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.
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.
Second Africa Climate Summit
Event September 8 – 10, 2025 - Venue/Format: Addis Ababa, EthiopiaOrganizer: African Union
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.
Private capital for infrastructure: Resilience amid uncertainty, urgency amid gaps
Stories & Blogs World Bank (Blog )As the global economy continues to adapt to macroeconomic shifts, infrastructure investment remains a critical driver of job creation, long-term development opportunities and resilience.
Turning carbon into opportunity: how Africa’s carbon markets can power people and deliver the SDGs
Stories & Blogs UNDP-Africa (Blog )From clean energy to climate-smart agriculture, the green transition in Africa will require trillions of dollars.This transformation is essential, yet it cannot be funded by governments alone.
Digital technology is unlocking financial inclusion
Stories & Blogs World Bank (Blog )Mobile phones and the internet are revolutionizing financial inclusion, enabling more people to access and use digital financial services to manage their financial lives.
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