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MFW4A: Call for essays on financial sector development

Elwin Mandowa,
The Making Finance Work for Africa Partnership (MFW4A) invites researchers and students enrolled in an academic institution to submit an essay on the African financial sector. The call for essays aims to foster a better understanding of the issues challenging financial sector development in Africa and to gather thoughts, opinions and innovative ideas on how to develop the sector. Topics… Read More
Investments 

Bénin : la Banque africaine de développement présente les résultats de l’étude sur l’environnement des affaires

Elwin Mandowa,
La Banque africaine de développement a présenté les résultats d’une étude sur l’environnement des affaires au Bénin lors d’un atelier organisé, jeudi 12 mars 2020 à Cotonou, par son bureau de représentation. L’atelier, auquel participaient les principaux acteurs de la société béninoise, était placé sous la coprésidence du ministre d’État béninois chargé du Plan et du Développement, Abdoulaye Bio Tchané, et… Read More
Investments 

A chat with Dr. Awuese Oku, Chief Learning and Development Officer about EDGE Certification and what it means for the African Development Bank

Elwin Mandowa,
1 – What is Edge Certification and why should we be excited about it? Launched at the World Economic Forum in 2011, Economic Dividends for Gender Equality (EDGE) is the leading global standard for gender equality in the workplace. The rationale is to measure through evidence-based data, progress made in mainstreaming gender in the workplace and with an organisation’s external… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Sanusi’s Dethronement: North On Road To Total Collapsed Civilisation By Bayo Oluwasanmi

Elwin Mandowa,
I’m not here to argue whether former Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II, is a saint or a sinner. I’m not here to canvass for Sanusi as a presidential candidate in 2023. Those who suggested on social media that he’s a good presidential hopeful should stop the nonsense. Going by the records of Northerners who had ruled Nigeria, I… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Sanusi: Where Are Akalamagbo Birds, The Bullet-biters? By Festus Adedayo

Elwin Mandowa,
The last Monday sack of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, erstwhile Emir of Kano, by the Kano State governor, Umar Ganduje, sent shock waves round the whole of Nigeria and I dare say to every nook of the world where Nigeria in issue. Though many Nigerians wear anti-shock and anti-depressant shields from the shenanigans of Nigerian governments, the world was terribly shocked… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Federal University Of Agriculture Abeokuta Vice-Chancellor, Prof Felix Salako, A Rogue Administrator On Devilish Mission Against Ifemosu Michael Adewale By Tijani Adebayo

Elwin Mandowa,
Never has our institution, FUNAAB, been led by a recalcitrant head whose sworn mission, it clearly seems, is to go beyond all boundaries of professionalism and due process in proving his misplaced maladministration to the general public, his theft and rogue managerial accomplice ranging from the Registrar (Dr R.A Akinola) of the institution and benefactors by deploying series of lies… Read More
Investments 

Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism launches $2.2 mill project in Nigeria to boost fertilizer supply to 200,000 farmers

Elwin Mandowa,
The Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (AFFM) has kick-started a $2.2 million project to provide fertilizer suppliers in Nigeria with financial support to improve supply for 200,000 smallholder farmers. The trade credit guarantee project is AFFM’s first in the West African nation and will involve 10 fertilizer suppliers, 12 hub agro-dealers and 120 retail agro-dealers. The project will also train farmers… Read More
Investments 

Sierra Leone to count on African Development Bank to help build resilient economy, restore self-sufficiency in rice production

Elwin Mandowa,
Sierra Leone will look to the African Development Bank to stimulate agribusiness development in the country with a focus on rice production, its president Maada Bio told a visiting delegation led by its president Akinwumi Adesina. Adesina began a two-day visit to Sierra Leone on Wednesday, during which he will hold meetings to discuss curbing malnutrition, creating skills and jobs… Read More
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