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Cabo Verde: African Development Bank Group approves 30 million euros loan to fight COVID-19

Elwin Mandowa,
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has extended a loan of €30 million to Cabo Verde to help the West African island nation fight the COVID-19 outbreak and mitigate its economic impacts. The loan, approved on 26 May, will be used to fund the country’s health and social response, support macro-economic stability, and assist the private sector.… Read More
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Nigeria: Wake Up, Sleeping Giant! By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye

Elwin Mandowa,
Tomorrow, May 29, 2020, is what is referred to in Nigeria as “Democracy Day.” It is usually a welcome excuse for great celebrations, chest-beating and wild claims about humongous achievements, many of which exist only in the imagination of the mostly failed leaders.  Even the term “Democracy Day” is such an excruciating irony in a country where almost all the features that distinguish democratic… Read More
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Egypt: African Development Bank approves emergency relief aid to tackle food insecurity for vulnerable workers whose livelihoods are impacted by…

Elwin Mandowa,
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank on 25 May, 2020 approved a $500,000 emergency assistance grant to Egypt to provide food relief, and to contribute to restoring the livelihoods of vulnerable populations severely affected by COVID 19. The intervention will seek to complement ongoing activities by Egypt’s government to mitigate the effects of the virus pandemic on… Read More
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La Banque africaine de développement mobilise 264 millions d’euros pour soutenir le Maroc dans sa réponse à la pandémie de Covid-19

Elwin Mandowa,
Le Conseil d’administration de la Banque africaine de développement a approuvé, mercredi 27 mai à Abidjan, un financement de 264 millions d’euros en faveur du Maroc dans le cadre de son programme d’appui à la réponse de Covid-19 (PARC-19). Avec un déploiement rapide des ressources, le PARC-19 contribue aux efforts de réponse du Royaume à la crise sanitaire, économique et… Read More
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COVID-19 presents unique opportunities to speed up Africa’s integration agenda and implementation of AfCFTA

Elwin Mandowa,
The Africa Regional Integration Index (ARII 2019), a new report jointly launched by the  African Development Bank, UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the Africa Union (AU), highlights the tremendous promise regional integration holds for Africa post COVID-19. Director of Regional Development and Regional Integration at the Bank,Moono Mupotola provides insights on the way forward. The African Development Bank,… Read More
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Nigeria’s COVID-19 Communications Needs To Be More Inclusive By Omorinsola Balogun

Elwin Mandowa,
Since 27th February when Nigeria confirmed its first case of Coronavirus, there have been varied efforts to inform and educate citizens on the disease and its prevention. At the fore of these efforts to make information available to Nigerians was the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control mainly through social media and predominantly in English language. The NCDC over this period… Read More
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#ObasaGate: Time For Lagos Assembly Speaker To Step Aside By Dare Glintstone-Akinniyi

Elwin Mandowa,
If one should go by the prevailing substantive allegations of official misconduct about Mudashiru Obasa, Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, his predecessor, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, would be a saint. That notwithstanding, just like his predecessor, Obasa does not care about other people; he only cares about himself. He displays this wanton attitude by spending billions of naira every… Read More
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Disaster Management Gaps: Recipe For Incessant Building Collapse In Nigeria By Olasunkanmi Habeeb Okunola

Elwin Mandowa,
While countries all over the world including Nigeria are currently battling with the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, there are other environmental disasters throwing punches on the faces of Nigerian citizens on a regular basis. One of these environmental disasters is the incessant building collapse. The cases of building collapse have become a common phenomenon in recent years in major cities of… Read More
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Policing Nigerian In Era Of COVID-19 By Dr Oludare Ogunlana

Elwin Mandowa,
It is not good news that security forces have killed more Nigerians than COVID-19 in the last eight weeks of lockdown. Premium Times reported a pregnant woman died at the police barrier (checkpoint) under the pretence of enforcing a COVID-19 curfew. The police would not allow the woman to be taken to the hospital until the woman died in their presence—incidents of… Read More
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