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New development models to drive growth and employment for youth in Africa
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today launched the
Global Environment Outlook-6 (GEO-6) for Youth in Africa report on the margins
of the 17th session of...
IRENA Facilitates Investment and Renewable Projects on Ground in Africa
Boosting renewable energy projects on the
ground requires scaling up investment. IRENA’s state-of-the-art analysis of
enabling policy frameworks and finance mechanisms channel public and private
investment in...
Africa-Europe Alliance: Two new financial guarantees under the EU External Investment Plan
Today in the margins of the 2019 Africa
Investment Forum in Johannesburg, South Africa, the European Commission signed
two guarantee agreements with two Member States' development...
Africa’s energy future matters for the world
Africa is set to become increasingly influential in shaping global
energy trends over the next two decades as it undergoes the largest process of
urbanisation the...
Agribusiness: Africa’s New Investment Frontier
Authors: Mariam Yinusa and Edward Mabaya*
In the past decade, a stroll along the aisles of any
African supermarket is revealing: there is a new wave...
Africa becomes area of global competition
The widespread view of Africa as one huge problem point on the planet’s
body characterized by pandemics, hunger, poverty and wars - the so-called
“Afropessimism” -...
Russia-Africa Summit: walking hand in hand through history
The first-ever Russia-Africa
summit held from 23-24 October in Sochi, Russia, marking the culminating point
of the return of Russia to Africa, with more than 50...
Moscow’s Institute for African Studies Marks its 60th Year
The Institute for African Studies under the Russian Academy of Sciences was
founded 60 years ago, precisely in 1959. Since then it has undergone various
changes...
Russia –Africa Economic Forum: The Renewed Commitment on Russia-Africa Relations
The inaugural Russia-Africa
Summit which was hosted in the black sea city of Sochi just ended a summit
which was full of huge deals and commitments...
Russia’s return to Africa: A blessing for China or not?
Authors: Yang Yi-zhong and Paul Wang (Wang Li)
On
October 23-24, beautiful Sochi, a summer resort in Russia, hosted the inaugural
Russia-Africa summit with more than...