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Use COVID-19 recovery to make inclusion ‘a reality’, UN chief says on World Day

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“The crisis has created new obstacles and challenges. But efforts to reignite the global economy offer an opportunity to reimagine the workplace to make diversity, inclusion and equity a reality”, Secretary-General António Guterres said.  For people with autism, access to work on an equal basis requires creating an enabling environment & reasonable accommodation.#COVID19 recovery is an opportunity to rethink our… Read More
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African Development Bank brings graduates one step closer to helping their countries access climate finance

Elwin Mandowa,
Seventy-four trainees from 26 African countries will join the continent’s community of climate finance experts after successfully completing a training program through the African Development Bank. Eighteen of the 74 graduates who emerged as top achievers qualified as trainers and will continue to build capacity across the continent. The “training of trainers” program empowered trainees to design proposals that will… Read More
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G5 Sahel : la Banque africaine de développement et le HCR appuient le plan de riposte sanitaire de la Mauritanie face à la pandémie de Covid-19

Elwin Mandowa,
La Banque africaine de développement et l’Agence des Nations unies pour les réfugiés en Mauritanie (HCR) ont remis, ce jour, un lot d’ambulances médicalisées au ministère mauritanien de la Santé pour l’aider à faire face à la pandémie de Covid-19. À cette occasion, le représentant de la Banque africaine de développement, Amine Mouaffak, et la représentante du HCR, Maria Stavropoulou,… Read More
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Vaccine equity: ‘Race is on’ to inoculate health workers and those most at risk globally 

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Although COVAX has already delivered 35 million doses to more than 78 countries, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said there was still “a serious challenge on vaccine equity and availability”.  “We’re not in a race against each other, we’re in a race against the virus & over the last year the @ACTAccelerator has been critical for ensuring… Read More
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Le Gabon et la Banque africaine de développement lancent les travaux de rénovation du réseau d’eau potable du Grand Libreville

Elwin Mandowa,
La Première ministre du Gabon, Mme Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda, et le directeur du bureau-pays de la Banque africaine de développement au Gabon, Robert Masumbuko, ont procédé, mercredi 31 mars à Libreville, à la pose de la première pierre marquant le début des travaux de réhabilitation et d’extension du réseau d’eau potable du Grand Libreville qui abrite plus de la… Read More
Africa Investments 

Transforming the landscape for African women entrepreneurs

Elwin Mandowa,
This month, known to many as International Women’s month, the African Development Bank Group continues to put a spotlight on women-led businesses and financial institutions set to support them. The business experiences of African women running small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as financial institutions supporting them, were the subject of an online event held on 8 March 2021, by… Read More
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Yemen: Arrival of COVID-19 vaccines a ‘gamechanger’

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The 360,000 doses were shipped through the COVAX Facility, the global equity initiative, and will enable health workers and other priority populations to be protected against the disease.  “The arrival of the COVID-19 vaccine doses is a critical moment for Yemen”, said Philippe Duamelle, Representative of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), a COVAX partner along with the Coalition for Epidemic… Read More
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How can interbank markets enable economic growth in 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.The first webinar in this series, Sub-Saharan Africa’s interbank markets: progress, barriers and policy implications, will focus on the role that interbank markets… Read More
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Tanzania: Sacked ports boss arrested for embezzlement

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– – The dismissed Director-General of Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA), Deusdedit Kakoko has been arrested by authorities. He is accused of embezzling 3.6bn Tanzanian shillings ($1.5m). Deusdedit Kakoko was this week suspended by the new President, Samia Suluhu Hassan after an audit report showed embezzlement of government funds at the state corporation. This was the new president’s first key decision… Read More
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COVID-19 origins report inconclusive: We must ‘leave no stone unturned’ – WHO chief

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“This report is a very important beginning, but it is not the end”, said WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “We have not yet found the source of the virus, and we must continue to follow the science and leave no stone unturned as we do.” He welcomed the findings of the 34-member team, which in January, visited the Chinese city… Read More
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