From Copenhagen to Doha: Why the Second World Summit for Social Development Matters for Africa
Stories & Blogs UNDP-AfricaNov 05, 2025(News )World leaders are gathering in Doha this week for the Second World Summit on Social Development (WSSD2), three decades after the first Summit in Copenhagen. For Africa, this gathering is not a commemorative moment, but a pivotal opportunity to rally partn
The UN’s Next 80 Years Depend on Africa’s Next 10
Stories & Blogs UNDP-AfricaOct 22, 2025(Blog )The United Nations turns 80 this year. It should be a celebration. Instead, it feels like a reckoning. Multilateralism as we know it, is in crisis: too slow where it should be agile, too fragmented where it should be cohesive, too exclusive where it shoul
How the African Trade Observatory strengthens trade policy.
Stories & Blogs ITCOct 15, 2025(News )As Africa moves forward with the implementation of the AfCFTA, policymakers need robust, data-driven trade tools to monitor the state of intra-African integration.
Flipping the script on critical raw materials: ITC Executive Director on Africa’s role.
Stories & Blogs ITCOct 15, 2025(News )No more “Scramble for Africa”: We need to flip the script. In the global conversation on critical raw materials, Africa needs to see itself as the prize.
Africa’s Blue Economy: The next frontier for economic resilience beyond natural treasures.
Stories & Blogs UNDP - AfricaSep 23, 2025(Press Release )"The Africa Blue Economy Week 2025 reminds and encourages us to work collaboratively towards pooling finances and maximising the potential of the Blue Economy in Africa,” stated Dr Jihane El Gaouzi, Head of the Sustainable Environment Division at the Afri
Small businesses make waves at Intra-African Trade Fair
Stories & Blogs ITCSep 23, 2025(News )African small businesses are rewriting the rules of trade, and this year’s Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) in Algiers proved it.
From Landlocked to Land-Linked: Unlocking Africa’s Inland Economic Powerhouses
Stories & Blogs UNDP - AfricaAug 07, 2025(Press Release )Reframing Africa’s landlocked nations as strategic “land-linked” economies driving trade, innovation, and integration across the continent.
Hope in Every Dose : How Global Fund Support is Saving Lives from Malaria, TB, and HIV across Africa
Stories & Blogs UNDP-AfricaJul 02, 2025(Story )“Now I understand it’s to keep him safe,” N’beta said, watching Seco become one of 250,000 children protected in 2024 with a simple but life-saving dose.
Analysing the potential impact of US tariffs on developing countries
Stories & Blogs ITCApr 07, 2025(News )Developing countries face some of the stiffest consequences of the latest round of the United States of America (US) tariffs announced on 2 April.
Innovative Strategies for Measuring Impact: Insights from 14 African Countries
Stories & Blogs UNDP-AfricaSep 16, 2024(Blog )The multi-dimensional nature of development demands a nuanced approach to measuring its impact. It is not just about tallying numbers or ticking boxes, but also about understanding the social, economic, and political contexts that shape outcomes.