While there has been a significant decline, the World Health Organization reports that countries in the Southern Africa region still have notable HIV rates, including Botswana (15.75%), South Africa (14.75%), and Namibia (8.9%). This area has grappled with the HIV/AIDS epidemic for many years. Moreover, UNAIDS highlights that the worst-affected countries are contiguous to one...
By Malado Kaba, Director of the Gender, Women and Civil Society Department at the African Development Bank Last month, I represented the African Development Bank’s Gender, Women and Civil Society Department at the Alliance for Financial Inclusion’s (AFI) 2023 Global Policy Forum in Manila. Before travelling to the Forum, I had an iconic moment in...
World leaders are under increasing pressure to accelerate their investments to meet the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. The United Nations General Assembly has issued a call to action, emphasising the urgent need for a significant increase in investments in order to achieve the goals. So far, only 15-percent of these critical goals have been...
Chief Executive Officer (CEO), African Union Development Agency-New Partnership for Africa’s Development (AUDA-NEPAD) Nigeria, Gloria Akobundu, says the AU agency is backing the food systems priorities of President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Akobundu said this on the sidelines of High Level Meeting on “Attracting investments in Land Restoration, Food Systems, and Rural Transformation in Africa” organised...
Niël Terblanché While addressing the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, President Hage Geingob advocated for the urgent need for sustainable and predictable financing to achieve global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Reflecting on the past eight years, Geingob recalled the collective commitment made to prioritize people-centred development, emphasizing the need to ensure no...
Al Pacino still from ‘Inches (with Al Pacino)| The Global Goals | Halftime 2023’ Al Pacino still from ‘Inches (with Al Pacino)| The Global Goals | Halftime 2023’ The world is at ‘Halftime’ when it comes to achieving 2030 Sustainable Development Goals – but only 15% are on track to be met Richard Curtis releases...
With just days away from an incredibly great season, we may have to look into goals that we truly wanted to reach by August. Not middle but rather end of August. Fitness Coach Charles Namaseb spoke to Future Media News on health lifestyles goals as we fast exit Winter. The post Fitness coach Charles...
Marcus Rashford on Thursday predicted he could hit 40 goals this season, buoyed by hearing Wayne Rooney is backing him to break his Manchester United scoring record. Rooney tops the list of all-time scorers at Old Trafford with 253, but having recently signed a new five-year contract, 25-year-old Rashford looks in a good position to...
Staff Reporter THE United Nations (UN) in Namibia is exploring strategies to strengthen collaboration with the government in order to optimize the country’s limited resources and achieve both the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Namibia’s national objectives. This was disclosed by Hopolang Phororo, the UN’s Resident Coordinator in Namibia, following a recent courtesy meeting...