Development Health Advice 

WHO: New guidance on treating complications due to unsafe abortion

Although too many girls and women continue to die and face both the short and long-term repercussions of unsafe abortions, potentially life-saving information on receiving quality care for abortion-related complications, remains in short supply. To address this gap, the UN system for human reproduction research, HRP, the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners, published new data on the issue, in… Read More
Development Health Advice 

COVID-19 cases in the Americas reach highest level yet

Cases increased by 32 per cent over the previous week, while 18,000 new deaths occurred across the region, representing a 37 per cent relative increase during this period.  In the last week, more than 8️⃣ million new COVID-19 cases were reported in our region 🌎 This is the highest number of weekly cases 🦠 since the pandemic started and is… Read More
Africa Investments 

African Development Bank President Adesina and Nigerian Governors resolve to advance Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone Initiative in Nigeria

African Development Bank President Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina received four Nigerian executive governors and the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) at the Bank’s Abidjan head office on Tuesday. The Bank President invited the Governors and the NSIA head to discuss what will be the rapid rollout of the first phase of the Bank’s Special Agro-Industrial… Read More
Africa Investments 

International Education Day: From Kenya to Cameroon, students find the root of STEM success at Nigerian Institute

Dancan Onyango left Kenya in 2017 to study at the Pan African University Life and Earth Sciences Institute in Nigeria and is now the proud owner of a doctorate in environmental management. After graduating from the Institute last May, he returned to Kenya to accept a position as a project manager and lead environmental safeguards officer at an engineering management… Read More
Africa Science Technology World 

The African Edtech solutions empowering tomorrows future leaders

– – The COVID-19 crisis has irrevocably changed education. At the outset of the pandemic, 180+ countries mandated temporary school closures, leaving about 1.6 billion children and youth out of school and affecting approximately 85% of children world-wide. All countries were able to deploy remote learning technologies using a combination of TV, radio, online and mobile platforms. Currently, most countries… Read More
Development Health Advice 

‘No free ride’ for COVID, it’s here ‘for the foreseeable future’: Tedros

Speaking in Geneva, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros noted that on average last week, 100 cases were reported every three seconds, and somebody lost their life to the coronavirus every 12 seconds. It is still “dangerous to assume that Omicron will be the last variant, or that we are in the endgame” of the pandemic, he said. “On the… Read More
Africa Investments 

African Development Bank chief visits Dangote oil refinery and petrochemical complex

African Development Bank President Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina has described the Dangote oil refinery and petrochemical plant projects as a “game-changing initiative” that will spur Africa’s development and deepen regional integration. On Saturday, the continent’s premier development bank chief toured the $19.5 billion Nigerian greenfield crude oil refinery and petrochemical production plant owned by Dangote Industries Limited. The Dangote oil… Read More
Africa Business World 

Nominations Open for the Africa Food Prize 2022

– – The Africa Food Prize committee is pleased to announce the launch for 2022 nominations for the Africa Food Prize. The Africa Food Prize is the preeminent award recognizing an outstanding individual or institution that is leading the effort to change the reality of farming in Africa—from a struggle to survive to a business that thrives. The funding partners… Read More
Africa Investments 

Information session on AFAWA call for proposals on transitioning Africa’s women entrepreneurs to formal sector

What:       Virtual information session Who:        The African Development Bank Group’s Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) initiative When:      Tuesday, 25 January 2022, at 1pm GMT. Where:     Virtual – Click here to register The African Development Bank Group’s Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) initiative will host a virtual information session on its call for proposals to… Read More
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