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After a decade of GDP growth average of about 5%, economic activity stagnated at 0.5% in 2016 in West Africa, mainly due to falling oil prices, before picking up again…
The sovereign-debt crisis is hitting Africa particularly hard and could lead to a lost decade of development. While the G20 has tried to ease the burden, its Common…
Finance SDG 1
When G20 Finance Ministers meet this weekend in Bali, their meeting will likely be no more harmonious than their…
Climate Change SDG 8
The Kigali Declaration of 5 March 2022 - outcome of the Eighth African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development -…
Knowledge Management SDG 1
Imagine a "royal personage sitting on a golden chair, but with a cap-in-hand, asking for pieces of silver and bank…
The term “prosperity”, according to Dictionary.com is defined as “having or characterized by financial success or good…
Governance SDG 3
Africa has the highest road traffic death rate in the world, according to the United Nations -- reaching 26.6 deaths…
Technology SDG 1
" The data needs for the SDGs are great, and time is not on our side. Reliable, timely, accessible and disaggregated…