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African Development Bank trains 100 fashion and creative industry entrepreneurs during Fashionomics Africa Masterclass in Nairobi

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Development Bank’s Fashionomics Africa initiative hosted 110 entrepreneurs from the textile, apparel and accessories industry for a workshop on how to establish a successful fashion brand. Eighty-eight participants of the workshop, the first to be held in Nairobi, were women. More than a dozen industry insiders, public and private sector leaders shared experiences and expertise on business and financial… Read More
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African Development Bank and Association for the Development of Education in Africa urge partners to tackle skills mismatch

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Development Bank and the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) have called for stronger links between technical and vocational education and training and industry to equip young people with the skills they need to boost technological advancement, trade and growth in Africa. A Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sector Scoping Study Workshop, financed… Read More
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Lagos State Scenery Of Flesh And Blood Suckers By Ettu Mohammed

Elwin Mandowa,
The Lekki-Epe Expressway was constructed by the Lateef Jakande administration in the 1980s but was finally completed by the Mudashiru Lawal and Mike Akhigbe administration in 1987. The Bola Tinubu administration put forward an audacious PPP, which led to the pioneering of a 30-year Lekki-Epe Expressway Toll Road Concession, Nigeria’s first ever Public Private Partnership project.  The project was for… Read More
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“You have been in the trenches with us,”Ghana Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia tells African Development Bank

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Development Bank’s support for the west African nation Ghana has boosted its government’s efforts to consolidate the economy, the country’s Vice President, Mahamudu Bawumia said on Monday. Bawumia, welcoming a team of Executive Directors and senior officials of the Bank on an official visit, cited various Bank-supported projects, especially in the areas of infrastructure, agriculture and technical innovation,… Read More
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The African Development Bank Group appoints M. Solomon Quaynor as Vice-President, Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Development Bank Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Solomon Quaynor as the Vice President for the Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization Complex, effective from 1st May 2020. Quaynor, a national of the United States of America, brings over 25 years of experience in development finance and investment banking. He is an emerging markets specialist with… Read More
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Nigeria: The God That Failed In Africa By Bayo Oluwasanmi

Elwin Mandowa,
Every day in Nigeria, unspeakable barbaric acts far exceed the imagination of best seller absurdist novelists and comedians. In a well choreographed events after events, we see a nation on implosion suicide hastened by “accelerated decomposition.” Day-in, day-out, we see a government with energetic authoritarianism in the execution of presidential powers that leads to abandonment of civil rights and rule… Read More
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The African Development Bank Group appoints Dr. Kevin Kanina Kariuki as Vice-President, Power, Energy, Climate and Green Growth

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Development Bank Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Kevin Kanina Kariuki as the Vice President for Power, Energy, Climate & Green Growth, effective from 16 April 2020. Kariuki, a Kenyan national, is a chartered electrical engineer with over 30 years of experience in power system development, renewable energy development and energy efficiency, climate change and… Read More
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