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Ghana: Pro-LGBTQ billboard pulled down following uproar

Elwin Mandowa, , , , , ,
– – City authorities in Ghana’s capital Accra have pulled down a pro-LGBTQ billboard at a strategic location following an uproar over its presence. The billboard, which has four hands joined as a team, is said to have been mounted at the strategic spot of the motorway with the inscription “When all Ghanaians are treated equal no matter where they… Read More
Africa Investments 

African Development Bank President, Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina to deliver the 2022 William G. Demas Lecture

Elwin Mandowa,
President of the African Development Bank Group, (AFDB) Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina will deliver the prestigious William G. Demas Memorial Lecture at the Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB) Annual Meeting on Tuesday June 14, 2022, in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands. The globally renowned economist and agricultural development expert will give a wide-ranging address drawing on success stories from the AFDB’s… Read More
Africa Investments 

Ghana: Economy shows signs of rebound, but Covid-19 and the Ukraine-Russia crisis will test resilience and inclusivity — report

Elwin Mandowa,
Ghana has enjoyed two decades of steady growth, but the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the Ukraine-Russia crisis could dent economic prospects, according to an African Development Bank report launched on Thursday. The 52-page report, titled ‘Transforming Ghana,’ reviews the country’s development over the past ten years (2012–2021) and evaluates the African Development Bank’s contribution through its High 5… Read More
Africa Investments 

Ghana: Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism extends $2m to ETG Inputs Ghana Limited to boost farmers’ access to fertilizers

Elwin Mandowa,
The Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (AFFM) will extend a $2 million partial trade credit guarantee to ETG Inputs Ghana Limited to support delivery of fertilizer to 200,000 smallholder farmers in Ghana’s Upper East, Savannah, Northeast, and Northern Regions. The move will ease the current shortages in supply and boost yields, food security, and incomes of farmers in the designated regions.… Read More
Africa Investments 

“Africa and the Bank have shown incredible resilience to the pandemic”

Elwin Mandowa,
The Covid-19 pandemic led to a global economic recession, but what has been its impact on African economies? What makes this crisis unique is not so much its magnitude – Africa has experienced other major crises – but the confluence of multiple crises contained within it. The Covid-19 pandemic, with its countless victims, has sapped many countries of their vital… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Atiku, Tinubu Should Embrace South-east And End The Apartheid, By Fredrick Nwabufo

Elwin Mandowa,
It has been seven years of attrition, hate-bartering and exhausting recriminations. A new epoch is on the horizon, but the psychological mutilations from these years of anger may shape up to be the frustrations of the next administration. Nigeria needs healing. The country needs a healer to mend the sectional cleaving and to nurse it back to health. It needs… Read More
Africa Investments 

African Development Bank to launch public financial management academy to build capacity in African countries

Elwin Mandowa,
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank on Wednesday approved the creation of a virtual academy to build public financial management capacity in African countries. Countries will receive technical assistance through structured, targeted, dedicated and local training as well as through policy dialogue. The academy, hosted within the African Development Institute of the African Development Bank Group, will… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Tinubu: Back Story and the Morning After, By Azu Ishiekwene

Elwin Mandowa,
After the feisty, if not bitter, presidential primary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ended on Wednesday with Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu emerging as the party’s candidate for the next election, the overriding instinct is to throw the losers under the bus. You can hardly blame Tinubu’s camp. The man had a raw deal right up to the last minute.… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Tinubu And Atiku: Rotten Octogenarian Tomatoes For A Rotten Country! By Bayo Oluwasanmi

Elwin Mandowa,
The vote is in. The election is over. My sympathies go to APC Alhaji Bola Tinubu and PDP Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, flag bearers of their respective parties for the 2023 presidential election. As the highest bidder candidates with bullion vans, they didn’t even need to be voted into office. They could easily achieve a solid decisive win over their challengers… Read More
Africa Investments 

Global Community of Practice (G-CoP) Policy Dialogue Series : The Success or Failure of Current Development Finance Models in Africa

Elwin Mandowa,
What: 9th G-CoP E-Policy Dialogue Who: African Development Institute, the African Development Bank Group When: Monday, 13 June 2022, 14:00–16:00 GMT Where: Join the Event via Zoom (Click here) Register: Click here to register for the event by 10 June 2022 The rationale: Development financing needs in Africa are huge and widening. At the same time development finance from all… Read More
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