African ministers to debate opportunities in tourism
January 6, 2017 – More than 20 ministers of tourism from Africa will debate the opportunities that the sector can bring to the continent at the Tourism Investment and Business Forum for Africa (INVESTOUR) which will be held during the International ...
E-commerce fueling optimism among SMEs in BRICS countries
NEW DELHI, December 20 th, 2016 – The exchange of information on e-commerce and technology development, as well as the strengthening partnership between small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South...
Young African Invents Touch Screen Medical Tablet
Here’s an example of African innovation at its finest. Arthur Zang, a 24 year-old Cameroonian engineer, has invented the Cardiopad, a touch screen medical tablet that enables heart examinations such as the electrocardiogram (ECG) to be performed at remo...
Normandy village home to world’s first solar panel road
Northern France is not known for its beating sun but the region now hosts the world’s first “solar highway”, which will be inaugurated on Thursday. December 22th, 2016 – France’s Ecology Minister Segolene Royal headed to the litt...
Support grows for year of tourism
December 11th, 2016 – Only few weeks ahead of the official launch of the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development 2017, set to take place on the 18 of January 2017 in Madrid, Spain, representatives from various tourism industries an...
Exchanges should focus on smaller businesses
November 26 th 2016 – The African growth story is no longer a fairy tale. Over the past decade multinational companies, private equity funds and infrastructure development programmes have channeled capital to the continent as they began to realise t...
UNIDO and Germany agree to open an Investment and Technology Promotion Office (ITPO) in Bonn
VIENNA, November 21 th 2016 – German Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Gerd Müller and the Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), LI Yong concluded an agreement today to establ...
With ‘Silicon Valley’ model, UNICEF invests in tech start-ups working to improve children’s lives
November 15 th 2016 – Using a venture capital approach – investing in companies with short track records but long-term growth possibilities – the United Nations Children’s Fund announced today the first five emerging market start-ups to which it w...
Chile, Swaziland ratify Trade Facilitation Agreement
November 21 th 2016 – Chile and Swaziland have ratified the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA). Their submission of the instruments of acceptance to the WTO on 21 November means that nearly 90 per cent of the ratifications needed to bring the TFA i...
First bike-sharing scheme in Morocco launched in time for COP22
MARRAKECH, November 7 th 2016 – The Government of Morocco, in close cooperation with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF), launched a bike-sharing scheme called “Medina Bike” in Mar...
