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Aurelia Patrizia Calabro, director of United Nations Industrial Development Organisation’s Ethiopia regional hub cum representative to the African Union, speaks about the Third Industrial Development Decade for Africa (IDDA3), on the sidelines of the 2019 Africa Industrialization Week   How is the implementation of the Third Industrial Development Decade for…

In commemoration of the 2019 International Migrants Day, the United Nations Network on Migration Wednesday observed the first anniversary of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (Global Compact) in celebration of the courage of about 272 million migrants all over the world as well as their important…

Last week, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) launched a campaign on 2020 as the UN International Year of Plant Health (IYPH), aimed at raising public awareness about the importance of plant health research in ending hunger and reducing poverty in Africa     Plants are regarded as the…

Innovative PAYGo business models are not only lucrative for the firms that adopt them; they have the potential to improve the lives of millions of Africans, beginning with the neediest rural communities. African policymakers should focus on ensuring that this potential is fulfilled.     The rise of digital pay-as-you-go…

The African Union InterAfrican Bureau for Animal Resources` (AU-IBAR) has hosted a 3-day continental forum themed: “Accelerating intra-African trade and boosting Africa’s trading position in the global animal commodity market,” aimed at promoting dialogue on intra-African livestock trade amongst AU member states, for the successful operationalization of the Africa Continental…

Dr Souleymane Abdallah is an economist at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), in charge of industrialization and trade diversification issues; he spoke on the Third Industrial Development Decade for Africa (IDDA III) and the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), on the sidelines of the 2019 Africa…

As the world marks 2019 Human Rights Day, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, has described climate emergency as presenting the most profound planet-wide threat to human rights. “This has been a year of tremendous activism – notably by young people. It is particularly fitting that this…

The continental secretariat of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), in collaboration with the Africa Governance Platform (AGA Platform), Monday hosted a consolidated launch for the inaugural biannual Africa Governance Report (AGR), before a vast array of stakeholders from academia, think tanks, media as well as women and youths groups,…

In 1993, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women, as part of global efforts to end the pervasive infringement of women`s rights, yet; 1 in 3 women and girls – nearly 1 billion of global women – still have to endure…

Since 1990, 20th November of every year has been celebrated as Africa Industrialization Day; this year’s was aimed at raising awareness on the challenges and opportunities for Africa’s industrialization, in the context of the newly-formed African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)     In 1989, the 25th Ordinary Session of…