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Mozambique: African Development Bank Group approves $1.4 million grant for Enhancing Private Sector Engagement and Capacity Building for refugees and…

Elwin Mandowa,
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group on 11 February 2022 approved a $1.4 million grant for enhancing private sector engagement and capacity building for refugees and internally displaced persons in fragile areas of northern Mozambique. The project will be implemented by the global refugee agency UNHCR, collaborating with the Government of Mozambique. The grant is from… Read More
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Ghana-Nigeria World Cup qualifier: Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi to host Jollof Derby

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– – The Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi has been approved to host Ghana’s home leg of the 2022 World Cup final qualifying play-off match against Nigeria despite several problems with the ground. African Soccer ruling body CAF has given approval for the 40,000-capacity stadium in the Ghanaian city of Kumasi to be used for the tie but has listed… Read More
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African Development Bank to announce key findings from State of Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Report at World Water Forum

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Development Bank’s new coordinator for its African Water Facility, Mtchera Johannes Chirwa, will deliver key findings of a rural water supply and sanitation report at the World Water Forum to be held in Dakar from 21-26 March 2022. At the Forum, Chirwa will co-lead a discussion of the State of Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Report, which details… Read More
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Africa eulogises Zambia’s late ex-President Rupiah Banda

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– – Zambians are sombre, as they prepare to put to rest, their former (fourth) republican President, Rupiah Bwezani Banda, fondly called ‘RB’, who died of Colon Cancer, on March 11, 2022, at the age of 85. He was diagnosed as having the disease in 2020 and had been receiving treatment. The burial has been set for Friday, 18th March,… Read More
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Triumph of the ‘Yahoo-Yahoo’ Governors By Azu Ishiekwene

Elwin Mandowa,
In the midst of our current misery, the Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu thought we needed something to cheer last week, so he offered a joke, which was telling and disturbing. In the row between the Governor of Yobe and interim chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mai Mala Buni, and governors who wanted to overthrow him, Akeredolu, who was… Read More
Africa Investments 

Tanzania: African Development Fund commits $125.3 million to expand water resources and boost climate resilience in Dodoma region

Elwin Mandowa,
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund on Wednesday approved a $125.3 million loan to finance the first phase of the Dodoma Resilient and Sustainable Water Development and Sanitation Program in Tanzania. Specifically, the loan from the African Development Fund, the concessional window of the African Development Bank Group, will cover the construction of a dam and water… Read More
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Can Breastfeeding Mothers Consume CBD?

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– – Cannabinoids are substances found in breast milk, according to research conducted by the National Institutes of Health. CBD has many health benefits, and therefore breastfeeding mothers are showing interest in using it to solve depression. There are several reasons behind using cannabidiol as a supplement after the delivery. The reasons for using CBD include anxiety, depression, pain due… Read More
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7 Benefits of Weed Vape Pens That Can Change Your Health Game

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– – Vaping cannabidiol using the vape pen helps to change the health affected by diabetes, chronic pain, anxiety, stress, etc., as follows: 1. Vaping treats type 2 diabetes About 29 million people in the U.S.A. suffer from type- 2 diabetes, called adult-onset diabetes. It affects health by giving blurry vision, wounds that lose their healing, and many other ways.… Read More
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African countries begin to lift Covid-19 restrictions

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– – Many African countries have started lifting their Covid-19 restrictions to further make life easier for citizens and return them normalcy. There have been Covid-19 restrictions such as mandatory wearing of masks, quarantining persons that test positive, lockdowns on communities considered hot spot among others. Last week Kenya announced that it has lifted all restrictions imposed to curb the… Read More
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Lender Has $1 Billion Plan to Wean Africa Off Russian Wheat

Elwin Mandowa,
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-15/africa-can-wean-off-r… By Yinka Ibukun March 15, 2022, 1:11 PM GMT A $1 billion plan to boost wheat production in Africa should be accelerated to avert potential food shortages arising from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to the head of the continent’s biggest multilateral lender. The African Development Bank is raising the funds to help 40 million African farmers utilize climate-resilient technologies and… Read More
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