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Development Health Advice 

Global immunisation rates show sign of post-pandemic rebound

Global Author
Global immunisation services reached four million more children in 2022, compared with the previous year as countries increase efforts meant to combat the historic backsliding in immunisation triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Millions missing out Data published by the UN agencies on Monday reveal that, in 2022, 20.5 million children failed to receive one or more diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis… Read More
Africa Business World 

Over 500 business and govt leaders to attend 7th Africa Singapore Business Forum

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Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG), the government agency championing enterprise development in Singapore, has announced dates for the 7th edition of the Africa Singapore Business Forum (ASBF). The Forum will be held in Singapore from 29 – 31 August 2023 with the theme “Driving Africa’s Growth through Digitalisation, Manufacturing and Sustainability”. The theme is in line with the opportunities arising from Africa’s… Read More
Africa Investments 

Cameroon: African Development Bank provides €63 million loan to improve entrepreneurship and industrial skills

Elwin Mandowa,
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a €63.09 million loan to Cameroon to promote entrepreneurship and improve skills to match industry needs. Multinational partners, the private sector and the Cameroonian government will contribute approximately €2 million to the project cost, estimated at €64.93 million. Covering five of Cameroon’s regions — Centre, Littoral, South, Southwest,… Read More
Africa Investments 

Entretien avec Béchir Afifi, cofondateur et PDG de Fabskill, Tunisie

Elwin Mandowa,
Une aide au démarrage d’entreprise, un atout précieux Béchir Afifi est ingénieur informatique. Autrefois cadre dans un ministère en Tunisie et enseignant à temps partiel à l’université, il décide, avec deux amis, de se lancer dans l’aventure de l’entrepreneuriat : tous trois créent en décembre 2018, Fabskill, une plateforme web de recrutement misant sur des technologies de pointe. L’entreprise a atteint… Read More
Africa Investments 

Rwanda: African Development Bank Group commits $101 million to sustainable water and sanitation reforms

Elwin Mandowa,
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund has approved a $101 million loan to finance the Rwanda Sustainable and Resilient Water and Sanitation Program – a policy-based operation to support Rwanda’s water and sanitation sector. The program aims to improve water and sanitation governance and access to basic water supply and sanitation services. It will also strengthen legal,… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Aspartame sweetener ‘possibly’ cancer-causing, WHO agency reports

Global Author
The joint assessment from WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), and the Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), which is part of WHO and the Food and Agriculture Organization, represents the first public intervention by the UN health agency on the widely used sweetener. Aspartame has been used in multiple food and beverage products since the 1980s,… Read More
Africa Investments 

African Economic Outlook 2023: Opportunities abound for Asian investors in Africa, experts

Elwin Mandowa,
Africa offers vast investment opportunities for Asian countries with the appropriate incentives for their private sectors, Prof. Kevin Urama, Chief Economist and vice president of the African Development Bank Group, has affirmed. Urama made the call during a webinar to discuss the 2023 edition of the African Economic Outlook report. The African Development Bank organized the session jointly with the… Read More
Africa Investments 

To roar again, Nigeria must unleash an industrial revolution, says African Development Bank chief

Elwin Mandowa,
Nigeria urgently needs to revolutionise its industrial sector to become an economic giant. This, in turn, will transform the lives of its people and Africa as a whole, the President of the African Development Bank, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, said in Lagos on Thursday. Citing examples from Malaysia and Vietnam, he said this was doable. “Malaysia and Vietnam have used aggressive… Read More
Africa Investments 

The Day the Lion Roared! Making Nigeria a Global Industrial and Economic Giant – Keynote Lecture Delivered by Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, President,…

Elwin Mandowa,
The Day the Lion Roared! Making Nigeria a Global Industrial and Economic Giant – Keynote Lecture Delivered by Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, President, African Development Bank Group, Business Day CEO Forum, 13 July 2023, Lagos, Nigeria. | African Development Bank Group – Making a Difference <!–> https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/html5shiv/3.7.3/html5shiv-printshiv.min.js <!–> /sites/default/files/advagg_js/js__2nu-f_-MK33dRIQaWIdLP84wUiGzIZwBgGaMto4f2kY__2pkqXjBO9pMF06nUvX11DkMECNCM7M-5Qm_bWm0bC9k__IeYgW2ZnliT9LFrgfNYwPt5FQPaBOClcZZeRCrpYkxI.js#ie9- /sites/default/files/advagg_js/js__2nu-f_-MK33dRIQaWIdLP84wUiGzIZwBgGaMto4f2kY__2pkqXjBO9pMF06nUvX11DkMECNCM7M-5Qm_bWm0bC9k__IeYgW2ZnliT9LFrgfNYwPt5FQPaBOClcZZeRCrpYkxI.js#ie10+ <!– African Development Bank Group Read More
Development Health Advice 

Ending AIDS by 2030 a ‘political and financial choice’

Global Author
That’s the message from UNAIDS, the UN agency dedicated to ending the epidemic, which said on Thursday that truly eradicating it boils down to a “political and financial choice”.  The agency’s Executive Director, Winnie Byanyima, said that today’s leaders have the opportunity to save millions of lives and be “remembered by future generations” as those who put a stop to… Read More