Sustainable Development

Targeted policy strategies and closer cooperation with other developing countries are essential to boosting the country’s resilience to economic shocks.

The East African island nation has launched a blueprint to equip entrepreneurs with the skills needed to build a knowledge-based and innovation-driven economy.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the awards, which celebrate best practices in investment promotion.

The new strategy will help the country promote private sector growth and resilience to economic shocks.

New agreements will bolster joint efforts towards economic integration, sustainable trade and inclusive development in the region.

Experts discuss ways to make it easier for companies to report how they are contributing to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, and honour leading initiatives.

The two organizations will broaden their existing cooperation to promote the ocean economy, curb plastic pollution, support least developed countries, bolster the digital economy and boost gender equality.

The declaration will serve as a springboard for youth diplomacy to grow into a legitimate force and shape the trade and development agenda in the coming years.

Driven by the belief that young people possess the agency and power to shape their future, some Kenyan youth are tapping into the digital economy and taking their place at the negotiation table.

By Santiago Fernandez de Cordoba, Niematallah E. A. Elamin and Axel Marx