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  Speaker Anita Among has called for a fight against illicit financial flows that see Africa lose an estimated US$88 billion annually. The Speaker made this call while presiding at the African Organisation of Public Accounts Committee (AFROPAC) Conference and Fifth Annual General Meeting at Golden Tulip Hotel, Kampala on Monday, 17 March 2025.   “The impact of this loss has and continues to be felt by our citizenry through […]

  The highly anticipated Congo Energy&Investment Forum (CEIF) 2025 is just one week away. Taking place in Brazzaville from March 24-26, the forum will be held under the theme, Securing Growth and Investment in a New Era. With a comprehensive agenda and an impressive roster of high-level speakers, CEIF 2025 brings together top energy executives, investors and policymakers for three days of robust discussions, deal-signings and exhibitions. Under the highest […]

  The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org), African Water Facility (www.AfricanWaterFacility.org), and the Association of European Development Finance Institutions (https://EDFI.eu/) will host a high-level event to generate investment for water and sanitation services in Africa. Taking place on 18 March 2025 in Brussels, the event will bring together development finance institutions, private sector investors, and philanthropic organizations. During the event, the African Development Bank and African Water Facility will showcase […]

  Today, the Council imposed restrictive measures on nine individuals and one entity responsible for acts that constitute serious human rights violations and abuses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), for sustaining the armed conflict, instability and insecurity in the DRC and exploiting the armed conflict through the illicit exploitation or trade of natural resources. These restrictive measures have been adopted in view of the escalation of the conflict in […]

  Kenya’s Infrastructure Asset Management Enabling Environment Roadmap Action Plan proposes clear recommendations to enhance the country’s national public asset management practices. UNOPS, the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) and the UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) worked in close collaboration with Kenya’s State Department for Public Works to develop the roadmap. “This roadmap will guide us in strengthening our policies, strategies and actions to ensure that […]

  With 22 million young people joining the workforce every year, Africa needs to create many more jobs. Digital technologies are a major asset in getting younger professionals more work opportunities. That’s why the NTF V Senegal Tech project organized practical training courses for students at the Cheikh Hamidou Kane Digital University. Focusing on digital freelancing and pitching, these sessions showed students how to better seize digital opportunities and drive […]

  The African Institute for Development and Economic Planning, the ECA’s training arm, provided training for 5,000 people in 34 courses in 2024 – more than the 3,000 it initially planned to, said its director, Karima Bounemra Ben Soltane. She said programmes were being designed in response to member states’ concerns and aligned to their development needs. In her report back on the Institute’s activities over the last year, she […]

Elelo lyoSWAPO moshitopolwa shaShana olya hogolola Sem Nangolo oye a ninge omukwatakanithi gongundu moshitopolwa Olyomakaya. Shoka osha landula sho ngoka a kala omukwatakanithi Werner Iita a ulikwa aye komutumba gopashigwana nokwa tegelelwa a ganithwe miilonga pamwe niilyo iikwawo oshiwike shika. Nangolo okwa adhika eli omukwatakanithi moshikandjohogololo shaNdangwa. Shoka osha landula sho ngoka a kala omukwatakanithi Werner Iita a ulikwa aye komutumba gopashigwana nokwa pamwe niilyo iikwawo oshiwike shika. Okwa sindana […]