Month: December 2023

Improving Living Conditions for Internally Displaced People in Ethiopia. The Qoloji IDP Camp in the Somali Regional State of Ethiopia faces ongoing public health risks due to the spread of cholera and other epidemics. The COVID-19 pandemic also severely weakened the already precarious healthcare system due to crowded living conditions and limited access to necessary medicines. To address the spread of waterborne diseases in the camp, UNOPS enhanced the water […]

To address recurrent security concerns in the Greater Tonj area, the stabilization pillar under the United Nations Multi-Partner Trust Fund, co-led by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), inducted community leaders, women, and cattle camp youth from various committees on their respective roles and responsibilities towards attaining sustainable peace. The three-day training, aimed at reducing conflict in Tonj’s three counties—North, South, […]

Against the backdrop of continuing conflict and political upheavals South Sudan, the world’s newest nation, is approaching its first post-independence elections in December 2024. For its long-delayed democratic transition to be successful, youth participation in reducing violence is essential. To capture the power of young people as social transformers, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), through its Civil Affairs Division, recently hosted an interactive workshop on youth, peace, […]

The President of the ECOWAS Commission, His Excellency Dr Omar Alieu Touray, received His Excellency Moustapha Traore, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Mali to ECOWAS, in his office in Abuja, Nigeria on December 12, 2023. The meeting specifically focused on the defiance exhibited by the transition authorities of Mali towards ECOWAS during the execution of critical regional initiatives. Indicating ECOWAS’ dedication to dialogue while expressing apprehensions regarding collaboration and adherence […]

The Burundian Minister of Public Health and AIDS Prevention and the African Development Bank’s (www.AfDB.org) office in Burundi met in Bujumbura on 27 October with managers of health infrastructure and sectoral partners in the country to work on the Bank Group’s Strategy for Quality Health Infrastructure in Africa 2020-2030. “The African Development Bank Group’s Strategy for Quality Health Infrastructure in Africa 2020-2030 aims to develop the infrastructure needed for high-quality […]

Smart Accessories Giant, oraimo recently teamed up with Afrobeat star&Grammy Award Winner; Burna Boy, to launch the most sophisticated earbuds in the history of true wireless audio, ‘’the oraimo SpacePods’’ Moonlight edition. This time, oraimo took the innovation ‘’out of this world’’. In what fans have described as an unparalleled auditory device with a cosmic symphony of space-bound rhythm. The upgrade of the oraimo FreePods series is embellished with cutting-edge audio components, a […]

The African Union is convening a consultative forum to assess the implementation of the African Union Financial Institutions (AUFIs). The meeting scheduled for 13- 15 December 2023 in Lusaka, Zambia will gather participants from the Ministries of Finance, Central Banks, African Union Organs and Specialised Agencies, Regional Economic Communities, Association of African Central Banks, African Securities Exchanges Association, and development partners will look into the economic and political challenges impeding the Member […]

By Margaret Soi, Head of Offshore Banking - Mass Affluent Offshore The purchasing power of Africa’s middle class is expected to grow significantly in the coming years: the continent’s middle class is expected to spend US$2.1 trillion by 2025 and US$2.5 trillion by 2030, thus creating a further upward momentum in the demand for goods and services. In sub-Saharan Africa alone (excluding South Africa), a 2018 estimate reported over 100 […]