A new report indicates that Africa continues to register growth economically, from 3.7% in 2013 to 3.9% in 2014. The report stated that: For Sub-Saharan Africa, 2015 is a turning point. The summits on sustainable development, financing and climate change are swinging the spotlight not only onto Africa’s needs to accelerate development and adapt to global warming, but also onto the […]
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Innovation Foundation (AIF) are delighted to announce the Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) to be awarded for the first time in February 2012. This prestigious and well-endowed award aims at encouraging innovations that contribute to sustainable development in Africa. With this award, AIF and UNECA acknowledge, […]
The director of ICT, Science and Technology Division at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Aida Opoku-Mensah has indicated that the newly formed African Science, Technology and Innovation Endowment Fund (ASTIEF) will get Africa out of poverty because it will help operationalise scientific research and ideas. Speaking at the recently concluded African conference […]