UN Agency, Ethiopia Team Up for Tree Planting, Green Job Initiative
ADDIS ABEBA – Economic Commission for Africa and Ethiopia signed an MoU on Thursday to kick off a four-year 3.6
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Africa’s Path to COVID-19 Recovery Requires Boldness, says Vera Songwe
ADDIS ABABA – Tackling the ongoing coronavirus pandemic effectively to ensure Africa grows back and builds back better in the
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COVID-19 Exit Strategies to Bring African Economies Back on Track Proposed
ADDIS ABABA – A major think tank in Africa has proposed various COVID-19 exit strategies for the continent following the
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COVID-19: Data for a Resilient Africa
ADDIS ABABA – A new initiative to strengthen Africa’s data ecosystems in the face of COVID-19 unvailed on Saturday by
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Over 300,000 Africans Could Die Due to COVID-19, Report Says
ADDIS ABEBA – Over 300,000 Africans could lose their lives due to COVID-19, a new United Nations report on the
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COVID-19 to Hit African Cities Hard – UN ECA
ADDIS ABEBA – Adequate consideration of the vulnerability of city economies needed as African governments consolidate efforts to mitigate coronavirus’s
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Emergency Response to Africa by the G20 is Our Collective Insurance
By Vera Songwe* ADDIS ABABA – Not since our species first emerged out of Africa have we been so linked
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Africa Needs $100bln Economic Stimulus to Counter COVID-19 Impact
ADDIS ABABA – Africa needs more than 100 billion US Dollars as an emergency economic stimulus to counter the impact
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ECA Delays Ministerial Conference in Addis over COVID-19 concerns
ADDIS ABEBA – The UN Economic Commission for Africa (UN-ECA) said it has postponed a high-level ministerial conference, which was
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Africa’s Female Fund Managers to Receive Major Boost
ADDIS ABABA – African leaders are putting women front and center of efforts to drive the continent’s economic growth through
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