For Eastern Africa, an innovation-driven bioeconomy is seen as a viable pathway towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals 2030, and a significant contributor towards the African Union’s Agenda 2063 of a knowledge-based, innovation-led African economy.
ROME – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) joins the African Union (AU) and countries across Africa to celebrate the Africa Day of School Feeding on 01 March 2020, taking the occasion to underscore that investments in human capital through school health and nutrition programmes can garner huge pay-offs that extend far beyond the schoolyard.
The Uganda-Europe Business Forum, which took place 9-10 March in Kampala, Uganda, brought together over 800 private businesses and investors from Uganda, the EU, and other African countries. During this event, the EU and Uganda also signed an €85.9 million support package to help Ugandan products comply to EU standards in order to increase exports.
