Since its inception in 2018, the Africa Business Forum has promoted dialogue between governments, investors, service providers, project promotors and other stakeholders on challenges, opportunities, ...

These submission guidelines are developed in order to ensure successful organization of the award activities and the impartiality of the award itself. The Kofi Annan Road Safety Award will be in the ...

African cities and localities are playing a growing role in the region’s progress towards the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and Agenda 2063 of the AU. Sub-national governments are undertaking ...

The use of exchange rate devaluation has recently re-emerged as a stabilization tool to correct macroeconomic imbalances in developing countries, as was the case under the structural adjustment ...

Urbanization on the African continent represents a megatrend. By 2050, the percentage of people living in urban areas is predicted to rise from 47% in 2000 to around 60%. With an average annual urban ...

The Eleventh session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD-11) will be jointly organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Government of the ...

Agenda Item 2: Election of the Bureau and adoption of the agenda and programme of work ...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 31 January 2025 (ECA) - The eighth Africa Business Forum will be held on the margins of the thirty-eighth ordinary session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of ...

The objective of this section is to strengthen the capacity of member States to design, implement and monitor policies to promote sustainable urbanization that drives inclusive economic growth and ...

The workshop will include capacity development and technical sessions to strengthen the gender monitoring and reporting framework in Zimbabwe. It will consist of capacity development sessions on key ...

The changing African investment landscape has become more attractive to foreign capital. Before the COVID–19 crisis, global foreign direct investment (FDI) slumped in 2018 for a third consecutive year ...

Addressing the energy deficit in Southern Africa through investments in new and renewable energy technologies to reduce energy poverty and accelerate sustainable ...