Kenyan Goods Set to Access EU Market Duty-Free

 Kenyan- goods will soon access the European Union (EU) market duty-free, helping boost exports to the huge market. This comes after the Kenyan government and EU signed an economic partnership agreement at... Read more »

Export & Digitalization: Kick-off in Rabat of the ECA – EU – EBRD Capacity Building Workshops for Women Led Enterprises

Rabat — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the European Union representations in Morocco and the ECA Office for North Africa will hold on Friday 16 June in Rabat (Morocco)... Read more »

African Leaders in Ukraine to Push for Peace Talks

A delegation of African leaders on a mission to end the war in Ukraine received a reminder of the challenge they faced when explosions were heard in Kyiv during their visit on... Read more »

ECA and IMF engage UNZA students and lecturers to tackle the issue of financial challenges deterring the achievement of SDGs in ZAMBIA

 LUSAKA – The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Sub regional Office for Southern Africa (SRO-SA), in collaboration with the University of Zambia (Department of Economics) and the International Monetary Fund... Read more »

Crucial African agriculture, health startups lag behind in attracting seed capital

  Start-ups in Africa have increasingly been accessing more financing in seed, early-stage and late-stage capital, signalling an improving investment landscape on the continent’s budding companies. However, start-ups in the most crucial... Read more »

Nigeria’s debt at $103b, GDP wanes as inflation, redundancy rise

 Nigeria’s economy is weakening as its total debt climbed to $103.11 billion with spiralling inflation and unemployment. The dire economic situation is what the country’s outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari would hand over... Read more »

 Hutan witnessed arrival of 6,000 international tourists since September

India Blooms News Service Thimpu: As many as 6,000 international tourists paying the new Sustainable Development Fee (SDF) have arrived in Bhutan since the border reopened six months ago. Another 7000 tourists... Read more »

Somalia to hold elections by universal suffrage, president says

Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said the country will organize the next national elections by universal suffrage, a departure from an indirect voting system that has often triggered crises. The fragile Horn... Read more »

Nigeria launches counter-terrorism centre to tackle insecurity

Having lost more than 65,000 people to insurgency and terrorism in 14 years, Nigeria has launched a national counter-terrorism centre to optimize efforts in addressing security challenges. Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari inaugurated... Read more »

Interwoven global crises can best be solved together

 When global crises are interlinked, they overlap and compound each other. In such cases, the most effective solutions are those that work at the nexus of all these challenges. In September, almost... Read more »