East Africa’s One Area Network initiative is being expanded to include data and mobile money services, a move expected to result in lower costs for subscribers. The One Area Network initiative, ...

Over the past 100 years, African governments have set aside nearly 10% of Africa’s total land area as protected areas. But there's still a long way to go. Speech by Dr Claude Martin, Director General ...

African nations seem poised to create a prosperous and efficient trading network as they push ahead with the ambitious and far-reaching CFTA project Hery Rajaonarimampianina, President of Madagascar, ...

Kafue National Park in the heart of Zambia is one of the largest protected areas in Africa, encompassing a wilderness the size of New Jersey. Rivers meander through woodlands, teak forests, and open ...

The good news is that a small number of African corporates with a continental footprint already exists. The bad news is that the enabling environment that permits the private sector to play its ...

Africa Renewal is a United Nations digital magazine that covers Africa’s economic, social and political developments. We cover the challenges the continent faces and the solutions to these by Africans ...

Distinguished Fellow at Stanford University's Center for African Studies, David M. Rubenstein Fellow at the Global Economy and Development and Africa Growth Initiative at the Brookings Institution, ...

East Africa (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda) contains 1,776 protected areas (including 186 'strict' protected areas) covering more than 27 percent of its terrestrial area. Researchers ...