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UNDP joins the African Union and Partners to launch the Continental Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP) for Africa.

Stories & Blogs UNDP-AfricaJul 18, 2025(News )

The plan aims to support Africa’s shift toward a circular economy that promotes green growth, resource efficiency and inclusive development.

Pioneering the Future: How UNDP's timbuktoo is Redefining Development Finance at FFD4

Stories & Blogs UNDP-AfricaJul 17, 2025(Story )

On the sidelines of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) in Seville, UNDP hosted a high-level side event titled “Building the Future of Engagement with the Private Sector.”

Digital technology is unlocking financial inclusion

Stories & Blogs World BankJul 17, 2025(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.

Empowering Ethiopia’s Entrepreneurs through Trade Finance

Stories & Blogs World BankJun 25, 2025(Story )

IFC’s Global Trade Finance Program (GTFP) is helping Ethiopian banks support local businesses and sustain livelihoods in rural and conflict-affected areas.

How data can unlock the travel trade for Eswatini.

Stories & Blogs ITCJun 10, 2025(News )

Measuring travel in trade statistics is complex. Travel spending can include street food and hospital bills, which makes it hard to gather data.

Ugandan coffee: From the last gorilla kingdom to international markets.

Stories & Blogs ITCJun 09, 2025(News )

Richard Rugaya and the Gorilla Highlands Coffee (GHC) team believe that the best coffee should taste good, smell good, and do good.

Further strengthening how we measure global poverty.

Stories & Blogs World BankJun 05, 2025(Blog )

For 35 years, the World Bank Group has measured global poverty to track progress toward eradicating what is considered the most severe deprivation of basic human needs—extreme poverty.