rise in plastic consumption combined with weak waste collection infrastructure is resulting in increased marine plastic litter, which is negatively impacting coastal economies. Poor dumping, disposal and burning of waste is causing greenhouse […]
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