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Wole Soyinka At 88: Our Lion And Our Jewel By Bayo Oluwasanmi

Elwin Mandowa,
Eighty-eight birthday is a special occasion and an ideal opportunity to tell Wole Soyinka the first African to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, how much he means to us. When people think of Wole Soyinka, it’s probably as the author of the powerful autobiographical work, The Man Died (1971), a collection of notes from prison. But more than that, W.S.… Read More
Africa Investments 

Kenya: African Development Bank approves a €63 million loan to increase cereals and oil seed production

Elwin Mandowa,
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a €63 million loan to Kenya to significantly boost cereals and oil seeds production by over 1.5 million metric tonnes over the next two years. The production increase will help bolster national food security and economic resilience. The loan is part of the African Development Bank’s $1.5 billion African… Read More
Africa Investments 

Gabon: African Development Bank and Government Discuss Partnership and Development Priorities for 2023-2027

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Development Bank Group and the Gabonese government held national consultations from 20-23 June, on the Country Diagnostic Note and the 2016-2022 Country Strategy Paper. Discussions were held between a delegation led by Bank Country Manager for Gabon, Nouridine Kane Dia, and a government delegation headed by the Minister of Economy and Recovery and Governor of the Bank for… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

A Dress Rehearsal For Fulani Assassination Of MNK? By Bruce Fein

Elwin Mandowa,
    Was the July 6, 2022, unchallenged nighttime storming of the Kuje medium-security prison by Fulani terrorists a dress rehearsal for a Nigerian government assassination of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu under the pretext of a Boko Haram-ISIS attack on the DSS facility where he is currently detained?     History may not repeat itself, but it rhymes according to Mark… Read More
Africa Business South Africa Southern Africa World 

South Africa’s recovery is on its way but downside risks remain

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– – Following a robust recovery in 2021 after the Covid-19 pandemic (+4.9 percent), the GDP of South Africa is anticipated to continue expanding over the next two years, but at a slower pace. Analysts are expecting growth to increase by 1.8 percent in 2022, and by 1.3 percent in 2023 according to the latest OECD forecasts. But the South… Read More
Africa Investments 

Cabo Verde: Cabo Verde Prime Minister, African Development Bank head affirm commitment to strengthen island nation’s economy from exogenous shocks

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Development Bank Group President Dr Akinwumi Adesina has met with Cabo Verde Prime Minister José Ulisses de Pina Correia e Silva on an official visit to the institution’s headquarters in Abidjan. The two discussed the economic situation of Cabo Verde and emphasized the need to strengthen the country’s emergence in the face of exogenous shocks such as the… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

The Need For Osun To Broaden Her Horizon For Ademola Bayonle by Oluwaseyi Oyetunbi

Elwin Mandowa,
Effort to expand political choices of electorates during elections beyond two major political parties is one that has experienced difficulty and sabotage in both countries with developing democracy like Nigeria, and even countries with fully matured democratized electoral process like the United States. We have seen cases where smaller parties attempt to merge to birth a third force that can… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Webb Telescope Will Capture The Images Of Jesus, Muhammad & Buddha. By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo

Elwin Mandowa,
While you were sleeping or staying up searching for the certificates of men angling to be your president, a changing moment in human history happened. It was just how a similar thing occurred some two thousand years ago when a baby was born in Bethlehem, and nobody in your hometown knew about it. Nobody took a selfie with the baby… Read More
Africa Business World 

Understanding currency pair sentiment

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– – An important aspect of any profitable approach for trading foreign exchange is having an understanding of the impact that sentiment has on the values of currency pairs. If you are able to understand these sentiments through the quantified tools and resources that are available to forex traders, then you will be able leverage this sentiment in a timely… Read More
Africa Ivory Coast Mali West Africa World 

Mali suspends all new UN peacekeeping missions

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– – Mali’s military-led government has announced it is suspending all new troop rotations by U.N. peacekeeping mission MINUSMA temporarily. The announcement on Thursday comes days after Malian forces arrested 49 soldiers from Ivory Coast who had arrived in country for the MINUSMA operations. Mali said the soldiers entered the country without permission, but Ivory Coast said the Malian authorities… Read More
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