The aim is to increase the number of women coders and accelerate gender equality and empowerment for women and girls in the digital era. (Image source: JonoErasmus/Adobe Stock)
Continuing the spirit of International Women’s Day, the African Development Bank (AfDB) is promoting women’s entrepreneurship and innovation across the continent
Ahmed Shide is the finance minister in Ethiopia. (Image source: UNIDO/Flickr)
Ethiopia is implementing reforms to broaden the participation of the private sector in the country’s economy as well as increase competitiveness as it seeks to create decent jobs for its populace, according to Ahmed Shide, finance minister
Egypt is the first country in the Arab region to test the criteria of the gender seal and the second country in the world. (Image source: United Nations Information Centre)
The National Council for Women (NCW), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has announced awarding the Gender Seal Award in the public sector to the Egyptian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (MSMEDA)
The partnership focuses on the emerging markets and the unbanked population. (Image source: kenny lynch/Flickr)
Paxful, a peer-to-peer Bitcoin marketplace, has announced integration onto BitMart, global digital asset trading platform in the cryptocurrency market, aiming to increase liquidity and scalability
Africa needs to focus on digital transformation, trade and global value chains and human capital for creating jobs. (Image source: ECA)
Africa needs to innovate in order to create sufficient jobs for its growing youthful population, according to Vera Songwe, executive secretary of Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
