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Youth can be agents of positive change

Jayathma Wickramanayake, 27, from Sri Lanka, is the new UN Secretary-Generalâ€™s Envoy on Youth. Her role is to expand the UNâ€™s youth engagement and advocacy efforts. She also serves as an adviser to the Secretary-General. Shortly after …

Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 14:50hrs | 5 | by Jayathma Wickramanayake, UN youth envoy

Africa's quest for a cashless economy gains momentum

Insufficient financial inclusion, unbanked masses and financial literacy are increasingly attracting investors When she needed to transfer money to a friend in a faraway village last March, Mouna Ahmed, a gender equality activist in Liberi…

Published: 30 May 2017 at 21:28hrs | 5 | by Kingsley Ighobor

Ebola: This catastrophe must never happen again

Following the Ebola virus outbreak, the United Nations set up its first-ever public health mission â€“ the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) to deal with the pandemic. In this interview with Newton Kanhema for Africa Renewal…

Published: 24 Dec 2014 at 17:59hrs | 4039 | by Africa Renewal

Africa's economy set for dramatic changes - Carlos Lopes

Following the launch of the 2014 Economic Report on Africa in Abuja, Nigeria, Mr. Carlos Lopes, the executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, attended the New York launch of the same report. The report addresses two essent…

Published: 08 Nov 2014 at 06:59hrs | 7 | by Africa Renewal

Africa wants equal partners

Interview with Maged Abdelaziz, UN secretary-general's special adviser on AfricaIn 2012 the United Nations General Assembly created a mechanism to monitor commitments made by African countries and their partners to improve Africa's economi…

Published: 26 Sep 2014 at 07:11hrs | 8 | by Kingsley Ighobor

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Youth can be agents of positive change

Africa's quest for a cashless economy gains momentum

Ebola: This catastrophe must never happen again

Africa's economy set for dramatic changes - Carlos Lopes

Africa wants equal partners

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