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Nigeria’s Delta State Government partners with UNIDO to open leather production Centre
Monday, 18 February 2013
ABUJA, 18 February 2013 – Nigeria’s Delta State Government and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) will build a leather production and training Centre in Asaba, the capital of Delta State. Under an...more
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Heads of UNIDO and AfDB discuss solutions for global economic growth
Monday, 18 February 2013
TUNIS, 18 February 2013 - UNIDO Director General, Kandeh K. Yumkella, met today with the President of the African Development Bank Group, Donald Kabaruka, to discuss the global agenda of the World Economic Forum (WEF) with a...more
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UNIDO releases latest International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics
Friday, 15 February 2013
VIENNA, 15 February 2013 – The growth rate of world manufacturing output remained low in 2012 due to the prolonged recession in industrialized countries and its negative impact on developing and emerging industrial economies,...more
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UNIDO, CAF sign agreement aimed at promoting environmentally sustainable manufacturing in Latin America
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
VIENNA, 13 February 2013 - Kandeh K. Yumkella, Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and Enrique García, President of CAF, the Development Bank of Latin America, signed a...more
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UNIDO opens cassava processing unit in the DRC
Thursday, 07 February 2013
KIMPESE, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 7 February 2013 - The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) today opened a cassava processing unit in the town of Kimpese in the Bas-Congo province of the Democratic...more
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Dutch development agency and UNIDO to stimulate business in developing countries
Tuesday, 29 January 2013
THE HAGUE, 29 January 2013 – The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Dutch development aid organization Stichting Nederlandse Vrijwilligers (SNV) signed a cooperation agreement to improve...more
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Industrialization key to Africa’s renaissance, says UNIDO Director General Yumkella
Monday, 28 January 2013
ADDIS ABABA, 28 January 2013 – Africa can realize its economic potential if Africans take the lead in defining the post-2015 development goals, and ensure that private sector wealth and job creation are at the core of the new...more
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Federation of African Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations launched in Addis Ababa
Friday, 25 January 2013
ADDIS ABABA, 25 January 2013 – The launch of the Federation of African Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations (FAPMA) took place in Addis Ababa today. FAPMA is an umbrella organization that will provide the pharmaceutical...more
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Director General Yumkella to participate in World Economic Forum in Davos
Thursday, 24 January 2013
DAVOS, 24 January 2013 – The Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Kandeh K. Yumkella, is playing a leading role in the 43rd annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) taking...more
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UNIDO trains some of Viet Nam’s poorest craftsmen in cleaner, sustainable production
Wednesday, 23 January 2013
HANOI, 23 January 2013 –The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Viet Nam Cleaner Production Center, today held a workshop on the cleaner production of crafts as part of a programme on green...more
