Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – At an historic meeting on Saturday, November 8 at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the African Union together with African Development Bank, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and leading businesses in Africa committed to join...

West Africa got a sigh of relief Saturday as the African business community pledged US $28.5 million towards the fight against Ebola, which has damaged the social-economic progress of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. Donald Kaberuka, the President of African Development Bank (AfDB), called this a...

The President of the African Development Bank, Donald Kaberuka, will attend the African Business Roundtable on Ebola in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on November 8, 2014 at the African Union Headquarters. The roundtable is jointly convened by the African Union (AU), the African Development...

Where will Africa want to be in the next decades and what are the key scenarios building? What is going to shape the continent’s future for its transformation? These were the questions panelists dealt with, on Day 3 of the African Economic Conference, which took place in Addis Ababa from November 1...

Africans should believe in their own knowledge. This was the advice of researcher Hilary Nwokeabia at the 9thedition of the African Economic Conference on Sunday, November 2 in Addis Ababa. A presenter on the theme “Knowledge generation for structural transformation,” Nwokeabia said, “Knowledge...

Universities in Africa largely lag behind others from elsewhere in the world because governments do not invest enough in infrastructure and facilities that enable creative and innovative research. The debate was tabled on Sunday at the African Economic Conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, an...

Policy-makers in Africa have been urged to improve labour market outcomes and promote inclusive growth. This is addition to promoting commodity-based industrialization to reduce the high and challenging youth unemployment rate in Africa. These were some of the issues raised during a parallel...

There have been substantial gains in achieving universal education with net enrollment reaching 90% in developing countries and 77% in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2011, as the United Nations states in a 2013 report. On the down side, however, this increase in enrollment has not been accompanied by an...

Innovation and technology can serve as a springboard for economic transformation provided they are driven by people. This was the message put forward by partners and participants at the closing of the 9th Annual African Economic Conference (AEC), which ran from November 1-3 in Addis...