African economies’ prospects for long-term, sustainable growth are under threat from weakness in the core conditions necessary for competitive and productive economies, despite outwardly healthy-looking growth rates in many parts of the region, according to the African Competitiveness Report, released on Thursday, June 4 in Cape Town.

Africa may stack up pretty well compared with the world’s regions on having companies with female board members, but the continent has a distance to go to make sure its strong economic growth includes its most talented women at the top, according to the first-ever study of female board membership in Africa, unveiled during the World Economic Forum Africa, by the African Development Bank, commissioner of the study.

The African Legal Support Facility will participate in the 17th Annual Africa Energy Forum in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from June 8-11, 2015. The event held annually allows participants to deliberate about developments in Africa’s power sector.

Over the course of three days, the African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) will host the Ministerial Session that will feature over 9 Ministers from African countries where they will share insights and knowledge on the power sector in their respective countries.

The African Development Bank is organizing from June 9-10, 2015 in Harare a capacity-building activity for Southern African Development Community (SADC) parliamentarians on ‘Value for Money in Social Sectors’.

The newly established African Natural Resources Center (ANRC), African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, has launched an online consultation to seek comments from all stakeholders on its draft strategy for 2015-2020.