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A school in Niger uses cutting-edge equipment to train engineers, adding to the growing pool of skilled young Africans

Elwin Mandowa,
Souleymane Bahari, a teacher who runs the mechanical engineering workshop at the Kalmaharo technical centre in Niamey, Niger’s capital, marvels at how much training standards have risen over the past decade. From 2010 to 2019, the number of students at the centre more than tripled to 1,031 as aspiring engineers poured into classrooms reorganised and refitted with new equipment. The… Read More
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Omicron: Don’t panic but prepare for likely spread, says WHO

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Heralding South Africa’s and Botswana’s decision to report the appearance of the Omicron coronavirus mutation last month, the UN health agency repeated that it will take another two weeks before more is known about how transmissible and how dangerous it actually is. Speaking in Geneva, WHO spokesperson Christian Lindmeier stressed that data suggesting that Omicron was highly transmissible was only… Read More
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‘Bodyright’ campaign launched, to end rise in gender-based violence online 

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“It’s time for technology companies and policymakers to take digital violence seriously”, said UNFPA Executive Director Natalia Kanem -“right now”.   The bodyright campaign highlights that corporate logos and copyrighted IP are more highly valued and better protected online than images of human bodies, which are often uploaded to the Internet without consent, and used maliciously.   The ⓑ symbol – which can be added to any image directly via Instagram stories using stickers, or by downloading it from the webpage – aims to… Read More
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Opinion: After Merkel's exit, Germany must remain committed to Africa

Elwin Mandowa,
In August, at a meeting of the G-20 Compact with Africa in Berlin, I had the distinct pleasure of joining some 30 African heads of state and government, and fellow heads of international organizations, to bid farewell to outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Chancellor Merkel has been a dear and loyal friend of Africa. I know that I am not… Read More
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Nobel laureate economist Esther Duflo to deliver 2021 Kofi Annan Eminent Speakers’ Lecture

Elwin Mandowa,
What:          2021 Kofi Annan Eminent Speakers’ Lecture Who:           African Development Institute, African Development Bank Group When:         Monday, 13 December 2021; 14:00-16.00 GMT Where:        Virtual Nobel laureate Esther Duflo, Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will on 13 December deliver the 2021 Kofi Annan Eminent Speakers’ Lecture, organized by the African Development Institute. The theme… Read More
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Cabo Verde set to host hybrid 2021 African Economic Conference on financing development in the Covid-19 era

Elwin Mandowa,
African heads of state and government together with senior policymakers will share their perspectives on how to reshape Africa’s development financing models at the 2021 African Economic Conference, which takes place on Thursday, 2 December. Cabo Verde Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Olavo Correia said the conference offered “an extraordinarily important moment” to chart the continent’s development course, including… Read More
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‘Unity’ of purpose and action needed: Guterres tells AU-UN Conference

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He highlighted the wide range of progress made through collaboration, from frameworks around peace, security and sustainable development, to joint missions and programmes for humanitarian operations, elections and peaceful transfers of power. Mr. Guterres also focussed on areas critical for an inclusive, resilient and sustainable recovery on the continent, that are grounded in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and… Read More
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Landmark decision to negotiate new accord on pandemics ‘cause for hope’

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus welcomed the consensus decision, reached during a special session of the World Health Assembly (WHA), the UN agency’s top decision-making body, attended by representatives from its 194 Member States.  Historic session  The three-day meeting began on Monday with the sole goal of considering the benefits of creating a new international agreement on pandemic prevention preparedness and how… Read More
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Intégration régionale : les présidents de la Mauritanie et du Sénégal posent la première pierre du pont de Rosso entre les deux pays

Elwin Mandowa,
Le président de la Mauritanie, Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, et le président du Sénégal, Macky Sall, ont lancé, ce jour, les travaux de construction du pont de Rosso qui reliera les deux pays voisins. Le vice-président chargé du Complexe du secteur privé, de l’infrastructure et de l’industrialisation de la Banque africaine de développement, Solomon Quaynor, l’ambassadrice de l’Union européenne… Read More
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Compact: African Development Bank and IFC Partner to Advance Economic Development in Lusophone African countries

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Development Bank and IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, on Wednesday signed a partnership agreement admitting IFC as the first institutional partner to the Development Finance Compact for Portuguese-Speaking Countries of Africa, or the Lusophone Compact. The agreement was signed by African Development Bank Vice President for Corporate Services and Human Resources and Chair of the… Read More
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