The World Bank Group Youth Summit's 12th edition, brings together young people (ages 18-35) to tackle urgent global challenges. This year’s focus is on digital transformation, creative industries, and ...

Mr. Ahmed Shide is the Minister of Finance of Ethiopia since October 2018. Previously Mr. Shide served as Minister of Transport as well as Minister of Government Communication Affairs of Ethiopia.

Rabeson Rolland Justet is the General Secretary of the Ministry of National Education of The Republic of Madagascar. As a computer engineer and economist, he has an extensive background in technology, ...

Over the next decade, 1.2 billion young people across emerging and developing countries will come of working age. Yet only 400 million jobs are expected to be created. The World Bank Group has ...

A legal environment that supports women is more important than ever. The COVID-19 crisis has disproportionately affected women. Besides the health impacts, lockdowns also exacerbated instances of ...

Join us for the launch of a new Global Education Evidence Advisory Panel (GEEAP) report recommending the most effective ways to keep children learning during and post-pandemic. A new report, ...

Dr. Aawatif Hayar is the Minister of Solidarity, Social Integration, and Family. She was President of Hassan II University Casablanca 2019-2021. Since 2016, she has served as the Scientific Advisor of ...

We wrap up all the developments from the Meetings with Devex’s Raj Kumar. UN Deputy Secretary General Amina Mohammed joins The Zone to talk about how to get the SDGs back on track and the partnerships ...

Ibrahima Guimba-Saïdou is the current Director General of the National Agency for the information society (Ansi). He is also the former Minister - Special Advisor of the President of the Republic and ...

Globally, 151 million children are stunted. Millions of children are in school but not learning. There is an urgent human capital crisis – in South Africa, across the continent, and around the world.

Today’s crises for security, affordability, and resilience make the energy transition more urgent than ever. But developing countries pay higher costs for the energy transition, which risks ...

Hope Ndhlovu, born and raised in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, is a Co-Founder and CEO of Tuverl. Tuverl is an app that seeks to make Public Transport, cheaper, reliable and more accessible to millions of ...