Report: Ghana will be fastest growing African economy in 2017
Ghana is expected to have economic growth of 8.7 percent in 2017. Read More »
U.N. report on ongoing gender-equality efforts in Africa discussed in South Sudan
A recently released report titled “Africa Human Development Report 2016: Accelerating Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Africa" was the focus of a Parliament committee meeting held recently in Juba, South Sudan. Read More »
ECOWAS delegates hammering out customs-standardization plan for member nations
Delegates held a three-day workshop to accelerate the standardization and simplification of customs procedures among the Economic Community of West African States' (ECOWAS) member states. Read More »
South Korea to help Sierra Leone manage its fish stocks amid overfishing concerns
South Korea assured Sierra Leone Ambassador Omrie Michael Golley of its support in assessing and managing the nation's fisheries stocks. Read More »
ENGIE, Orange expand effort to spread electricity in rural sub-Saharan areas
Energy supplier ENGIE and telecommunications company Orange recently announced that they will deploy solar kits across rural areas of Africa. Read More »
Stakeholders at PIDA conference call for more youth job creation
The African Union (AU), the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) agency and the African Development Bank (AfDB) called for governments to provide more employment opportunities for youths, during the recent Programme for Infrastructure Development (PIDA) Week conference. Read More »
Nigerian named new registrar of U.N. criminal tribunals agency
Olufemi Elias of Nigeria, executive secretary of the World Bank Administrative Tribunal since July, recently was appointed registrar of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. Read More »
First-ever Africa Trade Week underway this week in Ethiopia
The first-ever Africa Trade Week opened Monday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Read More »
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