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Despite Economic Growth, Food Insecurity Lingers in Africa By Brian Ngugi NAIROBI - Everlyne Wanjiku, a single mother of five, has earned a living selling vegetables in the sprawling Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, for over three decades. And even though her earnings were meagre, she was able to provide all her children with a tertiary education. MORE >>
Less Politics, More Economic Development Miriam Gathigah interviews MICHAEL SUDARKASA, chief executive officer of the African Business Group. NAIROBI - Economic and social growth have become the heart of the development agenda of the bloc of leading emerging economies known as IBSA (India, Brazil and South Africa) since it began focusing less on politics. MORE >>
Q&A Women Farmers Are Key to a Food-Secure Africa Busani Bafana interviews JANE KARUKU, the first woman president of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa BULAWAYO - While women constitute the majority of food producers, processors and marketers in Africa, their role in the agricultural sector still remains a minor one because of cultural and social barriers. MORE >>
Q&A: Water Infrastructure Falls Far Short in Southern Africa Siphosethu Stuurman interviews PHERA RAMOELI, Senior Programme Officer at the Southern Africa Development Community Secretariat JOHANNESBURG - The cost of maintaining and expanding water infrastructure in southern Africa is high. And while South Africa may be in a better economic position than the rest of the region, it also faces funding challenges that are similar to those of its neighbours. MORE >>
Q&A Skipping Lunch to Afford a Mobile Phone in Africa Kristin Palitza interviews GABRIELLE GAUTHEY, executive vice president of global telecommunications provider Alcatel Lucent CAPE TOWN, South Africa - On a continent of over one billion people, where half the population have mobile phones, the use of mobile communication and internet technologies is crucial to boost development in Africa. MORE >>
Brazil Forging Strategic Alliance with Africa By Fabíola Ortiz RIO DE JANEIRO - The Brazilian government of Dilma Rousseff is taking firm steps towards stronger relations with Africa, such as the creation of a special fund to finance development projects together with multilateral lenders like the World Bank. MORE >>
Governments Can’t Do It Alone By Kristin Palitza CAPE TOWN, South Africa - African countries need more support from the private sector in order to meet the United Nations Millennium Development Goals by 2015, which include important development targets like poverty reduction, and improved health and education. MORE >>
Cashew Producers' Pain Is Intermediaries’ Gain in Senegal By Koffigan E. Adigbli ZIGUINCHOR, Senegal - Cashew nut growers in the southern Senegalese region of Casamance are complaining bitterly that intermediaries are cutting them out of a fair share of the profits. MORE >>
Hit by Fighting, Now by Prices By Charlton Doki JUBA - As thousands of people flee the conflict in South Sudan’s northern border states, increasing numbers have also been forced to leave their homes and towns in search of affordable food. MORE >>
Kenya "Becoming Economic Heartbeat of Africa" By Isaiah Esipisu NAIROBI - When Kenya’s newly announced geothermal power generation project comes online, it will turn the East African country into an economic powerhouse in the region. MORE >>
Intra-African Trade or Global Integration: A Chicken-and-Egg Dilemma? By Isolda Agazzi GENEVA - Though the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has long held that trade between African countries is too low, experts at the South Centre, an inter-governmental think tank of developing countries, say intra-continental trade is already significant in manufactured goods and promises a new path to industrialisation. MORE >>
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The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) is a regional arm of the UN with 53 African member states. Its primary responsibility is to encourage the growth of the economic and social sectors of the continent.
