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Africa: Unido, Kenya Climate Ventures Move to Unlock Private Capital for Africa’s Climate Adaptation

Africa: Unido, Kenya Climate Ventures Move to Unlock Private Capital for Africa’s Climate Adaptation

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Nairobi — The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and Kenya Climate Ventures (KCV) have launched a partnership aimed at unlocking more domestic and international capital for climate adaptation and resilience businesses across Sub-Saharan Africa. The two institutions signed a Joint Declaration at the Adaptation Investment Summit for Africa 2026 in Nairobi, creating a framework…

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Africa: Unido, Kenya Climate Ventures Move to Unlock Private Capital for Africa’s Climate Adaptation

Africa: Ngx Asi Up 56.93 Percent Ytd, Ranks Among Africa’s Top Four Best-Performing Exchanges

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The Nigerian Exchange Limited All-Share Index (NGX ASI) has appreciated by 56.93 per cent year-to-date (YtD), placing it among the four best-performing stock market indices in Africa as of August 31, 2026. THISDAY analysis of trading numbers across African Exchanges showed that the Ghana Stock Exchange Composite Index (GSE-CI), which gained 71.90 per cent YtD…

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Meet the 2026 Africa’s Business Heroes Top 10

Meet the 2026 Africa’s Business Heroes Top 10

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Partner content: Africa’s Business Heroes From more than 24,000 applications across all 54 African countries, ten founders have emerged as the 2026 Africa’s Business Heroes Top 10. Following two days of live Semi-Final pitches in Nairobi on 21–22 August, the finalists were selected from a competitive Top 20 by a distinguished judging panel. They were…

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Africa: Unido, Kenya Climate Ventures Move to Unlock Private Capital for Africa’s Climate Adaptation

Africa: Is Democracy Africa’s Path to Development? Jakkie Cilliers Isn’t So Sure

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In his latest book, Institute for Security Studies founder Jakkie Cilliers challenges assumptions on whether democracy and the demographic dividend will lead to development in Africa. Jakkie Cilliers is not afraid to court controversy. In his latest book, Africa’s Road to Prosperity: 10 Things to Know, just published, Cilliers, founder of the Institute for Security…

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Africa: Unido, Kenya Climate Ventures Move to Unlock Private Capital for Africa’s Climate Adaptation

Africa: Strengthen Africa’s Seed Systems El Niño Threat Becomes Reality Again

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Kigali — As climate disasters frequent across the African continent, governments have been promoting climate-smart innovations, including the development of drought-resistant crops. Drought-resistant and nutritious staples such as millet and sorghum and drought-tolerant maize varieties are some crops helping farmers survive dry seasons. But there has been a decline in the adoption of these drought-tolerant…

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Africa: Unido, Kenya Climate Ventures Move to Unlock Private Capital for Africa’s Climate Adaptation

Africa’s Food Systems – Twenty-Three Years After Maputo, What Has Changed?

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In July 2003, African leaders gathered in Maputo and made an important collective commitment. Agriculture would no longer be treated as a neglected sector of African development. Under the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme, commonly known as CAADP, governments pledged to allocate at least 10 per cent of national budgetary resources to agriculture and rural…

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Africa: Unido, Kenya Climate Ventures Move to Unlock Private Capital for Africa’s Climate Adaptation

Africa’s Assisted Reproductive Technology Boom Needs Public Governance, Not Just Private Investment

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Across Africa, assisted reproductive technology (ART) is expanding at an unprecedented pace. Fertility clinics are opening in countries where, until recently, couples had little choice but to travel abroad, often to Europe, India, or within the continent South Africa–to access in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and related treatments. The costs of travel alone made this a…

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Africa: Unido, Kenya Climate Ventures Move to Unlock Private Capital for Africa’s Climate Adaptation

Africa: Beyond Banking – Why Africa’s Next Inclusion Era Requires Expertise

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Tanzania — AFRICA’S next financial inclusion challenge is not access to banking; it is access to expertise. Over the past two decades, the continent has rapidly expanded access to financial services. Millions more individuals now operate bank accounts, execute digital transactions, and participate in formal banking channels than ever before. Yet financial access alone has…

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