Designing Africa’s Innovation Ecosystem for Women: A Blueprint for Inclusive Startup Ecosystems Across Africa
Stories & Blogs UNDP-Africa (Blog )Africa holds the highest rate of female entrepreneurship in the world. Yet in 2025, women-led startups received less than 1% of total venture capital deployed on the continent.
From Resolution to Reality: Delivering Water and Sanitation for “The Africa We Want”
Stories & Blogs Africa Renewal (Article )The African Union has pronounced their theme for 2026 to be: ‘Assuring Sustainable Water Availability and Safe Sanitation Systems to Achieve the Goals of Agenda 2063’. In an opinion piece, AUC Chairperson, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf explores the continent's ren
GiveToGain: Promoting women's economic empowerment in Southern Africa
Stories & Blogs ECA (Blog )As part of International Women's Day 2026, ECA SRO-SA joins UN Women in supporting the GiveToGain campaign which aligns with this year's global theme: Rights, Justice, Action, For ALL women and girls.
Water, sanitation, and women’s economic empowerment across the lifecycle in Africa
Stories & Blogs ECA (Blog )Across the lifecycle, inadequate WASH services impose particularly high costs on girls and women.
Powering women's economic futures: energy and opportunity in Africa's inclusive industrialization transformation
Stories & Blogs ECA (Blog )industrialization transformation 9 March, 2026 [Blog] Powering women's economic futures: energy and opportunity in Africa's inclusive industrialization transformation Share this: By Towela Ngulube and Sosson Tadadjeu In Africa, women play a crucial role
Beyond the headlines: How Africa is building a new future for migration
Stories & Blogs ECA (Blog )For too long, the global conversation about migration in Africa has been dominated by a single, crisis-driven narrative.
Zambia at a Crossroads: Turning Migration Policy into Reality
Stories & Blogs ECA (Blog )For decades, Zambia has stood at a unique crossroads. Bordering nine countries, it is a nation of origin, transit, and destination all at once.
When justice fails: Why women can't get protection from AI deepfake abuse
Stories & Blogs UN-Women (Article )What is deepfake abuse and why laws, platforms, and justice systems are failing women
Putting the African state and its institutions at the centre of development
Stories & Blogs Africa Renewal (Article )As AU Summit opens, two UN OSAA reports underscore a clear message: no durable peace without strong, legitimate and well resourced states
A Strategic Tripartite Partnership to Improve Flood Forecasting in West Africa and the Sahel
Stories & Blogs UNDP-Africa (Blog )“Through the Sahel Resilience Project, we are strengthening institutions for disaster risk reduction and adaptation, co-creating inclusive solutions, and supporting communities to better anticipate and respond to hydrometeorological hazards—while localizi