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Africa Investments 

2nd CII-India Eximbank Summit on Innovative Financing Partnership with Africa

Elwin Mandowa,
What: 2nd CII-India Eximbank Summit on Innovative Financing Partnership with Africa Who: African Development Bank When: 24 November 2021; 08:00-13:30 GMT Where: Virtual Solomon Quaynor, Vice President for Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization at the African Development Bank, will join senior officials and CEOs from India’s leading companies in a conversation at the Second CII-India Eximbank Summit on Innovative Financing… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Current system will not protect us from the next pandemic, ‘which could happen at any time’ 

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Presenting the findings of a six-month accountability report, Co-chairs Helen Clark, former President of New Zealand, and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former President of Liberia, warned that “uneven” progress in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause illness, deaths and economic losses.   Calling for Heads of State and Government to come together to make faster progress, especially at the UN General Assembly, the two leaders pointed out that with much of the groundwork done, now is the time to end the… Read More
Africa Investments 

Africa Investment Forum 2021: billions more expected in new investments for the continent

Elwin Mandowa,
The Africa Investment Forum’s Market Days 2021, one of the biggest flagship initiatives of the African Development Bank, is poised to attract billions of dollars in investment for strategic development projects across the continent. The annual forum has come to be an invaluable platform during which the Bank successfully attracts critical investment for the continent’s infrastructure, agriculture and health care… Read More
Africa Investments 

« DRC – Africa Business Forum » : faire du continent un pôle de développement des batteries et véhicules électriques

Elwin Mandowa,
« Longtemps, nous avons exporté des matières premières brutes, sans avoir de retombées véritables sur nos économies. Le temps est venu de passer à la transformation et de faire du continent africain un pôle de développement des batteries et véhicules électriques », a déclaré, jeudi, le ministre de l’Industrie et des Mines de la République démocratique du Congo, Julien Paluku. Le ministre… Read More
Africa Business South Africa Southern Africa World 

AfricArena ends 2021 event circuit in Cape Town with a bang

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– – AfricArena, which provides open innovation challenges, research and dealflow services to help accelerate the work of founders, investors and corporates, hosted its fifth annual Summit from 16 – 17 November in Cape Town. It was preceded by its Founders’ Bootcamp and VC Unconference Weekends, attended by 60 high level international investors and 40 startups from 15 African countries,… Read More
Africa Investments 

La Banque africaine de développement et le gouvernement de Madagascar signent des accords de financement de 36,5 millions d’euros pour le…

Elwin Mandowa,
La Banque africaine de développement et le gouvernement de Madagascar signent des accords de financement de 36,5 millions d’euros pour le renforcement des réseaux de transport d’électricité | African Development Bank – Building today, a better Africa tomorrow <!– African Development Bank Group Read More
Africa Investments 

African Development Bank’s Coding for Employment program set to expand digital skills among rural youth

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Development Bank’s Coding for Employment program will train over 500 digital ambassadors to lead a peer-to-peer training model set to expand digital skills to more African youth, especially in rural communities with limited internet connectivity. Coding for Employment and its technical partners, Microsoft Philanthropies, will offer the digital ambassadors an intensive three-month program featuring in-demand skills, such as… Read More
Africa Business Ghana West Africa World 

Ghana’s decision to tax mobile money transactions sparks outrage

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– – A decision by the government of Ghana to introduce a levy on electronic transactions has left many citizens infuriated. In the presentation of the country’s 2022 budget statement, the country’s Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta announced that the introduction of the e-levy has been necessitated by the astronomical rise in electronic transactions, hitting $80 billion (over 500 billion… Read More
Africa Investments 

Webinar on the Blue Economy

Elwin Mandowa,
What:         Webinar on the Blue Economy Who:          African Natural Resource Center of the African Development Bank and Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa When:       23 November 2021; 11:00 – 12:30 GMT Where:      Virtual The African Development Bank’s African Natural Resources Center (ANRC) and Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) cordially invite you to attend a webinar on “Blue Economy in Africa: the potential… Read More
Africa Investments 

Let’s push the African Continental Free Trade Area as a sure-fire way to a golden “made in Africa” label, leaders say at Intra-African Trade Fair

Elwin Mandowa,
That history repeats itself need not be a bad thing in Africa, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa stressed during the opening ceremony of the second Intra-African Trade Fair in Durban, South Africa. Speaking on Monday, the president recalled that for centuries in pre-colonial times, Africa was a thriving trade hub. Now the continent is “taking concrete steps to write its… Read More
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