The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) conducted a workshop on municipal Asset Management Action Plans (AMAPs) in Gulu, Uganda in December 2019
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UNSMIL convenes meeting of Libyan economic experts
UNSMIL convened a meeting of 19 Libyan economic experts representing the main Libyan financial and economic institutions as well as the different economic sectors
Ethiopian government launches Homegrown Economic Reform Programme
The IMF has approved a US$3bn programme for Ethiopia to support the government’s own Homegrown Economic Reform Programme, which is designed to eliminate macroeconomic imbalances and lay the foundation for sustainable and inclusive growth
‘Revitalized Africa Policy’ to guide Sri Lanka’s engagement with Africa
The operationalisation of the ‘Revitalized Africa Policy’ seeks to enhance Sri Lanka’s cooperation in the political, economic and cultural spheres across Africa, said foreign secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha
US$500bn African retail industry set to benefit from SGI Dubai 2020
Africa’s growing youth population, rapid urbanisation and the increased purchasing power of these consumers, are major factors that are driving this massive US$500bn retail ecosystem