Latest news   Read all the latest news, including articles, speeches and press notices.   An Agriculture Technical Aid Corps Proposed for A 06 Dec 2006 An Agriculture Technical Aid Corps Proposed for Africa. A summit to address food security problems in Africa started today (November 4, 2006) in Abuja with delegates hoping to establish a pool ...       AFC shops for $2bn to raise Africa’s economy 01 Dec 2006 The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has concluded arrangements to raise $2.0 billion to improve the status quo of the economy of Africa towards meeting Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). BLESSING ANARO It ...       Secretary-General's message on World AIDS Day 01 Dec 2006 In the 25 years since the first case was reported, AIDS has changed the world. It has killed 25 million people, and infected 40 million more. It has become the ...       How African Govts Can Use Market Mechanism 24 Nov 2006 How African Govts Can Use Market Mechanism To Solve Brain Drain Problem. One of the issues we have been grappling with is at the capacity building workshop at the New Partnership ...       A proud Africa states its position to Europe 22 Nov 2006 A proud Africa states its position to Europe over foreign aid. Even with a begging bowl in hand, a proud Africa yesterday stood up to Europe over foreign aid: It is ...       ECA Business Plan Launched 22 Nov 2006 The new 2007-9 ECA Business Plan was officially launched on 16th November 2006 in Addis Ababa. The launch event was a component of a special ceremony which also included the ...       UN agencies come together to support NEPAD 20 Nov 2006 Addis Ababa, 20 November - UN agencies met in Addis Ababa last week to formulate ways of working jointly in a bid to support the New Partnership for Africa's Development ...       Water Apartheid: The 2006 UN Development Report · 13 Nov 2006 The UNDP has published the Human Development Report 2006 to bring attention to the growing inequality of the world’s water and sanitation. The Report is entitled Beyond scarcity: Power, poverty ...       African Countries Urged to Accede to the APRM 02 Nov 2006 African countries have been asked to increase participation in the African Peer Review Mechanism APRM. Ambassador Isaac Aluko-Olokun, who is in charge of APRM in Nigeria, said an increase in ...       NEPAD Multi-Stakeholders Dialogue II kicks off 31 Oct 2006 The Second top level Multi-Stakeholders Dialogue of the New Economic Partnership for African Development, NEPAD kicks off tomorrow, in ABUJA, NIGERIA. A number of stakeholders from the civil society, private ...       International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 17 Oct 2006 The theme for the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 2006 signals that eradicating poverty requires a collective commitment to address the diverse dimensions of poverty. The United Nations ...       Business leaders resolve to market Africa 19 Sep 2006 Business leaders from across the continent underlined their commitment yesterday to promote Africa’s economic profile and help raise awareness of the investment opportunities that the continent presents. They were speaking ...       African priorities are clear states NEPAD CEO 18 Sep 2006 Speaking today at the annual Bending the Arc summit at the United Nations headquarters in New York, Professor Mucavele, CEO of NEPAD said: "The African Union’s NEPAD programme provides Africa with ...       Bending the Arc summit concludes in New York 18 Sep 2006 The annual Bending the Arc summit took place today on the eve of the opening of the UN General Assembly in New York, bringing together more than 100 leaders from ...       Africa Summit to be held in UN Headquarters 22 June 2006 The African Union’s NEPAD, the United Nations and the African Business Roundtable will join forces once again to review progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goal in Africa and to ...       CORPORATE LEADERS LAUNCH BUSINESS ALLIANCE AGAINST 03 June 2006 Cape Town, South Africa - As the World Economic Forum on Africa convened in Cape Town, business leaders united to launch the first ever National Council of the Business Alliance ...       GBC appoints John E. Tedstrom as New Exec Director 25 May 2006 Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS (GBC) appoints John E. Tedstrom, Founder and President of Transatlantic Partners against AIDS (TPAA) as new Executive Director New York, NY - The Global Business Coalition ...       CEOs Ask for Fulfillment of G8 AIDS Commitments 22 May 2006 Today, several multinational company CEOs and senior executives call on G8 countries to implement their Gleneagles HIV/AIDS commitments. The company leaders strategize with leading British politicians on how global companies ...       Investment of $17 Trillion Needed to Meet Growing 05 May 2006 Commission on Sustainable Development Fourteenth Session 10th & 11th Meetings (AM & PM) Investment of $17 Trillion Needed to Meet Growing Global Energy Demand, Commission on Sustainable Development Told ‘Clean Energy’ Investment, ...       AfDB Encourages Korean Investment in Africa 26 Apr 2006 Seoul, April 26 - The President of the African Development Bank Group, Mr. Donald Kaberuka, has urged Korean businesses to take advantage of the vast improvements in Africa’s investment climate ...       Chevron Issues CSR Report 2005 24 Apr 2006 Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX - News) invested more than $73 million in community initiatives, deployed a global HIV/AIDS policy and became the largest producer of renewable energy among oil and ...       Africa must honour graft pledge-AfDB President 19 Apr 2006 Reuters Foundataion-Africa cannot point fingers at rich nations for providing inadequate aid if it fails to fight corruption at home, one of the continent's top lenders said. Donald Kaberuka, President of ...       UNEP Bids Farewell to Klaus Toepfer 31 Mar 2006 UNEP - 31 March 2006 marks the last day in office of UNEP’s Executive Director, Klaus Toepfer. Mr Toepfer, who has headed the organization for eight years since February 1998, ...       African ministers chart a new way forward 26 Mar 2006 Poverty Reduction Strategies: African ministers chart a new way forward UNECA- Meeting says Africa will further enhance education, infrastructure and private sector development, gender, science and technology to reach the ...       Infrastructure must work for the poor, Sen says 26 Mar 2006 UNDP/Govt of Japan- Nobel Laureate Professor Amartya Sen emphasized the links between infrastructure and poverty in his keynote address at the launch of ‘Making Infrastructure Work for the Poor’, a ...       Fighting Tropical Diseases 17 Mar 2006 Sciencemag.com- The global fight against extreme poverty requires a solid partnership between physical scientists, social scientists, civil society, and policy-makers. For too long, extreme poverty has been viewed mainly or exclusively ...       Regional Review- Abdoulie Janneh, Exec Sec, UNECA 14 Mar 2006 Regional Review of the Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001-2010 Statement By Abdoulie Janneh- UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic ...       Report says business can and must be involved 01 Mar 2006 Business leaders have called for a greater role in the fight to reduce poverty and speed progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). A new report from the World Economic ...       UNDP regional workshop aims to accelerate Africa's 27 Feb 2006 Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania -- With Africa lagging behind all other regions in efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a training workshop, which kicked off here today, seeks ...       NEPAD E-AFRICA MEETS STAKEHOLDERS 01 Feb 2006 NEPAD E-AFRICA COMMISSION MEETS STAKEHOLDERS ON THE EAST AFRICAN SUBMARINE CABLE www.eafricacommission.org Tshwane (Pretoria), February 1, 2006. The ICT Task Team of NEPAD e-Africa Commission is meeting with ICT Policy Makers, ...       Ghana Undergoes Landmark Peer Review 27 Jan 2006 UNECA - Ghana is the first African country to successfully complete the five stages of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), after African leaders assessed the country's performance and heard ...       UNCDF to Publish Blue Book 17 Jan 2006 United Nations to Publish Comprehensive Guide for Building Inclusive Financial Sectors for Development "Blue Book" analyzes obstacles poor people and small enterprises face in obtaining access to basic financial services ...       'A Miserable Performance,' Mbeki Scolds UN Summit 16 Sep 2005 The United Nations World Summit 2005, originally billed as a review of progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set by the world body in 2000, saw a discontented South ...       Flying out of poverty 15 Sep 2005 The world not only needs more money for development, it also needs to find new ways of raising it, a group of countries led by Brazil and France argued as ...       Sachs: Lets not absolve donors of responsibilities 13 Sep 2005 On the eve of the World Summit, Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute and an adviser to Kofi Annan, talks of Africa’s special challenges and outlines three priority ...       World Bank lays out action plan 12 Sep 2005 The World Bank Board of Executive Directors discussed last week the Bank Group's Africa Action Plan, which will support African countries in their efforts to increase growth, tackle poverty and ...       African private sector leader commends G8 12 July 2005 One of Africa’s foremost private sector leaders has welcomed the commitment of the Group of Eight leaders to Africa but warned that sustainable development on the continent would be ‘seriously ...       Combat Climate Change to bring Development Finance 04 July 2005 A new initiative to attract greater flows of ‘carbon finance’ to Africa was launched on July 4 at the NEPAD/UN meeting, ‘Bending the Arc: the Business of Attaining the Millennium ...       Manuel Commends Sustainable Development Showcase 04 July 2005 Too often vilified for exploiting areas of oil and gas production without investing in the community, the petroleum industry is leading in support of community engagement. South Africa's Minister of ...       Statement delivered by President Olusegun Obasanjo 04 July 2005 I wish to acknowledge the excellent contributions of all the those participating in Bending the Arc. I thank you all for dedicating your time and energy to identify areas of ...       World Bank President highlights role of business 04 July 2005 Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank, speaking to leaders of business, civil society and governments at the official UN / Nepad pre G8 conference Bending the Arc, reaffirmed his ...       Kell calls for greater collaboration on MDGs 25 June 2005 The Executive Head of the UN Global Compact, Mr. Georg Kell, has called for greater coordination between government, business and civil society in the challenge of accelerating progress on the ...       Bending the Arc as important as G8 12 May 2005 Mark Malloch Brown, Chief of Staff to UN Secretary General addressed leaders of civil society, government, and business today at the Bending the Arc summit. He commended delegates for sending ...       Private sector - key to economic growth Government can provide the yeast which will make the bread rise, but it is business that will have to provide the ‘dough’ The private sector only gets a brief mention ...       Members of the press should contact Tim Newbold for more information: Tel: +44 (0)20 7462 7592 Mob: +44 (0)7989 946267 Email: tnewbold@africapractice.com
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