The timbuktoo ManuTech Hub is the first African platform dedicated to African manufacturing startups. Located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the hub delivers hybrid world‑class resources, mentorship, labs, ...

The UNDP Signals Spotlight 2023 – a first for UNDP - highlights some of the signals and trends we see emerging that we consider will be significant for development. Inspired by some 500 signals of ...

Is designed to drive the development of MSMEs by strengthening their financial, administrative, and productive capacities. Its strategic approach enables these enterprises to reach a competitive level ...

Across the world, UNDP is engaged in taking on the toughest development challenges, helping countries fight poverty, responding to crises, and striving to build a better future. To do this effectively ...

Every human being has one thing in common: the ability to dream. We all dream of a better future, and in this time of climate emergency, youth around the globe dream of a clean, healthy and safe ...

In recent years, a silent menace has emerged, threatening the environment and human health. Microplastics, tiny particles of plastic less than 5 millimeters in size, have infiltrated our oceans, soil, ...

The war is not over, but it’s never too soon to start making the land safe again. Ukraine is now the most mined country in the world, with potentially 23 percent of its land at risk of contamination ...

SDG Digital hosts Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), and Achim Steiner, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The ...

At the UN Climate Conference, COP28, more than 130 countries signed on to a Leaders’ Declaration on Food Systems, Agriculture and Climate Action. Over US$2.5 billion has been mobilized to support the ...

The summer of 2023 was the hottest summer worldwide on record since 1850. Across the globe the rise in extreme weather events, including hurricanes, storms, floods, and fires, has been a recurring ...

The United Nations is expected to deliver a legally binding agreement on plastics pollution by the end of 2024. This is a monumental year for multilateralism to prevail in the fight against plastic ...

After a drop in 2021, India’s HDI value increases from 0.633 to 0.644 in 2022, placing the country in the medium human development category. With a Gender Inequality Index value of 0.437 in 2022, ...