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10 March 2020
www.digitalbusiness.africa
No need for the chicken-and-egg theorizing about which should come first at the moment in Africa: basic infrastructure/amenities or the deployment of 5G broadband.
10 March 2020
ethiopianmonitor.com
It could also boost intra-African exports by more than USD 1.1 billion and creating more than 2 million new jobs, says report jointly published by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and Trademark East Africa.
10 March 2020
www.reuters.com
Families who lost loved ones aboard Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 visited the crash site on Tuesday to mark the first anniversary of the tragedy, a day after interim results of a probe focused on faulty systems on the Boeing 737 MAX jet.
10 March 2020
allafrica.com
The United Nations family in Ethiopia on Tuesday held a memorial wreath-laying ceremony honoring the lives of 21 U.N. staff members who died last year when an Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed shortly after leaving Addis Ababa killing all 157 people aboard.
10 March 2020
fr.allafrica.com
La famille des Nations Unies en Éthiopie a organisé ce mardi, une cérémonie commémorative de dépôt de gerbes en l'honneur des 21 membres du personnel des Nations Unies décédés en 2019 lorsqu'un avion d'Ethiopian Airlines s'est écrasé peu de temps après avoir quitté Addis-Abeba tuant les 157 passagers à bord.
9 March 2020
maroc-diplomatique.net
Le Premier ministre soudanais, Abdallah Hamdok, a été la cible lundi d’une tentative d’assassinat à Khartoum, a annoncé la télévision soudanaise.
9 March 2020
www.newtimes.co.rw
Rwanda last week signed signed a memorandum of understanding with the United Nations to host the only big data regional hub for Africa. The hub will be set up at the National Institute of Statistics (NISR) Training Center and Data Science Campus in the capital Kigali.
9 March 2020
www.camerounweb.com
A l’occasion de la Journée mondiale des femmes qui est célébrée chaque année le 8 mars, ONU info vous propose de découvrir 25 femmes leaders africaines qui œuvrent aux Nations Unies en faveur d’un monde meilleur.
9 March 2020
face2faceafrica.com
For the first time, Forbes has compiled a Pan-African list of the continent’s most powerful women, derived from business, politics, media, science, sports, and public life.
9 March 2020
www.modernghana.com
This report, entitled: “ Creating a Unified Regional Market - Towards the Implementation of The African Continental Free Trade Area in East Africa ” jointly published by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and Trademark East Africa, was launched yesterday in Nairobi, Kenya.
9 March 2020
allafrica.com
Rwanda last week signed signed a memorandum of understanding with the United Nations to host the only big data regional hub for Africa. The hub will be set up at the National Institute of Statistics (NISR) Training Center and Data Science Campus in the capital Kigali.
9 March 2020
www.camerounweb.com
A l’occasion de la Journée mondiale des femmes qui est célébrée chaque année le 8 mars, ONU info vous propose de découvrir 25 femmes leaders africaines qui œuvrent aux Nations Unies en faveur d’un monde meilleur.
8 March 2020
news.un.org
A l’occasion de la Journée mondiale des femmes qui est célébrée chaque année le 8 mars, ONU info vous propose de découvrir 25 femmes leaders africaines qui œuvrent aux Nations Unies en faveur d’un monde meilleur.
8 March 2020
Capital
7 March 2020
afrique.latribune.fr
De grandes carrières, des parcours exemplaires, mais surtout un grand caractère... Elles incarnent aujourd'hui ces femmes qui repoussent les clichés et portent l'espoir d'un continent sur la voie du développement. Portraits
7 March 2020
https://addisfortune.news/
For Abiy Berhanu, the owner of HPC Chemicals & Machineries, an import firm, business has been good until recently. Since the end of January his business has slowed down because of the outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus, a virus that originated in China and has spread across the globe. The first case of the virus was reported on December 31, 2019, and since then it has infected 102,469 people...
6 March 2020
www.forbesafrica.com
This is a first-of-its-kind Pan-African compilation of the continent’s leading women, drawn from business, politics, media, science, sports and public life, who are challenging the status quo and creating a trail on terrain where there was none.
6 March 2020
www.thisdaylive.com
The United Nations Generation Unlimited has appointed the Chief Executive Officer of RED | For Africa, Adebola Williams, as a Global Champion for Generation Unlimited (GenU).
6 March 2020
www.businessdailyafrica.com
Kenya is set to lose customs taxes totalling Sh10 billion or 0.6 percent of last year's government revenues once the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCTA) takes effect this year in July, a newly released UN report shows.
6 March 2020
dailynews.co.zw
UNITED Nations Economic Commission for Africa (Uneca) executive secretary Vera Songwe has said African countries, including Zimbabwe, lack leadership with clarity and direction.
6 March 2020
www.energyvoice.com
Equatorial Guinea has taken the decision to postpone its Africa Oil & Investment Forum (AOIF) and exhibition, which had been due to take place on June 1, in light of the coronavirus outbreak.
5 March 2020
www.lesechos.fr
Réunir autour de la même table, 54 pays et presque autant de réalités économiques, tel est le défi que s’est lancée la ZLEC.
5 March 2020
www.xinhuanet.com
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UN-ECA) on Wednesday disclosed the postponement of a high-level ministerial conference, which was scheduled to be held later this month in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, due to concerns pertaining to the COVID-19.
5 March 2020
www.china.org.cn
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UN-ECA) on Wednesday disclosed the postponement of a high-level ministerial conference, which was scheduled to be held later this month in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, due to concerns pertaining to the COVID-19.