Alok Sharma looks forward to 'milestone' summit
...eight of the world’s 15 fastest growing economies. By 2050, one in four global consumers will be African. The UK wants and needs closer trading partnerships with African nations –...
...eight of the world’s 15 fastest growing economies. By 2050, one in four global consumers will be African. The UK wants and needs closer trading partnerships with African nations –...
...to four of the five fastest growing economies in the world. But still African countries currently receive less than four per cent of all global foreign direct investment. Around 20m...
International Development Secretary Alok Sharma meets girls learning how to code during a recent trip to Ethiopia. Picture: DFID/Anna Dubuis We must empower young girls and provide them with the...
...promote fantastic investment opportunities across Africa. It will build strong partnerships and unlock investment needed to deliver more exports, jobs and economic growth for British and African businesses. Women and...
...as the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor has found African women are by far the most entrepreneurial on earth – about 26 per cent of the female population aged 18 to 64...
...warning systems we are helping charities and African Governments to take rapid action to protect vulnerable communities. The UK is also providing £5 million to an emergency UN appeal to...
International Development Secretary Rory Stewart talks to Congolese health workers at an Ebola Treatment Centre in Katwa, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. International Development Secretary Rory Stewart's visit to...
...local currency bonds and to improve central bank capacity. DFID also launched the Digital Finance Champions Group. Read more here: Bank of England African central bank partnership among slew of...
...Republic of Congo (DRC). In Ghana, for example, women in participating villages reported a 55 per cent drop in violence by their sexual partner over 18 months. The Guardian reported...
...was also covered extensively in the international press including in Jakarta Post, The East African, Republic World, The Nation, Hindustan Times, India Today, Khaleej Times, Straits Times, This Day, France...