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...
This morning, Minister for Africa Harriett Baldwin spoke to BBC Radio Four Woman’s Hour about the situation facing women and girls in South Sudan and explained how UK aid is...
...the London market. The UK-Africa Investment Summit will mark a step-up in our efforts to promote access to local currency finance, particularly for African economies, which will give UK-based investors...
...such as Uganda, South Sudan, Burundi and Rwanda. Trusted partners on the ground will use this support for prevention work to help contain the outbreak and stop its spread. The...
...Through Invest Africa, DFID has supported a UK-registered company Made in Africa to help create a business environment for much-needed direct foreign investment into underfunded sectors in Africa, creating the...
The Guardian, BBC’s Focus on Africa and BBC Newsday have reported on new UK support to tackle the devastating locust outbreak in East Africa, featuring a UK-funded supercomputer that is...
...and then published in line with guidance from OSR’s Code of Practice for Statistics. The nature of DFID’s work, especially in conflict states such as Syria, can make obtaining accurate...
...are entrepreneurs. But in reality many women in Africa have low-paid, insecure jobs. In 2018 African women generated only 33% of the continent’s collective GDP. Imagine what could be achieved...
...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...
...pay £16m to promote African trade with China”. This is poorly described. Whilst PIGA does support trade and investment between Africa and China, it is part of a wider programme...