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Aswan Forum: Put healthcare, including vaccines, at the center of rebuilding Africa back better and more resilient – WHO, African Development Bank,…

Elwin Mandowa,
Africa must protect itself against future pandemics and other shocks through higher investment in primary healthcare and increased local manufacturing of key medical products, panelists at the Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development urged on Monday. Egypt hosted the virtual, second edition of the meeting, titled Shaping Africa’s New Normal: Recovering Stronger, Rebuilding Better’. A significant part of the… Read More

Aswan Forum: Put healthcare, including vaccines, at the center of rebuilding Africa back better and more resilient – WHO, African Development Bank,…

Elwin Mandowa,
Africa must protect itself against future pandemics and other shocks through higher investment in primary healthcare and increased local manufacturing of key medical products, panelists at the Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development urged on Monday. Egypt hosted the virtual, second edition of the meeting, titled Shaping Africa’s New Normal: Recovering Stronger, Rebuilding Better’. A significant part of the… Read More
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Aswan II Forum: African leaders identify security and health challenges to the continent’s recovery

Elwin Mandowa,
The second edition of the Aswan Forum on peace, security and development opened on Monday, 1 March in Cairo, Egypt, with African leaders identifying insecurity and the burden of debt as the most pressing challenges to the continent’s post-COVID development. The virtual opening session, chaired by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, was on the subject of “Shaping Africa’s New Normal:… Read More
Africa Investments 

Zambia: The Bank helps cushion the impact of COVID-19 with livestock and aquaculture projects

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Development Bank has helped communities in Zambia acquire goods worth around $450,000 since mid-2020 to cushion vulnerable people from the impact of COVID-19. In the Nakonde district on the Tanzanian border, the Bank authorized the Zambian government to set aside $200,000 from a livestock project that was near completion to procure and distribute COVID-19 relief packages of food,… Read More
Africa Investments 

Zambia: The Bank helps cushion the impact of COVID-19 with livestock and aquaculture projects

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Development Bank has helped communities in Zambia acquire goods worth around $450,000 since mid-2020 to cushion vulnerable people from the impact of COVID-19. In the Nakonde district on the Tanzanian border, the Bank authorized the Zambian government to set aside $200,000 from a livestock project that was near completion to procure and distribute COVID-19 relief packages of food,… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Untreated hearing loss threatens nearly 2.5 billion people worldwide – WHO 

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The World Health Organization’s (WHO) report, launched ahead of World Hearing Day 2021 on Wednesday, says that in less than 30 years, nearly 2.5 billion people globally face the threat of hearing loss – at least 700 million of whom will require ear and hearing care as well as other rehabilitation services, unless action is taken.  That figure would mark… Read More
Africa Investments 

African Development Bank provides $320 000 in grant funding to mainstream gender in ECOWAS’ digital financial operations

Elwin Mandowa,
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has awarded a grant of $320, 535 to the West African Monetary Agency to mainstream gender in ECOWAS’ core digital financial services (DFS) regulatory frameworks. The funds will support a gender gap analysis of several WAMA strategies including those for financial inclusion; gender disaggregation data analytics; digital payment services and infrastructure;… Read More
Africa Investments 

“I AM #AFAWA” Virtual Event

Elwin Mandowa,
What: “I AM #AFAWA” Webinar Who: Gender, Women & Civil Society Department of the African Development Bank and African Guarantee Fund (AGF) When: 8 March 2021, 11.00 to 13.00 GMT Where: Online via Zoom – Click here to register for free http://bit.ly/AFAWAiwd2021 The Gender, Women and Civil Society Department of the African Development Bank Group will host a virtual webinar… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Equitable vaccine delivery plan needs more support to succeed: COVAX partners

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Speaking after Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria and Colombia received their first round of AstraZeneca(AZ)/Oxford jabs, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) said that the distribution of vaccines “has not been as equitable as we would have liked, but it has certainly been more equitable than it would have been otherwise”. Challenges on the ground The COVAX collective planned… Read More
Africa Investments 

Forum d’Assouan II : les dirigeants africains identifient les défis sécuritaires et sanitaires en vue du relèvement économique et social du continent

Elwin Mandowa,
La deuxième édition du Forum d’Assouan s’est ouverte lundi 1er mars au Caire sous la présidence du chef de l’État égyptien, Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, sur le thème : « Façonner la nouvelle normalité de l’Afrique : récupérer plus fort, reconstruire en mieux ». La Banque africaine de développement est un partenaire stratégique du Forum, qui se déroule jusqu’au 5 mars.… Read More
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