The UN’s Next 80 Years Depend on Africa’s Next 10
Stories & Blogs UNDP-Africa (Blog )The United Nations turns 80 this year. It should be a celebration. Instead, it feels like a reckoning. Multilateralism as we know it, is in crisis: too slow where it should be agile, too fragmented where it should be cohesive, too exclusive where it shoul
Making gender equality work: how Africa’s public institutions are leading the shift
Stories & Blogs UNDP-Africa (Blog )Across the region, governments and public institutions are driving Africa’s transformation in inclusive and accountable ways.
Responding to the challenge of AI: Retrieving human intelligence through labour.
Event October 30, 2025 - Venue/Format: Hybrid/ Room II (R2 South), ILO GenevaOrganizer: ILO
Are AI jobs driving up demand for STEM education? Yes, but not for women.
Event October 30, 2025, 13:00 - 14:00 GMT+3 - Venue/Format: Hybrid, Geneva, SwitzerlandOrganizer: ILO
Botswana’s jewel: How unlocking investments in nature can drive economic prosperity for all October 8, 2025
Stories & Blogs UNDP-Africa (Blog )Aligning financial systems with biodiversity protection is not only risk mitigation—it’s a pathway to inclusive, resilient growth.
e-Learning Course: Harnessing trade to advance national climate and development goals
Event 7 November – 16 December 2025 - Venue/Format: OnlineOrganizer: UNCTAD
From water to electricity: The rural-urban infrastructure gap in seven charts.
Stories & Blogs World Bank (Blog )In Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, rural areas still house the majority of the population.
People-centered AI in education: Five lessons from the Global South.
Stories & Blogs World Bank (Blog )In just six weeks, secondary school students in Edo, Nigeria participating in an after-school program combining AI tutoring with teacher guidance, achieved learning gains of 0.31 standard deviations, equivalent to roughly 1.5–2 years of typical schooling.
Ethiopia’s new digital health information system contributes to major improvements in maternal and health care.
Stories & Blogs IFPRI (Blog )In Africa, digital technologies are rapidly changing the way health care is provided, monitored, and evaluated.
Behind the scenes: How we work with creditors on debt transparency.
Stories & Blogs World Bank (Blog )Earlier this year, the World Bank conducted the second round of a Data Sharing Exercise with G-7 and Paris Club creditors.