Technical workshop on Budgeting Sensitive to Demographic Dividend: transforming the 2021-2023 budgets into functional budgets
Event June 10 to 14, 2024 - Venue/Format: Ouagadougou, Burkina FasoOrganizer: ECA
Regional Meeting of West African Intergovernmental Organizations
Event June 10 to 11, 2024 - Venue/Format: Abidjan, Côte d’IvoireOrganizer: ECA
UN deputy chief encourages RC solidarity with African youth for SDG acceleration
Stories & Blogs UN DCO (Story )Africa's youth and women were at the heart of discussions during UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed’s annual meeting with Resident Coordinators from across the continent.
Ahead of the UN Summit of the Future: insights from the African Youth Consultative Forum and position paper
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Member States call for transformative policies and quality funding, crucial for the UN’s boost for people and planet
Stories & Blogs UNSDG (Story )Countries’ requests for the United Nations to deliver support through these turbulent times and steer us toward a sustainable future.
Unlocking Africa's critical mineral wealth: Energy transition can pave path to new prosperity.
Stories & Blogs UNCTAD (News )Africa holds significant reserves of minerals critical for low-carbon technologies, like cobalt and manganese, offering opportunities for economic growth and development.
How Africa can harness critical mineral wealth to revamp economies
Stories & Blogs UNCTAD (News )The continent is the centre of attraction due to its huge deposits of the world’s reserves of minerals essential for renewable energy technologies like solar panels and electric vehicles: 55% of cobalt, 47.65% of manganese and 5.9% of copper, among others