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We Keep Digging The Grave Of Education In Nigeria, By Olabisi Deji-Folutile

Elwin Mandowa,
Nigerian students on Tuesday marked their 100 days of staying at home courtesy of the striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Some of them took to Twitter to share their experiences. A particularly striking one was the lamentation of a lady that claimed to have spent two years on 100 Level. According to her, she wasted… Read More
Africa Investments 

Africa’s Recovery Remains Uneven; More Resources Are Needed -African Development Bank Report

Elwin Mandowa,
An African Development Bank report released Thursday shows that the institution was pivotal in 2021, delivering timely investments that are helping millions of Africans overcome the unprecedented challenges caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Published annually for the past 12 years, the Annual Development Effectiveness Review analyses the Bank’s role in Africa’s development. It monitors the Bank’s contribution to the High… Read More
Africa Investments 

Ghana signs grant agreement with African Development Fund, government of Switzerland, to support development of mini-grids and solar PV net metering

Elwin Mandowa,
The government of Ghana has signed a grant agreement with the African Development Fund, and a financing agreement with the government of Switzerland, for the Ghana Mini Grid and Solar Photovoltaic Net Metering project. The project will benefit schools, health centres and communities across the country. The agreements, for the development of 35 mini-grids and stand-alone solar PV systems, were… Read More
Africa Investments 

Channel IMF Special Drawing Rights through multilateral development banks, urge African Development Bank Governors

Elwin Mandowa,
The United Kingdom may channel some of its International Monetary Fund Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) to Africa through the African Development Bank, revealed UK Minister for Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean Vicky Ford yesterday.  “Let me be very clear, the UK would like to channel some of our SDRs to Africa through the African Development Bank,” Ford said on… Read More
Africa Investments 

African leaders signal support for African Development Bank’s emergency food production facility

Elwin Mandowa,
African governments and international development institutions have voiced support for the African Development Bank Group’s $1.5 billion emergency food production facility to help avert a looming food crisis across Africa. The Bank Group’s board approved the facility on Friday. At a virtual meeting convened by the African Union Commission on Thursday, government ministers and development partners commended the initiative, which… Read More
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Senegal hospital fire kills eleven newborn babies

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A hospital fire in the western city of Tivaouane in Senegal has killed eleven newborn babies. Senegal’s president, Macky Sall said in a statement that the fire at Mame Abdou Aziz Sy Dabakh Hospital was in the maternity department. “To their mothers and their families, I express my deepest sympathy,” President Sall wrote in a tweet. Je viens d’apprendre avec… Read More
Africa Nigeria News and Headlines West Africa World 

Nigeria arrests suspected head of cybercrime gang

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– – The cybercrime unit of the Nigeria Police Force has arrested a 37-year-old Nigerian man in an international operation spanning four continents. The arrest was coordinated and facilitated by the recently created Africa operations desk within INTERPOL’s cybercrime directorate, a statement on Interpol website said. The suspect is alleged to have run a transnational cybercrime syndicate that launched mass… Read More
Africa Investments 

African Development Bank, MASEN and RES4africa to co-organise training programme for Sahel countries

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Development Bank, MASEN and RES4Africa have agreed to join forces on a dedicated solar energy training programme in 2022, to foster the uptake of solar energy in five Sahel countries. The programme, to be conducted in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger, will focus on energy professionals and policy makers from the target countries, and proposes a… Read More
Africa Investments 

African Economic Outlook 2022: Africa’s 2021 economic rebound impacted by lingering Covid-19 pandemic and Russia-Ukraine war

Elwin Mandowa,
Africa’s gross domestic product has recovered strongly in the last year, but the lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing war could pose considerable challenges in the medium term. This is according to the 2022 African Economic Outlook, released by the African Development Bank on Wednesday. Africa’s gross domestic product grew by an estimated… Read More
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