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Two iconic women to help scale Africa’s best startup firms

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– – Telecel Group’s Africa Startup Initiative Program (ASIP) Accelerator powered by Startupbootcamp AfriTech today announced the creation of an industry advisory board to attract highly-regarded executives with a passion for supporting African startups. The founding members of the board are two accomplished female leaders who bring 55 years of combined experience – Eleanor Azar and Dale Mathias have been appointed as Director and… Read More
Africa Investments 

UK Parliamentary Committee recognises the African Development Bank’s effectiveness in responding to Covid-19

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Development Bank has welcomed a report published by the UK House of Commons’ International Development Committee on Britain’s support to the African Development Bank Group. The report was prepared by the Sub-Committee on the Work of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI). The report recognises the Bank’s effectiveness in responding to the pandemic and encourages the British… Read More
Africa Investments 

Avec des résultats encourageants, le Mécanisme africain de financement du développement des engrais (MAFDE) envisage plus de ressources pour de…

Elwin Mandowa,
Dans son rapport annuel, publié le 4 mai, par la Banque africaine de développement, le Mécanisme africain de financement du développement des engrais (MAFDE) annonce avoir obtenu « des résultats importants en 2020 et envisage de mobiliser plus de ressources qui seront investies dans de nouveaux projets ». Bien que confronté à la crise sanitaire du Covid-19, ayant entravé la réalisation des… Read More
Africa Investments 

Finance in Common Spring Meeting: Africa’s Green and Resilient Recovery: a Common Objective

Elwin Mandowa,
WHAT: Finance in Common Spring Meeting WHO: The African Development Bank, African Public Development Banks (PDBs) in collaboration with the Association of African Development Finance Institutions (AADFI) and the International Development Finance Club (IDFC) WHEN: Tuesday 11 MAY 2021, Time: 11:00 to 14:00 UTC (11:00 to 14:00 GMT) WHERE:  Virtual               Register      Following the Finance In Common Summit held in… Read More
Development Health Advice 

WHO chief hails ‘monumental moment’ in COVID fight, as US throws support behind vaccine patent waiver

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WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, described it on Twitter as a “powerful example of leadership to address global health challenges.” The UN health chief has for months been urging governments involved in the World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations over intellectual property rights, to suspend patent rules for those vaccines cleared for emergency use, in an effort to boost vaccine production.… Read More
Africa Investments 

Social safety nets, community spirit help South African mother through Covid-19 crisis

Elwin Mandowa,
Around 40 km outside Cape Town, Leebah Bessick wipes sweat from her forehead as she digs a pitchfork into the earth at a neighbourhood community garden. It’s an unseasonably hot day here at Blackheath Secondary School and even a shady corner of the garden offers Bessick and the other gardeners little respite from the midday sun. Still, she finds refuge… Read More
Africa Investments 

Fashionomics Africa, DHL Express train African fashion entrepreneurs to excel in international trade, logistics and e-commerce

Elwin Mandowa,
More than 280 million online shoppers in Africa represent a huge opportunity for e-commerce development on the continent, attendees of a recent Fashionomics Africa webinar heard. Fashionomics Africa joined forces with DHL Express and industry experts for the webinar held for fashion entrepreneurs looking to expand into regional and international markets. The webinar, adapted for a virtual audience, included a… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Early-warning ‘pandemic hub’ plan unveiled by WHO’s Tedros and Germany’s Merkel

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Supported by the German Government, the centre will specialize in gathering epidemic intelligence, data, surveillance and analytics innovation. It will open later this year, according to Chancellor Angela Merkel, who explained how she had first discussed the idea last autumn, with World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Joint action “The world has learned that we can only meet… Read More
Development Health Advice 

UN report sounds alarm on acute global shortage of midwives

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The 2021 State of the World’s Midwifery report, launched on Wednesday by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), the UN World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Confederation of Midwives, said that fully resourcing midwife-delivered care by 2035 would avert roughly two-thirds of maternal, newborn deaths and stillbirths, saving 4.3 million lives per year. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of the UN… Read More
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