Whether it’s paving, construction or big-time infrastructure projects, Addis Ababa is growing fast. High-end apartments and glass-fronted buildings stand where informal shacks once stood. A new metro ...

The agenda set out in the sustainable development goals is visionary, but it’s also going to be costly. We look at what’s up for debate in Addis this week The world’s development agenda is about to ...

As a deal was struck on funding the poverty battle at the development finance summit in Addis Ababa, the UN hailed a historic moment while others branded the outcome tragic. We look at what was agreed ...

In Addis Ababa, a city of over 4 million people, the more traditional way of getting around has been in mini vans – a cross between a bus and a taxi, that picks people up and drops them wherever they ...

The Third International Conference on Financing for Development has just concluded in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 13 to 16 July. As previously indicated both the first (Monterrey, 2002) and second (Doha, ...

UNDESA DSPD participated in the 13th African Region Meeting of the ILO as a panellist during the plenary panel discussion on “Transition from the informal to the formal economy in Africa: The way ...

ADDIS ABABA - With the Third International Conference on Financing for Development just days away, Ethiopia’s capital is desperately trying to make itself look the part. Country flags hang from every ...

With less than two months to go, the countdown is intensifying for the Third International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa on 13-16 July 2015, aimed at securing the resources ...

Bench Events, the organiser of the Africa Hotel Investment Forum (AHIF) have confirmed that the conference will return to Addis Ababa in 2015. It will take place again at the Sheraton Hotel on ...