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Why Twitter picked Ghana as its head quarters in Africa

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– – Social media giant, Twitter has announced that Ghana will host its Africa head quarters. The company’s co-founder Jack Dorsey made the announcement on Twitter on Monday. In a statement the company said “in line with our growth strategy, we’re excited to announce that we are now actively building a team in Ghana. To truly serve the public conversation,… Read More
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COVID ‘long way from over’ as cases and deaths surge – WHO

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Although January and February saw six consecutive weeks of plummeting COVID-19 cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) chief said that had gone into reverse, with last week yielding “the fourth-highest number of cases in a single week so far”.  “We have now seen seven consecutive weeks of increasing cases, and four weeks of increasing deaths”, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told journalists… Read More
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Madagascar et la Banque africaine de développement évaluent leur partenariat afin d’établir le nouveau Document de stratégie-pays pour 2022-2026

Elwin Mandowa,
Le gouvernement de Madagascar et la Banque africaine de développement ont organisé, du 17 au 26 mars dernier en visioconférence, des consultations dans le cadre de la préparation de la note de diagnostic-pays, du rapport d’achèvement du Document de stratégie-pays 2017-2021 et du nouveau DSP pour la période 2022-2026. Les membres de la mission conduite par le directeur du bureau-pays… Read More
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Uganda, Tanzania sign $3.5bn deal with global oil firms

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– – The governments of Tanzania and Uganda on Sunday signed a long awaited oil deal with international oil firms—French Total E&P, and China’s Cnooc. The deal worth some $3.5 billion gives way for the commercialization of an East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). Officials of both countries and the oil firms have been engaged in years of protracted negotiations.… Read More
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The African Union’s digital Covid-19 passport for travelers

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– – The African Union has developed a common continental Covid-19 digital passport for travelers and airlines. It is an initiative by African Union’s lead health agency, the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). The technology is known as Trusted Travel, a platform that will enable passengers across Africa to securely and easily verify compliance with Covid-19… Read More
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The impact of pan-African banks on financial development in sub-Saharan Africa

Elwin Mandowa,
The Making Finance Work For Africa (MFW4A) initiative and the Development and Economic Growth Research Programme (DEGRP) at the think tank ODI are hosting a short series of webinars based on two recently published DEGRP synthesis reports on the banking and financial sectors in sub-Saharan Africa. Join us for the second webinar in this series entitled: The impact of pan-African banks on financial development in sub-Saharan Africa.… Read More
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African Development Bank Group to hold virtual Annual Meetings from 23-25 June 2021

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Development Bank Group will hold its 2021 Annual Meetings virtually, from 23-25 June, 2021. This will comprise statutory meetings of the Bank Group’s Boards of Governors, a High-level dialogue and knowledge events. During these meetings the Bank Group’s shareholders will assess progress in achieving the institution’s strategic goals and make statutory decisions. African Development Bank Group Read More
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Without access to vaccines, COVID will continue widening inequality everywhere 

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“Without access to vaccines, the gap will widen further”, warned the UN multi-faceted agency, calling for “strong partnership and cooperation at the national, regional and global levels”.   Debt inequality  World Bank President David R. Malpass, pointed out that inequality runs deep, encompassing not only vaccinations but also median income, interest rate differentials, bankruptcy processes and access to credit – all… Read More
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Low-income countries have received just 0.2 per cent of all COVID-19 shots given

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Although more than 700 million vaccine doses have been administered globally, richer countries have received more than 87 per cent, and low-income countries just 0.2 per cent.  On average in high-income countries 1 in 4 people has received a #COVID19 vaccine. In low-income countries it’s 1 in 500+. Scarcity of supply is driving vaccine nationalism and vaccine diplomacy. This is… Read More
Development Health Advice 

COVID-19 equitable vaccine scheme reaches more than 100 countries and economies

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The first delivery of lifesaving jabs arrived in Ghana on 24 February. Announcing the news on Thursday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that more than 38 million doses of AstraZeneca, Pfizer-BioNTech and Serum Institute of India-produced shots (one of the AstraZeneca vaccines known as COVISHIELD) have been transported globally so far. AstraZenica jabs have ‘saved millions’ The development comes… Read More
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