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Africa Investments 

African Development Bank and World Bank executive directors explore deeper collaboration

Elwin Mandowa,
Executive directors from the African Development Bank Group and the World Bank met in Abidjan on Thursday, March 3 to discuss a wide range of issues including the effectiveness of their work and ways of strengthening collaboration between the two institutions. The Dean of the Executive Directors of the African Development Bank Group, Mmakgoshi Lekhethe, and eight other executive directors received their World… Read More
Africa Investments 

Gender In Focus: Mozambican climate scientist says women’s contribution to climate change adaptation and mitigation in Africa is indispensable

Elwin Mandowa,
Every March, the African Development Bank puts Gender In Focus, with a look at our work impacting women across Africa and beyond. We asked 28-year-old Mozambican Iracema Mamadu Hussein, who through a Bank-funded scholarship is pursuing her PhD in the climate change field at the University of Aveiro in Portugal, about the role of women in climate change adaptation, mitigation… Read More
Africa Sports World 

Four Stars That Could Light Up In The World Cup In Qatar

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– – The biggest sporting event on the planet is edging nearer, as the 2022 World Cup gets underway in November. Many sports fans are already making their World Cup predictions for the huge tournament, and it should be an unforgettable three weeks in Qatar before Christmas. All of the biggest players in the world will be in competition at… Read More
Africa World 

The challenges Africa faces amid the Ukraine war

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– – The war in Ukraine is still raging and that brings a lot of implications for the world including Africa. Th continent’s economic outlook is said to be very vulnerable to higher food and fuel prices prompted and deep in tourism revenues. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Africa also faces diminished access to financial services. Kristalina Ivanova… Read More
Africa Investments 

Promoting gender-sensitive digital financial services, policies and regulations across ECOWAS

Elwin Mandowa,
What:       Webinar Who:         African Development Bank, Africa Digital Financial Inclusion Facility (ADFI), West African Monetary Agency (WAMA), and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) When:       24 March 2022; 11AM-12.30PM GMT (1-2.30PM CAT) Where:      Virtual – REGISTER HERE Join experts from the African Development Bank, the Africa Digital Financial Inclusion… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

APC Putting Everyone At Risk By Endangering Itself, By Azu Ishiekwene

Elwin Mandowa,
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) looks determined to set itself on fire, even though the story out there is that the matchbox has been snatched from the hand of its interim chairman and Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni. The danger still looms. After toppling the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government of President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015, the APC… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

The Russian Beast, American Scammers, NATO Hypocrisy And Unfortunate Ukrainians, By Achike Chude

Elwin Mandowa,
“Or what king would go to war against another king without first sitting down with his counselors to discuss whether his army of 10,000 could defeat the 20,000 soldiers marching against him? – Jesus Christ Hell is on the loose in Ukraine. And it brings with it all the fiendish ingredients of death, destruction, blood, tears and sorrow. They come through… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

We Need A Messianic President, Not The Old Guard, By Emma Nwosu

Elwin Mandowa,
When some of us warned stridently against the borrowing streak of the Muhammadu Buhari government (Emma. Nwosu, “Borrowing to Death?”, ThisDay, June 22, 2020, page 26) the Federal Government rebutted the warning with the fallacy of GDP Ratio – which does not apply to a moribund economy – and everyone kept quiet. With a complicit National Assembly, we have ended… Read More
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