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London, 3 April 2021: A workshop was held in Tripoli in February to discuss the improving Libya’s Ease of Doing Business ranking (EoDB). The workshop was attended by Rajab Khalil, the then Deputy Minister of Economy and Industry, Mohamed Raeid, head of Libya’s General Union of Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture, the director of the Private Sector Development and Investment Department, the tax authority, the president of contract editors, the Syndicate of Chartered Accountants, a...

Uganda Tourism Board launches 6th Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo 5 days ago POATE is a tourism exposition organized annually by the Uganda Tourism Board. The launch of POATE 2021 taking place from April 23-25, 2021 is under the theme: “Restarting Tourism for Regional Economic Development.” The decision to go virtual was not only influenced by the unique challenges posed by COVID-19, but it was also out of UTB’s desire to leverage the Internet to bring as  many on board as possible. Amidst ...

SOM Michigan Infrastructure Council Debuts Public and Private Infrastructure Dig Once Coordination Tool March 16, 2021 Infrastructure owners across water, transportation, utilities and communications now have a new tool to document future construction after a new "dig once" project portal was released today by the Michigan Infrastructure Council (MIC). Known as "The Portal," this new tool enables infrastructure owners in both public and private infrastructure sectors to document future constru...

Introducing our newly hired researchers: part 1 of 3 Over the past few years, two research departments in the Development Economics Vice Presidency (DECVP), namely the Development Research Group (DRG) and the Development Impact Evaluation unit (DIME) have recruited 24 researchers. Many of these junior researchers joined the World Bank during a period, in which they could not physically come to the office and meet with us, schedule coffee and lunch meetings with our operational colleagues, or at...

Graphic Online BY: Della Russel Ocloo Category: General News From Left: Mr Benard Avle (Moderator), Madam Fatima Alimohamed, Chairperson, Agribusiness Sector of the Association of Ghana Industries, and CEO, Africa Brand Warrior, Mr Anthony Nyame-Baafi, Technical Advisor of Multilateral, Regional and Bilateral Trade, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Madam Jamila Sedena Abdel Vetah, Senior Advisor to the Secretary General, AfCFTA Secretariat, Mr Ernest Ansah Lartey, Research & Head, Peace and Sec...

Ridecell partners Logistics UK van scheme Ridecell Inc., the leading Internet of Things (IoT) platform provider for digital fleet transformation, has been announced as a Bronze Partner to Logistics UK’s Van Excellence scheme, an innovative programme which recognises excellence within the vans market and improves operational standards. Ridecell Fleet IoT brings the power of IoT to owners with large vehicle fleets. Automating fleet-related workflows for vehicle maintenance work provides ca...

The ideal of a thriving Africa, where the material and social conditions of life of its various peoples are not dependent on external assistance, effectively depends on the development of a sustainable and equitable continental economy, based on intra-continental trade in manufactures and services. This Pan-African approach to development on the continent is the essence of Nkrumah’s assertion dating back to the late 1950s, and presently the basic rationale of the African Continental Free Trad...

Home / Ministries / Deputy Chairman planning commission Mohammad Jehanzeb Khan chaired 8th meeting of the Board of Directors of Public Private Partnership Authority Deputy Chairman planning commission Mohammad Jehanzeb Khan chaired 8th meeting of the Board of Directors of Public Private Partnership Authority Islamabad, February 25, 2021 (PPI-OT): Deputy Chairman planning commission Mohammad Jehanzeb Khan chaired 8th meeting of the Board of Directors of Public Private Partnership Authority (PPPA...

Peshawar February 26, 2021 PESHAWAR: The 17th meeting of the Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) on Thursday approved 29 projects worth Rs28.61 billion. An official communique said Additional Chief Secretary Shakil Qadir Khan presided over the meeting, which deliberated and approved schemes pertaining to different sectors including Health, Education, Multi-Sector Development, Roads, Urban Development, Tourism and Sports. The approved projects include construction and feasibility of dif...

Date Time Share UNITAR Division of Prosperity Alumnus Baraa Hameed Salman named Regional Ambassador to IEEE’s Global Startup Resource Index Hiroshima, Japan – Mr. Baraa Hameed Salman, an alumnus of UNITAR Division of Prosperity’s Innovation for Growth: Inspiring Youth Entrepreneurs and Leaders in Iraq, has been selected as a Regional Ambassador for the Global Startup Resource (GSR) Index. As an initiative of US-based IEEE Entrepreneurship, the Index provides valuable resource and network...