Workshop on strategic opportunities for value addition and export diversification in Zambia
Event September 15 - 26, 2025 - Venue/Format: Lusaka, ZambiaOrganizer: UNCTAD
Regional training workshop on trade in services statistics in SADC region
Event September 8 - 12, 2025 - Venue/Format: Maputo, MozambiqueOrganizer: UNCTAD
Nearly 2 million refugees at risk as Uganda emergency funds dwindle and services cut
Stories & Blogs UNHCR (Press release )Uganda is on the verge of hosting two million refugees as escalating crises in Sudan, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) drive hundreds of people to cross the border daily in search of safety and lifesaving aid.
Mobile-Phone Technology Powers Saving Surge in Developing Economies.
Stories & Blogs World Bank (Press release )Number of Adults Using Accounts to Save Rises at Fastest Clip in a Decade.
Global Gas Flaring Hits Highest Level Since 2007, Undermining Energy Security, Access, and Emissions Goals
Stories & Blogs World Bank (Press release )Global gas flaring surged for a second year in a row, wasting about $63 billion in lost energy and setting back efforts to manage emissions and boost energy security and access.
After a career defending ‘the dignity of life’, Natalia Kanem steps down as UNFPA boss
Stories & Blogs Un (Interview )Natalia Kanem, the head of the UN sexual and reproductive rights agency, UNFPA, is stepping down, after a tumultuous eight-year tenure
For ALL Women and Girls: Saron Mesele on bridging the digital gender gap.
Stories & Blogs UN-Women (Interview )#ForAllWomenAndGirls is a rallying call for action on the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.
Africa LEADS [Learn. Adapt. Scale.]
Event May 5-9, 2025 - Venue/Format: Lomé, TogoOrganizer: World Bank
Expert workshop to showcase best practices in the promotion of equal nationality rights in law and in practice.
Event May 6, 2025 - Venue/Format: OnlineOrganizer: OHCHR
How AI reinforces gender bias—and what we can do about it.
Stories & Blogs UN-Women (Interview )Interview with Zinnya del Villar on AI gender bias and creating inclusive technology.