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Africa’s bumpy road to sustainable energy

Young girls from Mtakataka Secondary School in the District of Dedza, Malawi. Photo: UN Women/Karin Schermbrucker

A letter to girls from Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Under Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, on International Day of the Girl Child

President Adama Barrow of the Republic of The Gambia addresses the seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly. Photo: UN Photo/Cia Pak

No country can solve its challenges ‘in isolation,’ Gambia President tells UN Assembly

Current & expected electricity generation of African countries.

Is Africa ready for nuclear energy?

Economic growth puts pressure on countries to go nuclear, but hurdles remain

Senegal Sadio Mané in action during the World Cup. Photo: Alamy / IPAS

Lessons from Russia

What went wrong for Africa at the World Cup?

African Union chairperson and president of Rwanda Paul Kagame, president of Niger Mahamadou Issoufou and African Union Commission chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat at the launch of AfCFTA in Kigali in March 2018.

Africa set for a massive free trade area

Experts say the African Continental Free Trade Agreement is a game changer

Gender

Women-led tech startups on the rise in Africa

On the surface, sub-Saharan Africa boasts the world’s highest rate of women entrepreneurs, at 27%....
Free Trade Area

Infrastructure key to intra-African trade

Ken Ukaoha knows something about infrastructure and intra-Africa trade. He is the founder and chief...
Free Trade Area

One-stop border post will boost trading

As the marketing executive of Dairibord Zimbabwe, a stock exchange–listed exporter of food and...
Economic Development

Good governance is the solution to Africa’s problems

Under the auspices of the African Union, African leaders established the African Peer Review...
Genocide

Preventing genocide: UN calls on countries to stand against atrocities

With only a few months before the 70th anniversary of the Convention on the Prevention and...