The Report bears some good tidings for Africa: the continent registered a growth rate of 4.7 percent in 2010 and it is projected to rise to five percent in 2011, according to the report.
The first African Innovation Outlook which captures major issues affecting Science Technology and Innovation, in the continent’s has been launched with a call on leaders to invest more in the sector.
Newsletter contains updates on country review missions for Zambia and Djibouti as well as an update from the APRM on the political situation in Africa.
These guidance notes are part of a series that will collect capacity development lessons in relation to sectors and themes in implementing the Africa-wide NEPAD Capacity Development Strategic Framework.
The goal of the NEPAD/Spanish Fund is to promote gender equality and increase the capacities and autonomy of African women in order to contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s) in particular the MDG3.
The APDEv was officially launched by the AU on Sunday,27 March 2011 during the 4th AU/ECA Joint Annual Meetings of Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Mr. Jean Ping, during the opening ceremony of the Fourth Joint Annual Meetings of AU Ministers of Economy and Finance and the UNECA Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development.
The overarching objective of PIDA is to support delivery of the African Union Abuja Treaty and the creation of the African Economic Community by facilitating regional integration in Africa through improved regional and continental infrastructure.