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Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's message for African Industrialization Day, to be observed 20 November:

Marking the Africa Industrialization Day, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is calling for job creation in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) for women and youth to eradicate poverty and achieve sustainable industrial development on the continent.

According to a new market research report, "North Africa Cloud Managed Services Market by Service Types (Business Services, Network Services, Security Services, Data Center Services, Mobility Services) - Global Forecast to 2015 - 2020", published by MarketsandMarkets, North Africa Cloud Managed Services Market to grow from USD 1,353.4 Million in 2015 to 3,248.8 Million by 2020, at a CAGR of 19.1% during the forecast period of 2015-2020.

The 1st German Africa Business Summit held from Monday 7th – 8th September 2015 attended by the Secretary General of the East African Community, H.E. Amb. Dr. Richard Sezibera concluded in Berlin, Germany.

Strong regional economic communities (RECs) are the key to Africa's long term goal of creating a vibrant, united and prosperous continent.

GIL 2015: Africa congress highlights substantial business opportunities for the continent as a result of convergence

The upgrade of legacy systems and security will be a primary focus, says Frost & Sullivan

Inclusive and transformative growth, youth employment and private sector development dominated the "Africa Economic Outlook" session at the World Economic Forum on Africa on Friday, June 6 in Cape Town.

For a continent which has consistently posted robust economic growth in the past decade, recent reports that the continent is the bastion of inequality recording 42.6 on the Gini Coefficient Index (a standard measure of income equality) is quite disturbing.

African economies registered 3.9% average GDP growth in 2014 compared to the 3.7% in 2013. This reflects resilience to global and regional shocks which affected the continent last year, according to the African Development Bank Group's Annual Report, which was released Wednesday, May 27 in Abidjan.

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) realised a 15.3-percent increase in its operations turnover in 2014 compared to 2013 despite the challenging global and regional economic environment, according to AfDB 2014 Annual Report.