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Press Release 08 March 2023 On 6 March 2023, the Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority (ISA), H.E. Mr. Michael W. Lodge, and the Acting Managing Director of the United Nations Technology Bank for Least Developed Countries (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵTBLDC), Dr. Taffere Tesfachew, formally launched a new partnership between the two organizations on the margins of the second part of the 5 th United Nations Conference on the Least Developing Countries¡­

#LDC5 is just a few days away and the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Technology Bank team is getting ready! In Doha the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Technology Bank will join the Parliamentary Forum, the High-Level Roundtable session, a side event organized by the Government of Bangladesh and a side event jointly organized by the Governments of Portugal, Angola and Cabo Verde, S?o Tom¨¦ and Pr¨ªncipe, and Timor-Leste. The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Technology Bank will organize 4 side events: 1 High-Level side event¡­

To apply, please follow the application guide and instructions. Gebze/Ningbo/Guangzhou - The 2023 application period to the 3 rd intake of the International Design Education (IDE) Program is open from 21 December 2022 to 15 April 2023, 11:00 am EST. The IDE Program is in its 3 rd edition after its great success in admissions and industrial design talents cultivation in the past 2 years. Eligible students from the 46 least developed countries¡­

Statement by Ms. Federica Irene Falomi, Economic Affairs Officer 29 November 2022, Geneva Mr. President, Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and gentlemen, First, let me thank you for inviting the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries to this important Conference and for the opportunity to share with you some perspectives on the role and work of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Technology Bank. The 46 least developed countries are low-income¡­

15 November 2022 / Aarathi Krishnan Tweet Since COVID-19 upended our world two years ago, many spoke of a ¡®new normal¡¯ - the advent of new governance mechanisms, new approaches - as a lesson learnt of how existing systems were not fit for the types of global shocks the world was experiencing. Two years later, we are now at the precipice of uncertainty. What we are going to be facing in the next decades - is not anything we have experienced before¡­

The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries and The Network of African Science Academies partnered to strengthen and establish academies of sciences in African least developed countries (LDCs). The Angola Academy of Science was established in December 2020 to support and advise the government in directing science and technology policies for the achievement of the sustainable development goals (SDGs). To further capture the impact of¡­

The partnership between the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Technology Bank and the Network of African Science Academies (NASAC) has played a key role in strengthening the Southern African Development Community¡¯s (SADC) scientific capacity, with thirteen of the sixteen member states now being home to their own established Academies of Sciences. The Lesotho Academy for Science and Technology (LAST), being established in 2022, works hand in hand with the Lesotho Young Academy¡­

30 September 2022 / Jaye Louise Sergeant and Federica Irene Falomi Tweet The year 2021 was a record year for tech startups in Africa, with nearly 2.15 billion USD in investment capital directed to the sector [1]. This amounts to a 206% increase over 2020 investment figures [2]. However, much of this growth has been taking place in Nigeria, Kenya, Morroco, Tunisia, Egypt and South Africa. The Global Startup Ecosystem Index Report 2022 found that¡­

On Friday, 16 September 2022, the second cohort of the IDE students attended the 2022 welcome ceremony in Qixin Auditorium, Ningbo Innovation Center, Zhejiang University (ZJÄ¢¹½ÊÓƵB) with other newly enrolled master¡¯s students. Dr. Taffere Tesfachew, Acting Managing Director of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Technology Bank gave his remarks Dr. Taffere Tesfachew, Acting Managing Director of the United Nations Technology Bank for Least Developed Countries, expressed a warm¡­

19 September 2022 / Torbj?rn Fredriksson Tweet During the COVID-19 pandemic, digital technologies have helped to mitigate some of its negative effects, to combat the virus and ensure the continuity of many economic activities. Lockdowns and other preventive measures that Governments have put in place to curb the spread of the virus have disrupted economic activity in ways for which societies were often unprepared. Amid the slowing economic¡­