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Ghana: Decomposing bodies of lovers who migrated from Netherlands retrieved

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– – Police in Ghana are investigating a bizarre incident in which the decomposing bodies of a couple who migrated from the Netherlands were retrieved. The police the country’s Ashanti Region uncovered that the man tried to  keep his wife’s dead body in their flat for several months. His  body has  also  been discovered by police in the family’s bathroom,… Read More
Africa Investments 

Business as usual is not enough to mitigate and adapt climate change risks for Africa over the next decade – Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program

Elwin Mandowa,
Parts of Africa are heating up twice as fast as the rest of the world, requiring urgent action to tackle a challenge that has mounted over the last decade, participants at an Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program webinar heard.  The Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program is a joint initiative of the African Development Bank and the Global Center on Adaptation.  The webinar,… Read More
Africa Investments 

Residents of Benin’s Ouémé Valley increase their incomes, thanks to an African Development Fund project

Elwin Mandowa,
Following its launch in Benin in 2013, the Ouémé Valley Rural Infrastructure Support Project successfully improved the incomes of local populations. Rice farmers in the region now earn $361.47 a year, surpassing the target of $221.99. The project, expected to close in December 2022, received $74.83 million in co-funding from the African Development Bank Group’s concessional arm, the African Development Fund.… Read More
Africa Investments 

When a road boosts quality of life and the economy

Elwin Mandowa,
A road can change everything: the landscape it crosses, of course, but also the economic life of an entire region and the daily lives of the surrounding populations. For Hamuza Nakwala, a small trader in northern Mozambique, it was a road in the Nacala corridor that changed his life. You can recognize Hamuza from afar, by his skullcap and his… Read More
Africa Investments 

African Development Bank Group appoints Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade as Acting Vice President for Regional Development, Integration and Service Delivery

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Development Bank has appointed Mrs. Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade, née Ndongo-Seh, as Acting Vice-President of its Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery Complex, with effect from 1st August 2022. Akin-Olugbade, a Cameroonian national, is currently the Director General of the Business Development and Delivery Office for the West Africa Region of the Bank Group, where she works with the largest… Read More
Africa Ghana West Africa World 

Ghana’s President says Africa must get slavery reparations

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– – Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has said that the continent of Africa deserves slavery reparation payments which he described as “long overdue”. According to the Ghanaian leader the effects of the Slave Trade have been devastating to the African continent and to the African Diaspora. He said the entire period of slavery stifled Africa’s economic, cultural and psychological progress,… Read More
Africa Investments 

Investing in the youth is key to Africa’s digital transformation and financial inclusion – African Development Bank East Africa Director General

Elwin Mandowa,
The youth will drive Africa’s digital economy; hence the need to invest in their skills development to accelerate innovations and growth on the continent, African Development Bank Director General for East Africa Nnenna Nwabufo said. Speaking at the 9th World Financial Innovation Series in Nairobi, Kenya, on 19 July, she noted that the youth are ambitious, enterprising, and eager for… Read More
Africa Investments 

African Development Bank and Côte d'Ivoire start preliminary discussions for 2023-2027 strategy

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Development Bank and the government of Côte d’Ivoire initiated a preliminary dialogue in Abidjan on July 18-22, 2022, to lay the foundations for the Bank’s strategy in Côte d’Ivoire over the next five years. Led by the Bank’s Deputy Managing Director for West Africa, Joseph Ribeiro, the Bank’s delegation held weeklong discussions with various stakeholders and partners in… Read More
Africa Europe World 

Greece and Portugal Golden Visa

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– – If you are looking to gain EU citizenship by investing fast and easily, you won’t find better ways than the programs presented by Greece and Portugal. Both will pave a way for you and your family to the European Union passport and have rather similar investment options and waiting periods. However, it is all in the details when… Read More
Africa Central Africa World 

UN livid over the killing of civilians by peacekeepers in DR Congo

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– – The United Nations(UN) has expressed outraged over the killing of some civilians in the DR Congo by some peacekeepers. Two civilians died whilst fifteen others sustained injuries when the peacekeepers opened fire at a border crossing. Frustration over what residents see as an inability by the peacekeeping force to stop attacks by armed groups in the region erupted… Read More
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