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Powerful alliances were made Monday when the President of the United States, Barack Obama, and the President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, shook hands, sealing a commitment to continue to work together to propel Africa to new level of energy sufficiency. The leaders bonded over their mutual desire to see the continent move from darkness to light during a luncheon...

Powerful alliances were made Monday when the President of the United States, Barack Obama, and the President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, shook hands, sealing a commitment to continue to work together to propel Africa to new level of energy sufficiency. The leaders bonded over their mutual desire to see the continent move from darkness to light during a luncheon...

Powerful alliances were made Monday when the President of the United States, Barack Obama, and the President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, shook hands, sealing a commitment to continue to work together to propel Africa to new level of energy sufficiency. The leaders bonded over their mutual desire to see the continent move from darkness to light during a luncheon...

Powerful alliances were made Monday when the President of the United States, Barack Obama, and the President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, shook hands, sealing a commitment to continue to work together to propel Africa to new level of energy sufficiency. The leaders bonded over their mutual desire to see the continent move from darkness to light during a luncheon...

Powerful alliances were made Monday when the President of the United States, Barack Obama, and the President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, shook hands, sealing a commitment to continue to work together to propel Africa to new level of energy sufficiency. The leaders bonded over their mutual desire to see the continent move from darkness to light during a luncheon...

This month’s edition of New African magazine, dubbed ‘The Thinker’s Issue’ is guest edited by Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, with contributions from Thabo Mbeki, former South African President and Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, among others.

AFRIQUE - Ce n'est un secret pour personne : l'Afrique est depuis une dizaine d'années l'un des principaux moteurs économiques de la planète. Nous l'avons écrit, vécu, mis en scène et assumé toutes les critiques affirmant que nous sommes d'irresponsables utopistes. Un temps propice aux investissements étrangers, elle voit cependant les apports financiers extérieurs...

O encontro com Carlos Lopes teve lugar em Nova Iorque, à margem da participação de José Maria Neves na Assembleia Geral das Nações Unidas

Powerful alliances were made Monday when the President of the United States, Barack Obama, and the President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, shook hands, sealing a commitment to continue to work together to propel Africa to new level of energy sufficiency.

LONDON, 29th September, 2015-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- This month’s edition of New African magazine, dubbed ‘The Thinker’s Issue’ is guest edited by Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, with contributions from Thabo Mbeki, former South African President and Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, among others.

Powerful alliances were made Monday when the President of the United States, Barack Obama, and the President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, shook hands, sealing a commitment to continue to work together to propel Africa to new level of energy sufficiency. The leaders bonded over their mutual desire to see the continent move from darkness to light during a luncheon...

Decision-makers and a wide range of stakeholders from Africa will gather to discuss critical issues around the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Decision-makers and a wide range of stakeholders from Africa will gather to discuss critical issues around the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Participants at a high-level event held today (26 September) at the United Nations headquarters in New York, voiced strong support for the industrialization of Africa as a way forward to implement the Sustainable Development Goals.

Ce qui marque, c’est son flegme. Un physique râblé, une posture assez décontractée, avec un sourire légèrement énigmatique qui semble dire : « Je suis prêt. » Son pays, la Guinée-Bissau, minuscule Etat connu pour être l’une des plaques tournantes du trafic de cocaïne, longtemps secoué par des putschs à répétition et la guerre civile, a pourtant de quoi rendre nerveux.

Participants at a high-level event held today at the United Nations headquarters in New York, voiced strong support for the industrialization of Africa as a way forward to implement the Sustainable Development Goals.

For the Critical Investigations into Humanitarianism in Africa, or CIHA for short, and their “In The News”-segment, I have written this introduction to a much-shared article by Carlos Lopes, the UN Economic Commission for Africa-boss, on African migration into Europe. Enjoy!

NEW YORK, United States of America -- Decision-makers and a wide range of stakeholders from Africa will gather to discuss critical issues around the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). African countries have made significant progress on the MDGs, increasing the numbers of women in parliaments, reducing maternal, infant, and HIV-related deaths, and placing more children in...

Decision-makers and a wide range of stakeholders from Africa will gather to discuss critical issues around the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Ce qui marque, c’est son flegme. Un physique râblé, une posture assez décontractée, avec un sourire légèrement énigmatique qui semble dire : « Je suis prêt. » Son pays, la Guinée-Bissau, minuscule Etat connu pour être l’une des plaques tournantes du trafic de cocaïne, longtemps secoué par des putschs à répétition et la guerre civile, a pourtant de quoi rendre nerveux.